Assorted field recordings - General

I'm a sound designer/music composer/amateur foley artist, and I figured I'd share various recordings from my trusty Zoom H2 portable field recorder: [img]http://www.luc.edu/digitalmedialab/images/ZOOMH2.JPG[/img] It fits inside the palm of your hand, but don't be fooled by its size. I trust this thing's quality with my life. Here's a thread I've made in the past with more recordings: [url]http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=519871[/url] I'd put these into media tags but it shows up as UNSUPPORTED MEDIA :( My backyard during the day: [url]http://www.hailaeros.com/miscfiles/backyard.mp3[/url] Our town's beach on Lake Michigan (I got right in the water and held the mic literally inches from the water): [url]http://www.hailaeros.com/miscfiles/SR003F.mp3[/url] Chimes on our patio (I placed the mic inside the center of the chimes): [url]http://www.hailaeros.com/miscfiles/chimes.mp3[/url] Last year's 4th of July fireworks from a good distance away: [url]http://www.hailaeros.com/miscfiles/SR003R_1.mp3[/url] And an older recording of more Florida rain with an awesome boom of thunder at 0:25: [url]http://www.hailaeros.com/miscfiles/STE-032.mp3[/url]

they're nice, but you really need to filter out the low-pitch wind noises. a high-pass filter does the trick nicely (at least on the chimes one).

For that recording I didn't have my pop filter on me, and recording it on a windy day didn't help :(

[url]http://upl.luahelp.com/uploads/GN2wKUvi/chimes_redux.mp3[/url] highpass + noise removal with audacity [editline]12:41AM[/editline] [QUOTE=djshox;16428365]For that recording I didn't have my pop filter on me, and recording it on a windy day didn't help :([/QUOTE] if that happens, audacity comes in handy

It works but unfortunately it loses a lot of natural clarity that was only present in the original recording, which is why I do my best never to try to alter or edit them. The chime transient hits in that version have lost some natural decay after a lot of their frequencies were removed :( Thanks for the example though. When I can, I use a soft, thin dress sock and wrap it over the mic. It does muffle up the sound a bit, but the wind is gone.