Very nice. We were there a couple of years ago visiting friends, and while
listening to your recording I was looking back at the photographs we took
on that very same beach :-)
Ray
On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 9:16 PM, Bernie Krause
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> Here=92s a segment recorded at the N. Sea, Aldeburgh, in the UK. Recorder
> LS10. Pre-amp: SD MixPre. Mics: DPA 4060s mounted on my shoulder. A decen=
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> description of wave recording can also be found in my new book, *Wild
> Soundscapes: Discovering the Voice of the Natural World, *Pgs
> 172-172. Yale Univ Press, 2016.
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> https://soundcloud.com/wildsanctuary/n-sea-waves-uk
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> Bernie
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> On Mar 24, 2017, at 5:49 PM, [naturerecordists] <
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> Gordon Hempton's web site and book are really good references for
> recording water. Here's a link to the part of his web page discussing wav=
es:
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> http://blog.quietplanet.com/how-to-record-waves/
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> It's possible to record big wave action without all the hissy top-end, bu=
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> it requires finding just the right beach. If there's an offshore reef, or
> if the beach is relatively shallow, waves tend to break farther out or
> break far out and then closer in. Either way the distant waves or
> multi-break waves create a lot of background hiss.
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> All of which would be beside the point, except that you can control that
> hiss to some degree with your microphone setup. An SASS creates a wonderf=
ul
> sense of space, but I haven't found a way to keep it from picking up
> distant waves except by choosing a beach that only has a close break. You
> can eliminate some of the background hiss of distant waves by using a mor=
e
> directional microphone and pointing it down, but you lose some of the sen=
se
> of space when you do. But I'm getting off topic.
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> To go back to the question you asked about stereo enhancing what you like=
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> Ross's recording is a really good example of what an SASS does with wave
> action. (I love pebble beaches, Ross, and that was beautiful to listen to=
.)
> Last year or so I recorded using a similar setup (SASS with single
> capsules) at a sand beach that had an uneven break - waves breaking left =
to
> right, right to left, etc. I think the recording loses a lot when listene=
d
> to in mono. (Good point about just dropping one of the channels, Vicki!)
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> https://soundcloud.com/tnbenedict/kua-bay-summer-waves
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> In terms of portability, an SASS is going to be bigger than a single X-Y
> or M-S microphone. It comes down to a question of which stereo mic setup
> gives you the soundscape you're after, and what compromises you're willin=
g
> to make to get the sound you want.
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> Tom
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