Close Encounter

I placed my microphones on a bird feeder in Lake Park then walked away and waited, hoping I could get a recording of some birds up close. As I hoped, a bird landed right on the bird feeder about two inches from my mics.
The sounds I gathered from this recording were much different than I had expected, yet interesting nonetheless. My favorite part is when the bird leaves, you can hear the rapid fluttering of its wings for a very short time.

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A Slice of Concrete Pie

On Locust and Stowell I heard machinery up in the distance. At first it was just a backhoe and some dump trucks, but then they fired up a concrete cutter that gave off some a pretty unique mixture of low rumbles and high pitched squeals. I clipped my microphones to a road barrier about a block away from the cutter.

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Reaching my Goal

Just off of Lincoln Memorial Dr. I found myself at a metal soccer goal with metal fencing for the net. I clipped my microphones directly to the fencing and ran a stick back and forth across it. you can hear as it gets farther away and then closer to the mics.

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Underground Machinery

At the corner of Bradford and Terrace I came upon a sound I have never heard before. It was a remote controlled drill that was making lateral holes underground going to all the houses. It almost reminded me of the sound a dentist's drill makes.

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To hear an explanation of the drill and how it works, click here

Bird Conversation from Under the Bridge

From underneath the bridge on Ravine road in Lake Park I found lots of cool sounds, including multiple species of birds calling to one another. The resonance of the semi-enclosed space amplified the conversation that the birds were having, making it very easy to record.

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Drift Strategy

For my drift strategy I printed out a map of the area surrounding my house on Farwell from google maps. I then folded the map in random places over and over and over again. I followed the lines left by the folds to make a sort of loop so I could start and end at my house.

Pictured here is the actual map that I followed. You can see the folds that I followed and the path they took me on.

Drift Map

My drift walk started and ended at my house, and took me all around some residential neighborhoods, through a park, to the lake shore, and past some businesses. Throughout the walk, I stopped and recorded sounds that I found intriguing.
Here is a map of my drift walk, including all of the interesting sound points throughout.


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My drift took about five hours total.