Starlings in stereo and a run
March 2nd, 2009 by lunamanThanks to OFVM, who’ve granted me their Midas award, I’ve been out and about this weekend filming and recording with some quite nice gear. Most of the weekend was spent figuring out what bit of cable went where and carting it around the shop – from Brighton beach to Burnham Beeches. I hope to put some results up soon, when I can get the swanky camera to talk to Vista 64bit.
I’m seriously impressed by the combination of two Sennheiser ME66 microphones, a Sound Devices MixPre pre-mixer/amplifier, and my trusty half-broken Edirol R-09. My last attempt at recording the sea was rubbish, though I’m thinking that might be more to do with the much more subtle sounds the sea makes on sand – shingle is just so instantly evocative and powerful.
The award will culminate with some kind of public art installation in June/July. So with that and the Art in the Arboretum project in July, I’m going to be kept pretty busy. Next week I’m performing Transporter Mix again, in its original format – three transportable trays filled with earth/turf/shingle/leaves.
And, most important of all, I’m finally back running again. After my longest break from running since I started, my orthotics turned up in the post and I ran along the cliffs from Peacehaven. After five weeks of indoors gym, it was such a relief to be outdoors once more.