One thing I don’t like about winter is the fact that I can’t keep my windows open so I can listen to the birds at our feeders. So I rigged up an old Sony parabolic dish with one of the AT-ES947 boundary mics I have. I ran the mic into an extra Rolls MX34 mixer & out to a Roland MiniCube amp, which is sitting on our dining room sideboard. It almost makes it feel like spring!
The Special Olympics Flame came to Boise today… For some reason the committee decided to hire one of our local “radio personalities” to emcee. Good choice(?)
Wow- the last 3 weeks of January were hell! First the inversion came and layed me low… Then, I got sick as hell (still am not 100%)… Then it rained frogs (okay, it didn’t rain frogs- but January was still crappy).
So, in hopes that February couldn’t be worse- especially since it’s only here for a brief spell, I went out with my recorder to the creek on “Bob’s Trail” hoping for some water under the ice sounds. There were a couple of nice spots, and I settled in to record.
There is something definitely different about listening through headphones- you hear a much more direct soundfield. I find it very relaxing, almost meditational, when I’m listening to water sounds. I start to hear voices, laughter, birds- oh, wait- those really are birds!
We took a vacation at the beginning of Autumn last year and stayed in Cascade Locks at the Best Western right next to the Bridge Of The Gods. The room was nice, including a jacuzzi tub (which we never even used)… The only drawback was that there was a train siding right below the hotel. The management was considerate enough to include a couple of pair of earplugs in the room! It did give me an opportunity to record a train passing while I was having my morning coffee.
Recorder: Fostex FR2, Microphones: 2 Shure 16a’s in an X-Y configuration.
I missed a day, so I washed my car as penance. (Actually, I went to the car wash… This one gets a bit noisy in the middle, so don’t turn those headphones up too loud!)