So far I have been recording sound everywhere I go, a bit of video, taking lots of photos and making notes.
Up til now I have been using the Edirol recorder, a really neat unit and very easy to use with great sound, but as it is owned by the AV departmnet at uni and has to go back eventually, I bought my own Tascam DR-05 unit and it is, I have to say even better on sound quality, very sensitive and picks up everything which is good, it also has a built in dB meter as well as a lot of other useful functions.
I also made this little app just to see what would happen, if you like you can download it and keep up to date on the project ( because of course who would not want to) and you can submit your own audio clips too, I will add these to a map with the GPS co ordinates in order to create something similar to this.
If you would like to participate, please send me a sound clip of your location along with GPS co ordinates of where it was captured and it will be added to the map.
It has been interesting so far and I have found that I am hearing and listening to sounds more closely and separating them from the greater cacophony.
I have also learned that I am not so alone in my auditory dislikes as I had thought, take the little survey and add your voice ( results published very soon)
I have found some interesting things to read and watch such as this Irish film about a sound recordist, called Silence.
Articles, resources and projects about field recording, listening and hearing such as this and this
have been interesting.
At this point I am looking at different ways to present and use the sounds, how they may be used in a non audio way and what sort of mapping ideas are relevant in order to get useful information out of the recordings.
It is important to me to look at how sounds are part of the cities we live in and how we can improve these places and our own well being by dealing with how sound enters and inhabits spaces, indeed by how we introduce and engage with sound when we are there.Sound affects us fundamentally and it is important to be aware of this. Just consider this article for example.
Up til now I have been using the Edirol recorder, a really neat unit and very easy to use with great sound, but as it is owned by the AV departmnet at uni and has to go back eventually, I bought my own Tascam DR-05 unit and it is, I have to say even better on sound quality, very sensitive and picks up everything which is good, it also has a built in dB meter as well as a lot of other useful functions.
I also made this little app just to see what would happen, if you like you can download it and keep up to date on the project ( because of course who would not want to) and you can submit your own audio clips too, I will add these to a map with the GPS co ordinates in order to create something similar to this.
If you would like to participate, please send me a sound clip of your location along with GPS co ordinates of where it was captured and it will be added to the map.
It has been interesting so far and I have found that I am hearing and listening to sounds more closely and separating them from the greater cacophony.
I have also learned that I am not so alone in my auditory dislikes as I had thought, take the little survey and add your voice ( results published very soon)
I have found some interesting things to read and watch such as this Irish film about a sound recordist, called Silence.
Articles, resources and projects about field recording, listening and hearing such as this and this
have been interesting.
At this point I am looking at different ways to present and use the sounds, how they may be used in a non audio way and what sort of mapping ideas are relevant in order to get useful information out of the recordings.
It is important to me to look at how sounds are part of the cities we live in and how we can improve these places and our own well being by dealing with how sound enters and inhabits spaces, indeed by how we introduce and engage with sound when we are there.Sound affects us fundamentally and it is important to be aware of this. Just consider this article for example.
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