I recently took a new job in New York, which meant a departure from the midwest and a homecoming of sorts. I grew up on the east coast and spent many years living in the Big Apple, but this is my first foray into the borough of Brooklyn. I thought it would be appropriate to document my first full weekend in the new apartment, so I set my microphones up in the window of my living room and let the recorder roll.
The first file was recorded at 5:00 PM on Saturday, May 9. It is full of the typical sounds you would expect: planes, traffic rolling by, kids playing, and city birds chirping. What I was not expecting was the sound of my neighbor’s cat purring on the floor below me (at least that is what I think it is.) It occurs about 30 seconds into the recording, so let me know if you think I am right. The Good Humor man also shows up on two occasions, but you’ll have to listen for that on your own!
The second file was recorded at 5:00 AM Sunday, May 10. It also features the same city sounds, but it is missing the kids and the cat as I suspect that neither species was up that early. I definitely wasn’t! I set the timer on my Sound Devices recorder, let it kick into record on its own and got a few more hours of sleep.
7 Comments on “Brooklyn Landing”
That’s not a cat! It’s the PREDATOR!
I don’t man, but I think it is a kitty.
It sounds like a helicopter in the distance (the cat purring, that is..).
I guess this means you’re actually gone. Shit.
Nice sounds, though. As always.
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I think it’s a side-effect of the helicopter.
However, I remember a fly landing on a microphone during a classical recording at my high school. No kidding! :)
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