Field Recordings - S&D

Does anyone on here actually, um, record field recordings?

Pondering buying one of these ... Zoom H2n Portable Recorder

i actually use on old sony minidisc recorder.

What do you *actually* record? I often think "I'd love a recording of those church bells" when I'm on holiday and kind of wish I'd been able to record the starlings at Otmoor the other week. I'm trying to decide how much enjoyment I would get out of recording (sometimes I think a lot).

i record them on my iphone :)

I've heard good things about the Zoom, also heard good things about the stereo condenser mics that you can plug into your phone. I still use my old Roland Edirol, or an app called Smart Voice Recorder on my phone. Or, for best results when I'm not lazy, this:

http://https%3A//pbs.twimg.com/media/CaFd-3EWAAY7kx_.jpg

The zoom is a brilliant budget option. I'm not sure you'd need much else.

Fwiw, I started to record a bunch of things (I got it to record a nearby rookery) and I quite quickly got a bit bored of it.

I used to do this sort of thing (this is 15 years ago! Jesus. Sharp MD recorder and small-capsule binaural mics)...

https://soundcloud.com/michaeljones-5/se18-woolwich

I should do it again.

Ta, all.

Anyway, new Simon Scott tape here:

http://touchshop.org/product_info.php?products_id=804

Any thoughts on Kate Carr's recordings?

Might be of interest:

https://boingboing.net/2017/02/06/10-hours-of-ambient-noise-from.html

Can anyone remember the name of a recording of *ice melting*, probably released sometime in the nineties?

Google not really helping as lots of people seem to have recorded ice ... but this was actually released.

not from the 90s but... maybe this?
https://www.discogs.com/Marc-Namblard-Chants-Of-Frozen-Lakes/release/1337021

what the that white noise arctic ocean icebreaker thing sounds amazing!

looks great on HDTV too

Baikal Ice by Peter Cusack?
Fathom by Douglas Quinn?

Not sure/don't recall about cracking ice sounds, but both made in icy environments. Fathom is underwater recordings at the poles.

It's Quin. Autocorrect strikes again.

It wasn't this ... I don't actually think this much *happened* (but I quite like this):

https://taalem.bandcamp.com/album/hollow-river-alm-89

It was this (released later than I thought):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jFZ_pvSnAA

Thanks all.

https://flagdayrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-black-isle

The Black Isle by Serbian composer Manja Ristić. Enjoyed getting totally immersed into this last night.

swedish lidl have released an album with field recordings from lidl

— julia (@aircode_) December 15, 2020

https://t.co/CkGgyjiCo1

— julia (@aircode_) December 15, 2020

Get in there, Saer!

I'm a little (very) confused by e.g. Lidl and Lego doing field recordings/AMSR albums in recent years and making them so long. And yet I want MORE

ASMR

I wish they weren't just playlists I wish I could have Lidl on the shelf particularly as I split 50-50 between Aldi and Lidl as I cannot afford Tesco atm