Amtrak train arriving at the platform - Rhinecliff, NY
Recorded September 16, 2024 at 1:00 p.m.
Sony PCM-D100
Ambient music played by street performers in SoHo - New York, NY
Some beautiful music performed by two musicians on a street-corner in SoHo, until they were stopped by the NYPD.
Recorded September 22, 2023 at 12:15 p.m.
Sound Devices MixPre 6 II + EM172 Clippys
Richard Serra, '2000' (2000) - Beacon, NY
The ambience inside Richard Serra’s sculpture 2000 (2000) at the Dia Art Foundation, Beacon, NY.
Recorded August 10, 2024.
Sound Devices MixPre 6 + DPA 4060
Field report—Tivoli Bays forest drop rig
Report notes
- Date:
- 2024-09-02
- Time:
- 2:30 p.m. to 10:30 a.m.
- Location:
- Tivoli Bays forest
- Recorder/settings:
- Zoom F3, gain 256
- Sample rate/bit depth:
- 96/32
- Microphones:
- DPA 4060 stereo pair
- Comments:
- Very difficult to find drop rig next day! Remember to always record lat/lng coordinates—I'll add this to future field reports. Captured good recording of Canada geese flying overhead. Still had issues with noise pollution, particularly trains, but decided to use recording anyway—perfect conditions might never arrive. Hunters were shooting in the morning when I went to find the rig, look up schedules and wear hi-vis vest.
DIY Oball windshield for spaced microphone setups
Recently I’ve been researching wind protection solutions for my Sennheiser MKH8020 microphones. I use the excellent Cinela ALBERT for ORTF, but wanted something more flexible that would allow me to record using spaced omnis and other mic arrays.