The skylarks were back at the end of February!
So of I went to record them on a spot, where I heard them before last
year and what did I get: Sounds from the distant motorway, a plane on
the approach to Hannover airport, an ICE fast train going by and this alarm setting of in the distant..., and, ohh yes, a few skylarks. How many more mistakes are possible on a bit of field-recording? iRiver IHP-120, Fel preamp and panasonic microphone capsuales were used.
Type
Wave (.wav)
Duration
6:02.132
File size
60.9 MB
Sample rate
44100.0 Hz
Bit depth
16 bit
Channels
Stereo
Comments
17 years, 11 months ago
This symbolisese the strange world of the field recorder. Is the mixture of extranneous noises a problem or is it beauty in another form. I think the latter. The skylark is a species under threat from modern encroachment. This IS its world now and it finds a place among the machines but the joy is it is singing as only the skylark can. It survives.
I had a similar experience last year when the song of the skylark was drowned out by nearby industry.
I think that seeing a skylark fall fluttering and singing from the sky in its staged dive is as good as life gets.
Great upload.
