Hi allOn the 4th of July I set up a microphone invention I am working on in my backyard and recorded the Town’s fireworks display. This was about set off about 3/8 mile away from me and off to one side (the right side) far off (about ½ mile) in the distance one can faintly hear a band playing at a park..
I thought people might enjoy this recording too as it is an exercise in dynamic range, so I edited out the last 4 min or so of it and put it on our website for download.
WARNING this recording goes up to zero dB on the peaks although it sounds “quiet†so play it quietly before cranking it up. Clipping anywhere in the chain will usually be audible too.
Also, I tried making an MP3 out of it so it would be easier to e-mail but even at 320K it absolutely ruined it…. REALLY.
Anyway, unzip it and burn it onto a CD and see what you think.
One last thought, since this is a tough recording to reproduce with most speakers, try it on a good pair of headphones first as a point of reference.
Have funTom Danley
Fireworks link
http://www.danleysoundlabs.com/knowledge baSE.htm
Loud noises at night
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Topic - Loud noises at night - tomservo 09:28:07 07/27/06 (16)
- Here's a spectrogram - ThomasW 16:41:38 07/28/06 (0)
- Very unusual - RCA-fan 09:41:07 07/28/06 (0)
- Re: Loud noises at night - keto 09:35:42 07/28/06 (0)
- Fireworks recording - Inmate51 08:44:56 07/28/06 (1)
- Re: Fireworks recording - freddyi 09:00:58 07/28/06 (0)
- Re: Loud noises at night - Steve Schell 11:36:03 07/27/06 (7)
- Re: Loud noises at night - tomservo 14:12:46 07/27/06 (6)
- Re: Loud noises at night - Steve Schell 19:06:01 07/29/06 (2)
- Recording Thunderstorms - Inmate51 11:37:01 07/30/06 (0)
- Re: Trains... - eso 21:41:28 07/29/06 (0)
- Re: Loud noises at night - eso 17:50:09 07/27/06 (2)
- Re: Loud noises at night - Steve Schell 18:57:57 07/29/06 (0)
- Re: Loud noises at night - rjd 21:23:51 07/27/06 (0)
- I used to do this sort of thing.... - doodlebug 09:54:28 07/27/06 (0)
- Re: Loud noises at night - freddyi 09:44:28 07/27/06 (1)
- Re: Loud noises at night - hmm hits clip lite but not "loud" from wimpy 10" woofer speaker at 1M(nt) - freddyi 09:59:29 07/27/06 (0)