Lake Te Anau, Fiordland
Takaka, Golden Bay
Cosy Nook, Southland
Jerusalem, Wanganui
West Coast, near Farewell Spit
Mid-Canterbury East Coast
Echo Point, Western Inlet, Takaka
Totaranui Beach, Takaka
Oreti Beach, Invercargill
Bluff, Invercargill
Orepuki Beach, Southland
Oreti Beach, Invercargill
Jesusalem, Wanagnui
Why? Because it was there!
Wouldn’t it be nice if these were ‘singing postcards’ with 30′ mp3’s attached?
Funny. Like some alien creature visiting interesting places on earth and be surprised…
re singing postcards, that was my thought too, as soon as i staretd hunting thru iPhoto finding the photos… so i will repost the photos with exactly that sometime, when i get time… i’ve also started researching buying a small GPS unit, so that I can geotag such recordings & photos to their true location – summer is just starting in NZ and I can feel a few road trips coming on!
used to spend school holidays around Cosy Nook… beautiful place.
Hy Tim
Nice to read your blog again.
What microphone do you use from record all of this ambiances?
Bye
Mostly I use a stereo shotgun mic made by Sanken CSS5
its sensitive/high output but i have noticed inherent nosie on very low level sounds eg when recording quiet impulse responses…
i recently also boughta Sennheiser MKH 70 – this is a mono long shotgun mic, ideal for isolating elements of an ambience (as opposed to the Sanekn which si great for capturing a stereo image of a location)
for ‘stealth’ recording eg cafe/bar/restaurant etc I have a pair of Oktava MK012 which are small & easy to hide… well at least easier than a greta big rycote…
Once we get finished with this mix I am going to try a friends pair of Sennheiser 8050 series mics – these are tiny mics that go up to 50kHz… like the Oktavas they also have swappable capsules, so once a side format capsule is released I am very interested in an MS mic setup as it could be very small, even inside a rycote, which would be great for travel….
Thank you Tim