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Re: Telinga SSM meets thunder

Subject: Re: Telinga SSM meets thunder
From: "anton woldhek" getvergetver2
Date: Mon Jul 2, 2012 7:32 am ((PDT))
wow thats insane.
how do you like the ssm?

On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 4:28 AM, Ray Mansell <> wrote:

> For some time I have wanted to capture a reasonable recording of a
> thunderstorm, so when one was predicted last Monday (25th June), I set up
> my Telinga SSM mic and Olympus LS-100 just inside a screen door and began
> recording when I heard the storm approaching.
>
> As it happens, the storm tracked directly over the house, and I got rathe=
r
> more than I had bargained for. Even though I had set the recording level
> very low, still the system was totally overwhelmed by the nearest strikes
> (literally just outside the window just a few tens of yards into the
> woods). The storm produced wind, rain, hail, and of course thunder and
> lightning.
>
> I've put 20 minutes of the most severe part of the storm out on SoundClou=
d:
> *http://tinyurl.com/82h83k4
>
> Warning: *If you choose to listen with headphones, beware of the first
> strike at around 3:55 into the recording, along with a couple of others a
> few minutes later. Even though I know what's coming, it still sends shive=
rs
> down my spine when I hear it at volume. My poor dog was a quivering wreck=
,
> hiding under the desk.
>
> Ray...
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> sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause.
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