Captured Sound

The Village of Lewiston, NY celebrated it’s bicentennial July 1st -4th. This was from the parade and always my favorite, the bagpipes. I recorded this using two custom AOM-5024L_HD-R omni mics positioned on my backpack straps and recorded with my Zoom h1n.

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Download: Bicentennial Parade Bag Pipes

The Spring morning was chilly but the sun was bright, winds were minimal, water was flowing and the birds were alive with song. This morning I took a walk along Two Mile Creek in Tonawanda N.Y, a small waterway that leads into the Niagara river. I was able to capture not only the serene sound of the birds and creek but a reminder in the distant, that civilization was still nearby.

This is actually two recordings from my walk merged into one short binaural recording were you will hear Red-Winged black birds that perched along the creek on cattails , mourning doves with their soft coo and a Downy Woodpecker call as well as a distant drum.

This audio was captured using the Roland cs-10em binaural recorder headphones to the Tascam DR-50X

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Download: Two Mile Creek

I recently replaced my Philips DVT7500 that abruptly died with a Tascam DR-05X Linear PCM Recorder which I had been wanting to purchase and now had the perfect reason. This is my first out of the box recording in my backyard in the mid evening. In this capture you’ll hear bird song, a distant train whistle, neighborhood dogs, motorcycles and more.

The DR-05X has two stereo mics on top and a 1/8 plug in power jack located between the two capsules that works perfectly with my Roland CS-10EM monitoring earbuds and my lav mics. The DR-05 does not have any XLR inputs like my TAscam DR-40 which makes it much more portable in the field.

I haven’t had much experience with the DR-05X yet but I can already hear the difference from the Philips DVT7500 and to say I’m pleased is an understatement. I look forward to more outings with the DR-05X

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Download: Test DR-05X backyard spring

Spring is here which means the morning is full of sound from the American Robin. In this binaural recording you will also hear the calls of the Black-capped Chickadee, Common Grackle, European Starling and for a brief moment a Crow in the distance. This binarual recording was captured with the Philips DVT7500 field recorder using the Roland CS-10EM in ear Binaural recording monitors in my backyard at dawn on March 21,2020.

I purchased a Styrofoam head awhile ago and the other day i drilled the sides to accommodate both sets of binarual earbuds. it’s very silly but it will work in the situations when i can’t or wont stay still. I used a sleeve from an old t shirt hoping to cut down and wind sound but unfortunately it did not full work. Back to the drawing board.

Download: The Robin’s morning call

My first test of the Roland CS-10EM in ear Binaural recording monitors recorded on my Philips DVT7500 field recorder.

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I’m very happy with these recorders and the ability to monitor live sound while recording will make for better future recordings. An option that is not available on the “Scenes Lifelike” recorders which can only monitor through the LifeLike software which leads to a small but distracting delay.

I wanted to capture the household sound, dishes being washed, a TV playing in the other room while my wife and daughter head up our creaky stairs to “get candy” from my studio. Every time I listen to this while in my studio I’m fooled into thinking someone is headed up the stairs.