cut/cut and more cuts…random recordings #5

Posted on February 18, 2014 Updated on March 6, 2018

my first “interview” proved to be a valuable learning experience

Roger that, for sure

Lovin’ this Zoom H6…Class #4 Random Recordings

Posted on February 9, 2014 Updated on March 6, 2018

Tyler jamming in class #4 randomly captured with minor cuts/effects in post:

Comparing various field recorders. This was recorded using the Zoom H6 with the XY mic at 120 degrees:  https://soundcloud.com/sue-cunha/recording-challenge-with-tyler

Recorded using the Zoom H6 with the XY mic at 90 degrees.  Cut a short intro and used the “pluck” feature on Audacity on this clip:  https://soundcloud.com/sue-cunha/starting-raining-outside-tyler

Field Recordings using the Zoom H6 and the XY mic using the 90 degree option (width of the recording field) recommended (by owner’s manual) for recording close and medium sound sources to capture a three-dimensional sound with natural depth and width.  Sounded good to me, except this set up records in stereo (oops):

a mental traffic breakdown:  https://soundcloud.com/sue-cunha/a-mental-traffic-breakdown

approaching a traffic light…hitting the panic button:  https://soundcloud.com/sue-cunha/approaching-a-traffic-light

sound of snow crunching while dressed in snowmobile gear:  https://soundcloud.com/sue-cunha/snow-crunching-walk-to-run

Recording #3 (x3) (+1 to pick up the slack from last week)

Posted on February 2, 2014 Updated on March 6, 2018

Ok so i wanted to understand why nailing the vocal track is so problematic, so i chose to “learn” some songs from a CD Album received a month ago as a Christmas gift, and record the “sing-along” in the kitchen.  Songs are newish to me so as to not rely on long-term memory.

Alot tougher than i thought!  Gave up trying for perfect lyrics (& on key ) Ended up with a mixed bag of recordings from one song i could live with:

Recorded songs as they were playing on CD through a home stereo in the kitchen using a Zoom H6 Recorder with the MS mic recording the room sound in stereo and a second dynamic microphone recording the sing-along vocals on a separate mono track.  Imported files into Audacity and experimented with basic editing & a few effects:

Recording #3 Take 1:   tried to hide the nastiness of the mono vocal track with effects

#3 Take 1 link to Soundcloud here:     https://soundcloud.com/sue-cunha/zoom0004-kitchen-blend       

Recording #3 Take 2:  used the “Paulstretch” effect on a section of the recording to create a haunting sound

#3 Take 2 link to Soundcloud here:    https://soundcloud.com/sue-cunha/the-haunting

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Lets try something else:

Recording #3 Take 3:  Just singing along with the Allman Brothers in my kitchen

#3 Take 3 link to Soundcloud here:    https://soundcloud.com/sue-cunha/zoom0013-allman-bros

Note:  Soundcloud was not happy with the “copyright infringement” of this gorilla recording.  Re-uploaded using “private” settings:  https://soundcloud.com/sue-cunha/zoom0013-soulshine-singalong but still NFG so y’all will have to miss out on my rendition of “Soulshine”

How about recording sound at the floor level?

Recording #3 Take 4:  Flamenco Shoes (warm-up): 

#3 Take 4 link to Soundcloud here:    https://soundcloud.com/sue-cunha/zoom0025-flamenco-warmup

Made the recording as the song was playing on CD through a home stereo in the kitchen using a Zoom H6 Recorder.  The MS mic was recording the room sound in stereo and a second dynamic microphone was set up on a stand contorted so that the mic was recording the foot action on a separate mono track at about two feet above floor level

Findings!!

Recording #2 on the ground @ iFly Toronto

Posted on January 26, 2014 Updated on March 6, 2018

Made a visit to one of our Projects underway in Oakville this week

to take site photos of

the progress of the Work

“Skyventure” iFly Toronto indoor Sky-Diving facility

It is an interesting building with
 unique structural & architectural features
 and i thought it would be cool to record sound
 in the basement plenum space
The foundation is constructed of 14" concrete walls
 reinforced with 1" re-bar in a 12" grid pattern
and the building footprint is 100ft long by 50ft wide with a basement depth of 25 ft

  Standing in the centre of the basement looking up you see an opening
 in the base of a 14ft diameter, 45ft long cylindrical tube
The opening appears to be roughly 1/10th of the diameter of the floating chamber where you chill
until the plenum is fully pressurized using four massive motorized louvers & propellers
generating an airstream capable of reaching wind speeds
of up to 300 kph to simulate the
free fall experience

The distance from the basement floor to the service deck is 80ft (8 stories high)

i used the Voice Note Recording feature on a BlackBerry (Torch), emailed the file to myself and imported it into Audacity

discovered that the file format was not recognized and was prompted  to download  the FFmpeg library

exported it as a WAV file

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So how does one download & install the FFmpeg Import/Export Library?

FFmpeg 0.6.2 for Windows and Mac listed below should be used with the latest version of Audacity from http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/.

Windows

1. Go to the external download page
   Left-click this link, do not right-click.
2. Look for “For FFmpeg/LAME on Windows”, then a few lines under that, left-click the link FFmpeg_v0.6.2_for_Audacity_on_Windows.exe and save the file anywhere on your computer.
3. Double-click “FFmpeg_v0.6.2_for_Audacity_on_Windows.exe” to launch the installer (you can safely ignore any warnings that the “publisher could not be verified”).
4. Read the License and click Next, Next and Install to install the required files to “C:\Program Files\FFmpeg for Audacity” (or “C:\Program Files (x86)\FFmpeg for Audacity” on a 64-bit version of Windows).
5. Restart Audacity if it was running when you installed FFmpeg.
6. If you have problems with Audacity detecting FFmpeg, follow the steps to manually locate FFmpeg.

• Alternative zip download for FFmpeg 0.6.2

1. Download http://lame3.buanzo.com.ar/FFmpeg_v0.6.2_for_Audacity_on_Windows.zip from the external download site.
2. Extract the contents to a folder called “FFmpeg_v0.6.2_for_Audacity_on_Windows” anywhere on your computer, then follow the instructions below to locate avformat-52.dll using the Libraries Preferences.