Field Recordings and Looper

2013-01-30T11:58:10.126Z

Composer Nathan Johnson discusses the field recordings he and his team used to create the musical fabric for director Rian Johnson's film LOOPER. The cue "Time Machine" from the LOOPER original score is featured.

Insects, Trees, & Climate: The Bioacoustic Ecology of Deforestation and Entomogenic Climate Change

2012-08-29T13:56:43.203Z

James Crustchfield from the Dept. of Physics & The Complexity Science Center at UC Davis presents the lecture ‘Insects, Trees & Climate: the bioacoustic ecology of deforestation & entomogenic climate change.

The 78 Project

2012-02-12T11:19:44.725Z

The 78 Project is recording live performances of US folk singers directly onto lacquer discs with a 70-year old recorder.

The publicity blurb states it is "a documentary and recording journey inspired by Alan Lomax and his quest to capture music where it lived throughout the early 20th century. Our project brings the sprit of his work into the present as we pair breakthrough musicians with the songs and the fascinating recording technology of the past. With just one microphone, one authentic 1930′s PRESTO direct-to-disc recorder, and one blank lacquer disk, musicians are given the opportunity to make a recording anywhere they choose. What we have found is that the film, music and feelings that result defy space and time, living music inspired by ghosts."

It's also recorded on a digital camera, as you can see here in a session by Reverend John DeLore & Kara Suzanne at the High Horse Saloon & Salon, Williamsburg, September 2011.

http://the78project.com

acoustic monitoring of Yellowstone National Park

2012-10-20T11:38:49.337Z

Many people come to Yellowstone to see the fantastic landscapes. Wise visitors also come to experience the amazing soundscapes. This video provides some insight into the value of natural sounds in wild places and how the park is monitoring those sounds as well as the sounds created by humans. (thanks to the members' message board on http://www.wildlife-sound.org for this link)

To boldly go where no sound recordist has gone before

2012-05-12T12:20:37.649Z

"Is the underwater world a silent world? No, the depths of the sea are as full of exciting sounds and voices as any other habitat rich with species. However, humans can't perceive these sounds under normal circumstances, and so this world has been hidden from us so far."

The commentary is a bit naff, but this film, captured around the Caribbean island of Bonaire has breathtaking imagery and spacious stereo recordings. The principal aim was to record the sounds of the ubiquitous snapping shrimp.

Sounds were captured in surround sound on the sea bed, some of them at night in pitch darkness. What looks like a Sound Devices 788 eight-track solid state recorder, in a waterproof housing that can withstand pressure up to 100 metres depth on a rig of 4 hydrophones, was taken by scuba divers to the sea bed. This truly takes field recording to new depths (sorry!).

The recording rig and other expedition details are described here.

If you have the right audio playback set up, watch it in surround sound by downloading the movie here.

[Source: Nature Recordists discussion list]

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Field Recordings and Looper

Insects, Trees, & Climate: The Bioacoustic Ecology of Deforestation and Entomogenic Climate Change

The 78 Project

acoustic monitoring of Yellowstone National Park

To boldly go where no sound recordist has gone before