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piezo-StrangeRiverSounds 130709_01.wav

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klankbeeld

July 10th, 2013

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Sound effects > Electronic / Design
contact microphone recordings

This strange piezo (contact-microphones) sound comes out of the deep of a river. More piezo in this pack.
I was experimenting there with my two 5cm piezo-elements mounted on tails to boost the volume and this is what I heard. I think the ticks and beeps came from cables in the river or antenna’s around. The low frequency's came from a passing barge.
It sounds mysterious mystical, very weird.
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/medium/92939801.jpg
See the piezoelectric mics connected to the tailes standing in the water.

The water, this river, it is an unexplored environment where I will make more recordings.

Recorded with two 5cm piezo elements > Sony PCM D50 recorder and EQ with Audacity-software.

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Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

1:14.574

File size

20.5 MB

Sample rate

48000.0 Hz

Bit depth

24 bit

Channels

Stereo

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mikhail75

9 years, 9 months ago

This is beautiful. Thank you for explaining your recording process. M

martian

12 years, 3 months ago

i am taken to outer space - I do hope Sigourney is around to save me when the alien shows up! :)

more? yes please...

altho one question ---> why not creative commons 0 no attribution- I work in film and would love to use your sounds - but my clients will not agree to attribution on the end of their movies for a single sound... an embarrassing situation

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