Wednesday, 6 November 2013

Sound Recording

Today me and my partner did some recording for our sound piece. We did this in her kitchen as it was the most accessible and easiest location to film. We managed to record all of the sounds that we wanted (listed in previous post) and we also recorded a few more interesting sounds that we came across in the kitchen.

These sounds included:
     - Tin foil,
     - Kettle boiling and being filled,
     - The cracking of an egg,
     - Kitchen fan.

We thought that these sounds would make a good addition to our piece as they are all very interesting sounds.

To record these sounds we used a Zoom H4n with an additional microphone put up close to the objects so that we could get the best sound quality possible without a lot of background noise. We also used a Hydrophone to collect the sounds of the water boiling as this mic could go underwater. We also used the hydrophone to record the kitchen fan and the blender by adding a small piece to the microphone which allows you to record the vibrations of an object once the mic comes into contact with said object.

Using these different microphones have allowed us to record many different kinds of sounds, which will therefore make the piece more interesting as there is more variety.

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