{"id":8,"date":"2015-09-05T15:34:13","date_gmt":"2015-09-05T15:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.fsannicolas.com\/?p=8"},"modified":"2015-10-10T15:36:31","modified_gmt":"2015-10-10T15:36:31","slug":"recording-water-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samplingtheworld.fernandosannicolas.com\/?p=8","title":{"rendered":"Recording Water &#8211; Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Recording water and hiking are\u00a0two of the things\u00a0I enjoy most. And thankfully you can do both together pretty often. From frozen and playful streams in Poland to the calm but strong and exciting Pacific Ocean in Chile, water has the powerful effect of transferring their main qualities to my state of mind while recording. In this post, the first in the series I will be\u00a0covering flowing and bodies of water recordings.<\/span><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">There&#8217;s something about recording streams to waterfalls, sea and oceans that I find absolutely captivating. Being the relaxing white noise type of sound the most common component in the recordings, there are several aspects influencing the different nuances in how these natural phenomenons sound.\u00a0From scale, depth to temperature, from the impact of wind to where waves are crashing, water recordings become truly unique. Listen below to some of the flowing water I captured while travelling or hiking throughout some wonderful places.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.42857;\"><br \/>\nLa Chorranca waterfalls &#8211; Valsa\u00edn Valley, Spain<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The recordings shown in the next video\u00a0took place in the Valsa\u00edn valley, Segovia in January 2015. While the video&#8217;s sound is down-mixed to stereo, during the actual recording I went for a very convenient Double MS setup consisting of a couple of phase coincident Sennheiser MKH8040 for\u00a0the M front\u00a0and\u00a0the M rear along with\u00a0a Sennheiser MKH30 as the bidireccional, side microphone. All three of them fitting within a Rycote stereo windshield and signals were feeding 3 channels from two Sound Devices 702.<\/span>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/138380753?byline=0&amp;portrait=0&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">For Double MS\u00a0resources out there, I would recommend you having a read over the MS Recording article by Tim Nielsen at <a href=\"http:\/\/designingsound.org\/2011\/08\/tim-nielsen-special-ms-recording\/\">designingsound.org<\/a>. Also, the fantastic posts on Quad Miking techniques (<a href=\"http:\/\/thesoundmyheadmakes.blogspot.com.es\/2012\/08\/quad-miking-techniques-and-listening.html\">quad miking techniques and listening test<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/thesoundmyheadmakes.blogspot.com.es\/2012\/09\/quad-miking-dual-ms-update.html\">quad miking dual MS update<\/a>)\u00a0by Rene Coronado in his blog &#8220;The sound my head makes&#8221; provide a very good overview on the setup and its results.<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">In order to decode the recordings into either quad or stereo I used the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schoeps.de\/en\/products\/dms_plugin\/overview\">DMS<\/a> plugin by Schoeps. Routing is pretty straightforward, signals are sent to the track were the DMS plugin is inserted. Then depending on the decoding option, I routed the output to quad or stereo channels for a simpler monitoring and rendering.<br \/>\n<\/span>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address class=\"mceTemp\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_88\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 569px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-88 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/samplingtheworld.fernandosannicolas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DMS_reaper.png\" alt=\"Double MS routing in Reaper\" width=\"559\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samplingtheworld.fernandosannicolas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DMS_reaper.png 559w, https:\/\/samplingtheworld.fernandosannicolas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DMS_reaper-300x285.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><\/span><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Double MS routing in Reaper<\/span><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: 19.0476px;\">Make sure you download the file in this <a href=\"http:\/\/samplingtheworld.fernandosannicolas.com\/wp-content\/files\/Double_MS_QUAD_Waterfall_Chorro_Grande.zip\">link<\/a> in order to listen to an excerpt from the\u00a0QUAD\u00a0coded recording at 96kHz\/24bit!<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Pacific Ocean &#8211; Vin\u0303a Del Mar, Chile<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">In this\u00a0piece\u00a0we can listen to the largest world&#8217;s ocean. The recordings took place at noon, in a sunny day in <a title=\"Vi\u00f1a del Mar\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vi%C3%B1a_del_Mar\">Vi\u00f1a del Mar<\/a>, Chile &#8211; April 2013.<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F184819480%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-Ir210&color=36648b&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Aim was capturing the movement, low frequency swell and distinctive calm yet powerful crashing of the Pacific Ocean waves against the sea wall. Recordings were carried out with a DPA4061 pair feeding a Sound Devices 702.<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/soundcery.fsannicolas.com\/files\/Vi%C3%B1a_del_Mar_01.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"431\" \/><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Frozen Stream &#8211; Wa\u0328wo\u0301z Krako\u0301w, Poland<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Here I captured\u00a0a small stream flowing below a layer of frozen snow. The recordings took place at noon, in a sunny but still cold day in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pl.