Recording made on 20th June 2012, with Sony PCM-M10 with Rycote Mini Windjammer, on tip (also summit) of Penally Point, Boscastle harbour, Cornwall, UK, pointing across the mouth of Boscastle Harbour to the cliffs the other side. This is very rugged rocky terrain, and normally the Atlantic swell coming in here is much bigger and thus sounds much more spectacular; on this occasion it is very small and genteel.
If you listen with really good speakers you may faintly hear the repeated heavy thumps and 'whoomphs' as the swell hits the end of various large fissures and small caves in the cliff on the other (i.e. seaward) side of this miniature mountain. The swell was too small and the tide too low for the well-known blow-hole to be doing anything; otherwise that would have very much added to the sound picture.
This recording is quite quiet, and I have left it like that because that is exactly how it was. Not only were the waves small and gentle, but I was quite high up. Late in the recording a very high and thus distant jet aircraft can be heard. The seagulls are more or less all herring gull.
Please note that the volume level of this recording has been carefully adjusted for listening purposes, and ALL my recordings so far are meant to be listened to with a volume setting that would give a realistic level for playback of CLASSICAL music (a large but not exceptional symphony orchestra). If you have the right volume setting, you should not need to change that setting from one recording of mine to another.
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Type
Flac (.flac)
Duration
16:06.129
File size
71.4 MB
Sample rate
44100.0 Hz
Bit depth
16 bit
Channels
Stereo
Comments
10 years, 8 months ago
Lovely recording. Great quality - and so relaxing to listen to!
12 years, 4 months ago
Great sound! Thanks!
12 years, 8 months ago
Really nice recording! Thanks for uploading :)
