Experimenting with Sound.

Myself and Anna borrowed equipment from the technical department in LIPA to be able to practise recording sound and to understand the differences we can make.

To start with we explored Room Ambience;
From 0:00 to 1:00 we recorded the room ambience of the LIPA Bar.
From 1:00 to 2:00 we recorded the room ambience of the Stairwell within LIPA.

There is a clear difference in the room ambience from the two locations; with the bar being filled with alot of background noise of people talking/drinks being prepared etc to the Stairwell being almost silent.

The little tapping noises that can be heard at approx 0:03-0:07, 0:13-0:21, 0:33-0:41 are where the wire attached to the boom is hitting the boom itself which sends vibrations to the microphone causing that sound. So when using the boom you need to be careful to not let this happen. Sadly as we have had little practise this happened frequently in our recording. There are also noises of mobile phone interference at approx 0:21-0:23,0:46-0:49. This is another thing that we need to be aware of.

Next we looked at how Distance from the microphone can affect the sound it makes.
From 2:00 to 2:10 I was talking directly into the microphone.
From 2:10 to 2:25 I was talking in the direction of the microphone approx 2 metres away.
From 2:25 to 2:40 I started talking directly into the microphone then moved  backwards away from the microphone. There are more sounds of boom tapping on this recording.
From 2:40 to 2:50 we repeated the previous recording and tried to ensure there was no boom tapping.

This demonstrates that the further away you are from the microphone the more sounds you are able to pick up, this is shown through the echoes of my voice i.e. where the sound I am making is bouncing off of the hard surfaces of the floor/walls/ceiling creating echoes.

Pictures of myself and Anna recording the LIPA Bar room ambience;