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/W%C4%85w%C3%B3z_Krak%C3%B3w\">Wa\u0328wo\u0301z Krako\u0301w<\/a>, Poland\u00a0&#8211; January\/February\u00a02014.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F184819722%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-Iyz5x&color=36648b&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Wa\u0328wo\u0301z Krako\u0301w, in the Tatra mountains is one of the most beautiful\u00a0gorges in Poland. Recordings were carried out with a Sony PCM-M10 in the initial part of the gorge,\u00a0trying to capture a very close and clean perspective of what was going on below the ice.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/samplingtheworld.fernandosannicolas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Gorge-Krakow_Stream.png\"><br \/>\n<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-226 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/samplingtheworld.fernandosannicolas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Gorge-Krakow_Stream-e1441451773476.png\" alt=\"Gorge Krakow_Stream\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/samplingtheworld.fernandosannicolas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Gorge-Krakow_Stream.png\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<address><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><strong>Stream &#8211;\u00a0<strong>Abel Tasman<\/strong>, <\/strong>New Zealand<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">These are\u00a0part of the first\u00a0recordings I carried out while travelling the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F184819475%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-qtFeH&color=36648b&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"> They were captured while hiking the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abel_Tasman_National_Park\">Abel Tasman National Park<\/a> in New Zealand by December 2008 with a Roland R09 handheld recorder. <b>Abel Tasman National Park<\/b> is the smallest national park in New Zealand, located\u00a0at the north end of the South Island.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/address>\n<address><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-256 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/samplingtheworld.fernandosannicolas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Abel_Tassman.png\" alt=\"Abel_Tassman\" width=\"598\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samplingtheworld.fernandosannicolas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Abel_Tassman.png 598w, https:\/\/samplingtheworld.fernandosannicolas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Abel_Tassman-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><br \/>\nStream &#8211; Ushuaia, Argentina<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Recordings were carried out while hiking <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tierra_del_Fuego_National_Park\">Tierra del Fuego National Park<\/a> close to Ushuaia, Argentina in February 2010.\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F184819479%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-D19TZ&color=36648b&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">I grabbed a\u00a0Sony PCM-M10 with me at all times. Thanks to the harsh environment I had the opportunity to record some good ambiences along with rivers and quite a few footsteps on mud.<\/span>\u00a0<\/address>\n<p><strong><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-261 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/samplingtheworld.fernandosannicolas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Ushuaia.png\" alt=\"Ushuaia\" width=\"601\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samplingtheworld.fernandosannicolas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Ushuaia.png 601w, https:\/\/samplingtheworld.fernandosannicolas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Ushuaia-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><br \/>\nBearing in mind that in most of these cases, there are little chances to scout beforehand, what techniques do you find useful when recording flows and bodies of water in non-planned environments?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">Recording water and hiking are\u00a0two of the things\u00a0I enjoy most. And thankfully you can do both together pretty often. From frozen and playful streams in Poland to the calm but strong and exciting Pacific Ocean in Chile, water has the powerful effect of transferring their main qualities to my state of mind while recording. In this post, the first in&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/samplingtheworld.fernandosannicolas.com\/?p=8\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[19,13,3],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samplingtheworld.fernandosannicolas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samplingtheworld.fernandosannicolas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samplingtheworld.fernandosannicolas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samplingtheworld.fernandosannicolas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samplingtheworld.fernandosannicolas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":102,"href":"https:\/\/samplingtheworld.fernandosannicolas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321,"href":"https:\/\/samplingtheworld.fernandosannicolas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions\/321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samplingtheworld.fernandosannicolas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samplingtheworld.fernandosannicolas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samplingtheworld.fernandosannicolas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}