Re: Recording huge seawaves

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I used a dummy head in Portugal but not very loud crashing waves 

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 With distance you will capture more sea noise which tends to be bland, adding 
more texture with close wave dynamic, or far away from the action and the sound 
of a stream / inflow. Depends on the sonic picture you want to paint... A 
composite approach would be to use the same mic at various locations (stand and 
listen for a good time, does it sound good there? record it...) with mixing to 
create the final impression.  
 

 Hydrophones will capture the thump of the wave and stones, sand moving around 
- difficult to deploy in stereo and to keep them in the same place. The sand 
erodes around the cable and off they go...
 

 -M