Direct mp3 download or play: New Year’s 2010
Here is the audio from my outside microphones for New Year’s 2010. I started recording at 11:51 PM on December 31, 2009, and stopped recording at 12:30 AM on January 1, 2010.
This is the microphone for the left side. Note the foil taped to the cable in an effort to keep birds away.
This is the microphone for the right side. I had to remove the tissue paper being used to reduce wind noise because birds kept pecking at it. In addition, the cable running to this microphone was damaged by a squirrel and it is more than 15 feet shorter. The microphone still works quite well.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackWhat do you do to the signal with respect to amplification? Do you experience anything unusual with the signal due to the length of the cable? I’m assuming that’s shielded cable.
Do all of your home microphones go to one mixer? It would be cool to see what that looks like.
Check my post “Ambience Recording.†That is the set up I’m using and as for the cable it is RG-58. This type of shielded cable is generally used for radio frequencies like CB and amateur radio transceivers, but it does work just fine for audio. I’m using RG-58 because it is stronger and maybe more weather resistant than other cable meant specifically for audio signals.
Egad! Another round of rain. Lucky you!
The robot Santa should be holding the local wildlife at bay, I know I wouldn’t go anywhere near that thing.
Talking Rain
should have tried that in my neighborhood in tucson, az….my effin block turned into a warzone of celebratory ak’s but then again no mikes would blow….no wait weatherman has all that nice vintage stuff….
http://www.negativland.com/dumb/audio/newyear2010.mp3
Dear Mr. Weatherman:
My wife and I are in our 70’s, retired and live in a house surrounded by woods. Because of severe allergies and dust we always have to keep the windows closed. We miss all the outside sounds and especially like those you elegantly captured in “Springtime”. We have a Crutchfield receiver (about$400) for our TV and surround sound. We live in a three story house with an attic and I can get some of that surround sound wiring to a vent in the gable in the attic. What would we need to do to approach capturing sounds like your “SpringTime”. I am technologically challenged and am on a retired person’s budget. We would appreciate any advice you can give us.
Thanks in advance,
Cappy