In My Ears

[Random fun] Learning Ableton Live

Peter — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 22:51:45 +0000

Constructed from 4 randomly found samples.

Hest 220510 [150111 interference mix]

Peter — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:17:18 +0000

remix of Hest.

Check them out:

www.mmm-recordings.com
www.myspace.com/hestuk

http://www.facebook.com/pages/HEST/145089738984

[Circuit Bending] Stylophone

Peter — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 22:33:54 +0000

Circuit Bent Stylophone. Headphone output works but the bends actually sounds better from the build in speaker.

Recorded with a MKH Sennheiser 416, camera Lumix LX-3, synced in Pro Tools and then a quick edit in iMovie. Loads of fun!

Favorite bend @ 1.31

[Binaural] Car Ride

Peter — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:55:19 +0000

Binaural recording of me driving my battered Citroen Saxo in a sunny London…

Please use headphones for binaural effect.

1. Jumping in, starting, driving off..squeaky drivers seat.

2. Ride in traffic, opening sunroof and window.

3. Ride in traffic, ambulance and police car passing.

[Electroacoustic] Formations

Peter — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:35:42 +0000

Improvised performance

[Binaural] London Underground

Peter — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:19:55 +0000

Westbound Hammersmith & City Line from King’s Cross.
Please use headphones & mind the gap.

[Binaural] New binaural mics

Peter — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:26:27 +0000

Unfortunately my beloved Soundprofessionals SP-TFB-2 binaural mics have started to malfunction together with my Tascam DR100. For some reason I am getting an extreme amount of hiss and the funny thing is that both recorder and the mics are working fine on their own with other equipment! But just not together anymore, can anyone solve the mystery? The binaural mics sounding great when connected to my Mbox2 and Tascam DR100 XLR preamps sounds great with other mics! Very strange I say! Recorder has even been off to Germany for a health check and came back fine…

Anyhow, to avoid silly VAT charges when ordering from the states and also out of pure curiosity I decided to buy and try the Soundman OKM II binaural microphones . Instead of being fitted with two XLRs they use a 3.5 mm connection but my package came with the A3 DC powering adapter for use with recorders that do not have a 3.5 mm mic in with plug in power (like on my DR100, doh!). Since I am bringing it down to line level using the adapter and line in on the DR100 I am not getting as high levels as I would have if I connected the microphones directly to a powered mic input. So the noise floor was a big concern for me. However, I am very pleasant surprised of the result of my first test!

This is a recording in a very very tine little park near Arsenal Stadium called Gillespie Park Local Nature Reserve. I had very low readings on my meters on the DR100 and have afterwards boosted the recording +21 dB (!). Sounds pretty damn clean to me!

[Sound Design] Slinky + Electric Guitar = Laser gun!

Peter — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:21:06 +0000

Ok, this is quite a simple test with me hitting a slinky attached to my cheap electric guitar. Got some vintage style laser gun-ish sounds out from it, will mount the slinky on a metal plate and attach a contact microphone on that as next step, the result will hopefully turn out a bit better. Until then enjoy the first springy laser guns!

Sample 1: Bright

Sample 2: Dark

[Electromagnetic] Hello, I’m a Mac.

Peter — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:29:12 +0000

Recording of electromagnetic fields from my iMac & iPhone

[Field recording] Tornväktaren, S:ta Maria Kyrkan (Tower Watchman St Marys Church) Ystad

Peter — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:50:38 +0000

My last recording before I leave my hometown Ystad.

Everynight 365 days a year from 9.15 pm to 1 am the tower watchman in St Marys Church blows his horn every 15 minutes to signal that everything is calm in the city (i.e. “nothing to worry about, continue sleeping”). It is a tradition from the 17th century and yes, it is a real person sitting up there in the tower blowing a huge horn!

The church itself has been founded around year 1200. It was destroyed by a storm and rebuilt in the middle of 17th century.

Recorded at 1 am, just outside the curch.

Picture from www.ystad.se where you also can find more info.