July 14th, 2010
I’ve been using iSequence on the iPad to do a bit of tracking and sequencing and it’s a fantastic application – the iPad I’m sure will revolustionse alot of audio produciton work – and had some problems using the built in sound recorder.
If you too are getting distorted recordings I’ve found a workaround.
- Power off the iPad (hold down the power button and swipe off)
- Restart the iPad
- Start iSequence and record sound – result is distorted
- Shut down iSequence
- Start iSequence and record sound – sound is good to go! (within the limits of the hardware)
The iPad isn’t very configurable for recording yet and I don’t see any devices on the horizon to support plug in microphones however for rough and ready instamatic sound snapshots in the right environments, it has interesting possibilities.
 iSequence for iPad Record
July 13th, 2010
I’ve created an iPad and iPhone friendly site for listening to the most requested sound recordings at field-recording.org.uk.
 Aircraft Sounds on Mobile website The site is available from Aircraft Recordings on Mobile
“Optimised” for iPhone OS but should work on everything else too.
Let me know what you think!
January 27th, 2010
Trackside recording of the Peppercorn 60163 Tornado passing along the old LNER route in Bedfordshire. The recording starts with the sound of the whistle a few hundred yards away and the the locomotive and train passing very close at high speed.
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November 17th, 2009
The Bristol f.2b Fighter makes one of my favourite aircraft sounds. Each time I record it I discover another facet of the complex soundscape it generates. The sounds the Rolls-Royce Falcon III on this machine makes sounds like the whine of a supercharger when you get downwind of it flying but I think this is the sound of the epicyclic gearing, which I think in itself is a unique feature in an engine this early.
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The picture below was taken during the display.
 Bristol Fighter, August 2009
October 7th, 2009
I been trying out some of my kit recently and dusted off my old AT822 and paired it up with a Zoom H2. No the best sounding chain of gear but I was struck by how good the AT822 sounds even considering the significant noise it produces when working with the H2 (I’m sure it wasn’t this noisy with a Hi-MD).
The H2 in-built mics are OK for Instamatic recording and the AT822 has good stereo field where the H2 mics do not at the expense of noise for which, in most urban and similar environments, is perceptibly lost thanks to my brain helping out. A plus side on the external mic is the low cut for windy situations and the fact that the mic units in their assemblies are much more tolerant to wind than the H2 in-builts.
So, as a workable set up for Instamatic sound recording, a little bulkier and a lot less stealthy but overall, worth the effort. I think that if Sony managed to get their act together on Hi-MD usability I’d still be using my units regularly and so would many others.
September 14th, 2009
Display from a de Havilland Vampire T.11, WZ507 based at North Weald, Essex at the Little Gransden Airshow in 2009. Operated by the Vampire Preservation Group
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 de Havilland Vampire T.11 WZ507 spectrogram
 Vampire Preservation Group Vampire T.11
September 14th, 2009
A sound recording of P-51 Mustang “Janie” recorded in August 2009.
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And a spectrogram of the recording.
 P-51 Mustang Janie Spectrogram
September 14th, 2009
Sound recording of a recently rebuilt P-51 Mustang “Marinell” at the 2009 Little Gransden Airshow.
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And a spectrogram of the recording.
 P51 Mustang Marinelle Spectrogram
September 14th, 2009
2 sound recordings of Spartan Executive aircraft, considered the Lear Jet of the 1930s, popular with US Oil Corporations and owned by the very wealthy.
First recording is of 2 Executives taking off.
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 Spectrogram of Spartan Executive take off Second recording of 2 aircraft in a display. The two aircraft are discernible by the note of the engine/propeller, obviously a radial.
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 Spectrogram of 2 Spartan Executive in display One of the aircraft is based (as far as I know) at Little Gransden. In the display is the leading aircraft.
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