Monday, July 29, 2013
Today, I took a little trip outside and had some fun recording a train passing by. I was at the corner of Lake and Wabash and recorded the 'El' passing by. To do this, I used a Zoom Handy Recorder H2n and a kick drum microphone. The first thing I did was use the onboard mics that the Zoom has on it to record a track of the train taking leaving. Next, I hooked up a Shure Beta 52 kick drum mic to the Zoom as my own little experiment in capturing the lower frequencies that the onboard mics may not have picked up. This wasn't as successful as I was hoping for, but I think it is because the Beta 52 is meant for up close recording and I had distance safety guidelines to adhere to on the train platform. Even still, I'm glad I got to do this experiment with microphones I don't have readily available at home.
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Joey,
ReplyDeleteI have done similar experiments and I've found that a shotgun microphone on a boom works best. It captures just the train and rejects most of the other ambient noise. Although recordings of the train can sound more complete when the atmosphere and ambience is incorporated with the sound effect.
Kyle Schroeder
tubesandtransistors.blogspot.com
Yea, the beta is good for them low end frequencies that a bass drum gives off. I have use the Beta in a few recording sessions, but what you did reminded me of a project I had in audio tech, using the Zoom recorder, great experience!!!
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