Thanks ever so much Vicki - and also, thank you for your very helpful mic
comparison recordings, which have set me on the path of saving up for a pair of
AT 4022s.
London 12,000 years actually is quite a tough one to address. That part of the
world was still in the depths of the Younger Dryas reglaciation. So there would
have been a tundra environment, but at a lower latitude and longer growing
season than most of those existing today. Perhaps Alpine tundra is the closest
we can get.
But boreal and broadleaf forests with animals like bears, wild boar and wolves
still exist in parts of Europe and Scandinavia today, although of course
they've been affected by human activity to a much greater extent.
Best wishes,
Ian
--- In vickipowys wrote:
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> Good luck with your project Ian, it is mind-boggling to try and
> imagine London sounds from 12,000 years ago. And what will our
> environment sound like in 12,000 years time?
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> In Australia we have discovered the tantalizing fossil of an early
> lyrebird, an amazing 15 million years old, from the Riversleigh
> fossil fields in Queensland. Now I'd love to have a recording of THAT!
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> :-)
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> Vicki
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> On 04/01/2013, at 8:22 AM, im_rawes wrote:
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> > Of course, it is impossible to recreate fully how things must have
> > sounded in the Mesolithic era. I am not a disinterested party, as I
> > am nuts about field recording, but I do not think there is any
> > medium better than sound for encouraging people to make that
> > imaginative leap.
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