Love the sound of both the shearwaters and the fish - nice one!
On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 4:01 PM, John Crockett <> wrote:
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> Oops. I forgot the link. Let's try again...
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> http://soundcloud.com/the-natural-contemplative/bay-of-fundy-2005
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> This is the soundscape that got me interested in recording. Despite the
> poor technical quality of the recording it remains one of my favorites. I
> have been back to this location with better equipment, but have never again
> been treated to a sonic display like this one.
>
>
> The recording begins with chorusing Greater Shearwaters. It took me a
> couple of years to find someone who could positively ID these calls.
> Interspersed are the blows of whales, probably fin whales, maybe a minke as
> well. Toward the end you hear the reason for all this commotion. The water
> is full of herring you can hear running along the coast.
>
> This was recorded with a Sony MZ-R07 ATRAC minidisc recorder and a
> homemade mic based on Radio Shack 270-0090 omni capsules. The stereo image
> is almost non-existent and the mic noise level is high, although I have
> removed some of the hiss using David Brinicombe's curves in Audacity. The
> original is unbearably hissy.
>
> The recording was made in 2005 from the top of a 100 foot cliff facing out
> over the Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick, Canada. It is the middle of the
> night and pitch black, so there was no visual to go with this.
>
> In two weeks I'll be back there with all the gear I have accumulated and
> constructed and all I have learned from all of you.
>
>
>
"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause.
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