This time around we had the 664 in, and I decided to head down the brayford a way, to capture a bit of the ambience there. I was pleasantly surprised to find some lovely birdsong and other riverbank wildlife, which I set about recording.

I elected to record mid/side again, as I was impressed with the recordings i’d made before with the technique. I decided to get a little exotic with my mic choices, and went with a Neumann U87 for the figure 8 and a AKG SE300 with a cardioid capsule, which proved to be interesting choices. I had the pair on two little mic stands – and used two ‘dead kittens’ to keep out the wind.

The ambience is pretty sweet – although I think i’ll stick with two 414’s for next time.

This is a short sample of the recording:

(LO1)