This entire global pandemic has made travel a bit challenging as of late and as a result I haven’t been out doing much recording these days. I did spend a fair bit of time getting out in the backyard, but that lost its charm after a while. I’ve recently started to get out and about again, and oddly, I’ve found myself recording lots of drones. Maybe I find them soothing? Maybe it is a way to get away from staring at screens all the time? Or maybe I’m finally starting to take some of Pauline Oliveros’ sage advice?
I’m a regular reader of Marc Weidenbaum’s excellent disquiet blog, and a recent post was a bit of an ode to a hotel drone.
“The beauty isn’t merely the drone, isn’t merely the combination of foundational hum, its origin untraceable, and more device-specific sounds, like the rumbling churn of the air vent.”
I love Marc’s description and it got me to dig into a few recordings I have made as of late.
Recording Geek Note: Rig consists of Schoeps CMC1′s with MK4 capsules setup for double ORTF. It was tracked with a Cooper CS 104 feeding a Sound Devices 744T
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Mountain Lake Biological Station
This post comes from Stephen Vitiello who has been spending time at the Mountain Lake Biological Station in Pembroke, VA: I was tipped off to some sounds to listen for – juvenile barred owls, calling after sunset. I left a pair of DPA 4060s in a tree over night and captured some call and response and a moment of rain.
Bird Deck
One of the things I love about long holiday weekends is that most of my neighbors head out of town. Last weekend was Memorial Day weekend here in the states, and in terms of noise, that means quiet. Not only were the neighbors quiet, but temperatures didn’t peak enough for HVAC units to start kicking on. With quiet in mind,
All Clad
What is that expression about making lemons out of lemonade? Or is it lemonade out of lemons. For the next few weeks my next door neighbors are having their roof and siding redone, and if I am going to have to suffer through it, I might as well get some useful recordings out of it. This recording is from day