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A couple of demos using iSequence on iPad

jhuckle — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:03:07 +0000

Despite a few niggles I am really enjoying iSequence on the iPad.

Here are a couple of demos so far. Things are a little harsh with iSequence and there’s no eq to use so too much playing with the effect filtering can produce harsh results.

First one is the raw output from iSequence (LAME Mp3, VBR7)

Second has a touch of compression and some eq to try to deal with the harsh mids (or could be my new monitor headphones not yet broken in).

Not the best but still getting to grips with the workings. I used a couple of field recordings from a train journey recorded directly onto the iPad while creating the track.

Classic Aircraft Sound Recordings for iPad

admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:37:51 +0000

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!

60163 Tornado 26 September 2009

jhuckle — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:30:44 +0000

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.

Sony PCM M 10

jhuckle — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:23:08 +0000

I’m seriously looking at buying a M 10 and have been doing the usual web research and conseqeuntly picked up a few interesting links to reviews, specs and opinions. Here they are.

Pricing

Product previews and reviews

PCM M 10

http://www.soundonsound.com/news?NewsID=11803

Bristol Fighter, Old Warden 2nd August 2009

jhuckle — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:50:49 +0000

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.

The picture below was taken during the display.

Bristol Fighter, August 2009

My new old gear, AT822 meets H2

jhuckle — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:36:47 +0000

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.

de Havilland Vampire, Little Gransden, August 2009

jhuckle — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:53:15 +0000

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

de Havilland Vampire T.11 WZ507 spectrogram

Vampire Preservation Group Vampire T.11

P-51 Mustang, Janie, August 2009

jhuckle — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:28:03 +0000

A sound recording of P-51 Mustang “Janie” recorded in August 2009.

And a spectrogram of the recording.

P-51 Mustang Janie Spectrogram

P-51 Mustang, Marinell, Little Grandsden, August 2009

jhuckle — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:22:43 +0000

Sound recording of a recently rebuilt P-51 Mustang “Marinell” at the 2009 Little Gransden Airshow.

And a spectrogram of the recording.

P51 Mustang Marinelle Spectrogram

Spartan Executive, Little Gransden August 2009

jhuckle — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:52:46 +0000

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.

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.

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.