I have a similar complaint, but not exactly that it doesn't sound real. I d=
islike the low rumble of a jet more than, say, a distant car horn, because =
if I give a part of that recording to someone to listen to then I have to e=
xplain that it's a jet. Unless they listen to a long section where the rumb=
le increases from nothing, they may not realise what it is, and may think i=
t's just a very low quality recording.
I suppose it's the duration of the noise as well as the slowly changing nat=
ure of it that's causes this problem.
I've considered introducing a track with obvious samples of this type of no=
ise to alert the listener to their presence, rather than letting them disco=
ver them for themselves.
Peter Shute
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of rock_scallop
> Sent: Friday, 9 August 2013 8:32 AM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Recording levels or Where to
> find quiet.
>
>
>
> Hi Klas,
> I understand that noise (anthropogenic) sometimes sounds like
> nature, and vice versa nature sometimes sounds like noise.
> But can you elaborate on your perspective that is not the
> noise you find offensive, but that it does not sound real -
> that it falsely sounds like natural sound? I find this baffling.
>
> John Hartog
> rockscallop.org
>
> --- In
> <naturerecordists%40yahoogroups.com> , Klas Strandberg
> <> wrote:
> >
> > Yes, isnt it terrible!
> > The only way I have come to some rest with all the noise,
> is trying to
> > make the noise sound as real as possible. Today I don't get crazy
> > about traffic noise, for example, as long as it sounds like traffic
> > noise and not like wind or a stream.
> > If the noise is there and you can't help it, make it a piece of the
> > picture and record it anyway!
> > Or use a parabol and focus on individual sounds.
> >
> > Klas.
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