That's really awesome. Will you post your resulting work? Like in youtube or so?
Don't DO Youtube En' I am a BOF amp tech! But if you want to PM me I will see what can be done over email?
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That's really awesome. Will you post your resulting work? Like in youtube or so?
The recording was not for commercial use. I would make something out of plastic sheet in an inverted 'V' shape, line the inside with cloth or old carpet and put the mic close to an opening, as there would be no flat 'roof' and steep sides there would not be much for the rain to make a sound on.
You know, I've actually thought about that but it would only work for rain without wind, otherwise rain might hit the shelter's sides quite hard as it won't fall in a straight line. But it is definitely worth the shot. I'm not sure if plastic would be the ideal material but with the right isolation, it could just work.
Adding some cheap fabric/carpet to this might help. Of course, the weight would increase considerably as the fabric becomes saturated with water but if you've built your shelter well, it shouldn't be a problem.
I've seen some really creative ideas for capturing various nature sounds, including one where a guy installed a mic and recording device into some tupperware, camouflaged it and left it in the woods for a couple of days, so that he could get the sounds of birds, deer, coyotes, etc., as they went about their business.
Been thinking...
Don't want to get all "existensial" on everyone's A but surely rain is like photons? Can't hear/see it except by what it hits.
Thus you can record "rain hits concrete
Rain hits tent
Rain hits tin roof OR.......rain hits microphone
That's me plan, to record rain at different distances with different intensities, hitting different types of surfaces Plus me getting a cold. Can't wait to try it!
You should next time. You might discover that many of us that use sound effects are far more inclined towards capturing them ourselves. For example, I've captured planes and helicopters as they flew overhead but I want some good ones of planes taking off and landing so I plan on heading out to the exit off the M25 that leads to Heathrow airport where I will gorge myself on them. Over the past 13 years, while driving down that motorway, I've seen and heard so many planes taking off and landing.Didn't follow the whole post
One January morning at about 3.50am, I was just getting into my van to head to work and I was suddenly conscious of the racket the birds were making, all different kinds of noises. I quickly turned on the Zoom H1 {I often carry it about with me on the off chance I'll capture interesting sounds} and got a couple of minutes of the birds of Kingsbury. Brilliant ! Noisy, but willing, creatures.It is to capture the birds that my wife spends a fortune feeding.
I hope those deer and coyotes paid him handsomely for his silence......I've seen some really creative ideas for capturing various nature sounds, including one where a guy installed a mic and recording device into some tupperware, camouflaged it and left it in the woods for a couple of days, so that he could get the sounds of birds, deer, coyotes, etc., as they went about their business.
Yeah, unless you disguise it well, gone are the days when you could comfortably leave something like a mic in the woods. Everything has it's value to someone these days.Leaving the mic alone in the woods would not work... Unless I owned that land.
Well, you can see it. Pretty clearly. But yeah, when we talk about recording rain, it's really the sound of rain hitting that one is talking about. It's a bit like wind. The wind itself doesn't really have a sound, it's 'sound' is defined by what it runs into or through. So those great wind sounds are more windbowls than actual wind. But we know what we mean by it !Don't want to get all "existensial" on everyone's A but surely rain is like photons? Can't hear/see it except by what it hits.
On the Zoom H1, there's an input level meter that runs from 1~100. I generally have it on a setting of 72 to capture conversation and general noise but for loud things like fire engine sirens as they get close up and the like, I've found that settings as low as 25 are ideal and when I feed them into my DAW, you can easilly bring a low level up high without any distortion.On another tack. I would guess you FX guys would often need a very low noise setup?
You should next time. You might discover that many of us that use sound effects are far more inclined towards capturing them ourselves. For example, I've captured planes and helicopters as they flew overhead but I want some good ones of planes taking off and landing so I plan on heading out to the exit off the M25 that leads to Heathrow airport where I will gorge myself on them. Over the past 13 years, while driving down that motorway, I've seen and heard so many planes taking off and landing.
Funnilly enough, I picked up a friend from Luton last wednesday and she's flying back out from there tonight. You certainly get closer to the runway than Heathrow or Gatwick. The only problem with Luton is that they're now optimized for a speedy turnover so you can't keep a car there for longer than 10 minutes ~ unless you want a nice £80 fine. You can pick up and drop off and it costs a quid, but just try and outstay your welcome......
I've flown from there a couple of times and it's more like a tube station than an airport. I like it for that. Everything is very speedy.
Funnilly enough, I picked up a friend from Luton last wednesday and she's flying back out from there tonight. You certainly get closer to the runway than Heathrow or Gatwick. The only problem with Luton is that they're now optimized for a speedy turnover so you can't keep a car there for longer than 10 minutes ~ unless you want a nice £80 fine. You can pick up and drop off and it costs a quid, but just try and outstay your welcome......
I've flown from there a couple of times and it's more like a tube station than an airport. I like it for that. Everything is very speedy.