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Rivers & Waterfalls

Rivers & Waterfalls around the world

Posted onDecember 15, 2018May 11, 2020AuthorStephane FufaLeave a comment

Many countries For the past 10 months, I have been travelling through 20 countries, and I have recorded many rivers (and waterfalls) along the way. Particularly in Switzerland (Alps), in Spain (Pyrenees), in Georgia, and Iceland. I decided to pull Read More …

CategoriesTravel Diary EntryTagsaround the world, river, water, waterfall, world

Recording river sound

Obsessed again with rivers and waterfalls

Posted onMay 26, 2018AuthorStephane FufaLeave a comment

   

CategoriesUncategorizedTagscountryside, forest, mountain, nature, navarra, river, rivers, spain, stream, water, waterfall

Obsessed with Swiss Rivers!

Posted onApril 28, 2018AuthorStephane FufaLeave a comment

Over the days, I got obsessed with rivers! There are so many from the mountains! And they all sound different!  

CategoriesUncategorizedTagsflow, mountain, nature, river, rivers, stream, Swiss, switzerland, water, waterfall

Recording the sea of Iceland

Posted onApril 10, 2018AuthorStephane FufaLeave a comment

*in the video, it is the mic from the camera. Recording with the Sennheiser MKH8090 handheld over the rocks. Quite a nice place at Ytri Tunga, where seals are used to come, but today there was none. Beautiful spot anyway!

CategoriesUncategorizedTagsiceland, sea, water, waves, Ytri Tunga

Water Stream

Capturing Water Streams at Cayambe-Coca

Posted onApril 14, 2017April 14, 2017AuthorStephane FufaLeave a comment

Some beautiful water streams out there near El Reventador

CategoriesUncategorizedTagsecuador, flow, mountain, river, stream, water, waterfall

The Fountains – 1 year

Posted onMarch 26, 2017April 6, 2017AuthorStephane FufaLeave a comment

One year ago I started the project ‘100 fountains‘. At that time I had already recorded a profusion of sounds throughout the city of Montreal. I was about to release a collection of ambiences from Montreal. As I re-listened the tracks Read More …

CategoriesUncategorizedTagscity, civilisation, flow, jet, soundscape, stream, water

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I took 9 different microphone setups into the field around Penang, Malaysia to hear how they actually compare when recording the same environments.

This is not a laboratory test or a technical measurement session. The goal was to compare the **sound, character and stereo image** of each microphone in real-world field recording situations.

I used these microphones:

• Schoeps CCM 41
• Sennheiser MKH 8090
• Immersive Soundscapes Earsight Nano
• LOM mikroUši
• FEL Clippy EM272
• Sonorous Objects SO.103
• Immersive Soundscapes Earsight Thumb
• Immersive Soundscapes Earsight V2
• Sony PCM-D100

The recordings cover a variety of environments and sources around Penang, including Chew Jetty, a wet market, forest ambience, sea waves, a motorcycle pass-by, a cityscape with the call to prayer, a quiet botanical garden, distant city sirens and various studio objects.

Each microphone was recorded simultaneously where possible, using different recorders and stereo configurations depending on the rig. No EQ, compression or other processing was applied.

🎧 **Read the full article, including technical specifications and a more detailed analysis:**
https://soundxplorer.com/microphone-comparison-in-the-field-nine-compact-stereo-rigs

The idea was not to find one "best" microphone, but to find out which microphones I personally preferred for different recording situations.

Recorded in Penang, Malaysia.

#FieldRecording #MicrophoneComparison #SoundRecording #FieldRecordingGear #Schoeps #Sennheiser #LOM #Clippy #SoundDesign
9 Microphones Compared in the Field | Real-World Field Recording Test
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