Category Archives: Audio resources

Recording process and the beetle

Posted on March 8, 2009 by lunaman

Just finished reading The Beetle by Richard Marsh. I purchased it for the beautiful cover as much as anything, but it does fall into line with one strand of my reading at the moment – late 19th/early 20th century horror … Continue reading →

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Those lovely starlings

Posted on March 6, 2009 by lunaman

Last weekend was spent with oodles of cable, cameras and microphones, and at last some of the results are emerging. You’ll need a pretty recent version of the Flash Player to view this video below [technical details follow]
H.264 encoded for … Continue reading →

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Starlings in stereo and a run

Posted on March 2, 2009 by lunaman

Go get Adobe Flash Player!

var so = new SWFObject(
“http://www.alunward.co.uk/marathon/wp-content/plugins/nazdrave-mp3/mp3player.swf”,
“nazdravemp3_player”, “300″, “20″, “8″, “#FFFFFF”);
so.addVariable(“file”, “/media/audio/starlings.mp3″);

so.write(“nazdravemp3_1″);

Thanks 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 … Continue reading →

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The birds are coming

Posted on February 20, 2009 by lunaman

It’s not spring quite I know, but the blackbirds have arrived and the morning noise is escalating.
Go get Adobe Flash Player!

var so = new SWFObject(
“http://www.alunward.co.uk/marathon/wp-content/plugins/nazdrave-mp3/mp3player.swf”,
“nazdravemp3_player”, “300″, “20″, “8″, “#FFFFFF”);
so.addVariable(“file”, “/media/audio/200209birdsong.mp3″);

so.write(“nazdravemp3_2″);

Meanwhile, I’ve been to the Plant Sciences Library, a small oasis … Continue reading →

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Warburg Reserve

Posted on February 12, 2009 by lunaman

If you have a spare afternoon, visit the wonderful Warburg Nature Reserve, near Henley. A quiet Chilterns valley down a single track road in the slush. In a gap between clients, I made a short trip there to record what … Continue reading →

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Guess the bird competition

Posted on February 7, 2009 by lunaman

Go get Adobe Flash Player!

var so = new SWFObject(
“http://www.alunward.co.uk/marathon/wp-content/plugins/nazdrave-mp3/mp3player.swf”,
“nazdravemp3_player”, “300″, “20″, “8″, “#FFFFFF”);
so.addVariable(“file”, “/media/audio/swans_girl.mp3″);

so.write(“nazdravemp3_4″);

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