Drips Under Car

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- For this recording I really did nothing to alter the actual sound except add a fade in/out. If you can't guess what it is I'll spoil the surprise. I placed the two mics under a freshly parked car and recorded everything that the settling axles would let out.

Bells

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When walking a sidewalk, I came across a lone feline. This cat was obviously someones due to his colar, and very friendly ways. It started to follow me around but when I tried to get close it responded. During this time I was also surprised by the ringing of bells from a near by church.

This is another recording with little altering besides cutting down some of the cat time, and adding a fade in/out.

Pins and Fan

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When I was editing this one I found myself torn between leaving it as it originally was removing the harsh peaking and keeping the loud surrounding noise of the vent, or toning it down to emphasize the noises from within. I went with the latter for this post, since I figured everyone would rather not fight through the noise for the gold within.

Removing clicks, red zoning, and high passing the audio went into this one, hopefully you can't even tell.

Crickets and Leaves

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My most subtle recording, focusing on the wind going through the trees above. I admittedly used a high pass filter on this one due to the car that makes a brief appearance but the leaves remain perfectly intact. I tried to focus on a good rise and fall of the wind, and also the soft voices that pepper the recording. Otherwise only other edits were a fade in/out.

People

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Although these recordings are supposed to open your ears to what Isn't normally heard, I had to go with what can be heard every day for this one. You can hear a lot when you just listen, and I felt thats what I wanted to focus on with this one. I also made a conscience decision to start it on the last church bell, and finish with the climax, if you will, of the loud and clear boy shouting after all the quiet murmors. Besides a few clicks and one red line, this one only needed a fade in/out.

Drift Strategy

For my first drift my strategy was to capture the essence of a four block area. To accomplish this I made sure to cover the streets within the four blocks, and also any path I can find as I walk along said streets. Rather then comb every inch of the block I wanted to more freely float along it and simply follow any interesting paths that strike my interest. I also wanted to experience the block at different times of day for a fuller experience and did so.

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