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Subject: 1. Re: Stereo mic - Ocean waves
From: "Ray Mansell" BCTess
Date: Sat Mar 25, 2017 9:50 am ((PDT))
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 
[naturerecordists] <> wrote:

>
>
> 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=
t
> 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.
>
> https://soundcloud.com/wildsanctuary/n-sea-waves-uk
>
> Bernie
>
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> of_the_natural_world?language=3Den
>
> On Mar 24, 2017, at 5:49 PM,  [naturerecordists] <
> > wrote:
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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:
>
> http://blog.quietplanet.com/how-to-record-waves/
>
> It's possible to record big wave action without all the hissy top-end, bu=
t
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> To go back to the question you asked about stereo enhancing what you like=
,
> 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!)
>
> https://soundcloud.com/tnbenedict/kua-bay-summer-waves
>
> 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.
>
> Tom
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