So I decided to head down to Hartsholme park, just outside of Lincoln, to record ambience for the day. I was using the 664 at the time, and I opted to use a matched pair of 414’s again (as I really liked the sound of them in my earlier experiment). I employed the A – B mic setup, as i wanted more of a broad stereo image, as opposed to the focus of the mid/side configuration. I think the A – B setup is the closest to replicating the human ears as you can get – without using a binaural mic. The stereo bar I used is roughly the width of a human head too, so the recordings come out sounding good. The stereo bar was also ideal in this scenario, as I needed to pack up/down the kit quickly and efficiently when moving from location to location (and travelling to the park initially).

Unfortunately, while the park is fairly far from the road, there was some lingering drones of traffic in the background. Unfortunately this couldn’t be helped, and it’ll take some swift EQ to sort these frequencies out. Hopefully i’ll be able to leave the beautiful birdsong. The ambiences from this day of recording will go into the exteriors of taphobos, particularly one recording that I managed to capture, of an owl. This will be great for evoking the classic hollywood tension of a ‘horror’.

Sound samples below.

(LO1)