Binaural recording of a freight train passing from right to left, decelerating as it comes into town. The mic is about 20 feet from the tracks. This was my first attempt at recording a train with my mic setup and I obviously need to pull the gain down a bit. But I thought I would throw this up into cyberspace anyway, perhaps there is some segment of this that someone might be able to use. I go to this spot once a month for a meeting, so I will try it again next month.
Type
Wave (.wav)
Duration
4:37.185
File size
50.8 MB
Sample rate
48000.0 Hz
Bit depth
16 bit
Channels
Stereo
Comments
17 years, 1 month ago
wow! doesn't look very portable, but undoubtedly effective. Would be a hard time to explain this to the police or any curious passer by, though. Thanks for the pictures!
17 years, 1 month ago
Last night was my monthly meeting at this location so I made another recording which I will post soon if it turned out OK.
Here are some photos of my home-made fake head for binaural recording:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3516/3199329655_e8dd5d63ed_b.jpg - You cannot see the railroad tracks, but you can see the crossing sign.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3401/3200175490_d047450f71_b.jpg - The "head" is made from a piece of carpet pad wrapped up, with lots of scrap fishing net wrapped around it. It weighs about 8 pounds. The stake goes up inside the carpet pad. In the backpack is the rest of the recording chain - Sound Professionals binaural mics->Sound Professionals amp->Sony Digital8 camcorder.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3398/3200175822_2e82152747_b.jpg - The train tracks are just out of sight in the darkness. I'll have to get some photos during the daylight sometime.
17 years, 2 months ago
I will post a photo and description for you in the next week or two.
17 years, 2 months ago
nice sound with lots of detail, thank you. What stuff did you use to record this? (specifically, any external preamp?). Also, it would be nice to see a picture of the setup, when/if you try again...
