First you'll hear a baby Blackbird's cry, recorded at 96kHz using DPA 4061s & a Sound Devices 702. Then the same cry, slowed down 500% and reverb added. The image is a spectrogram of the original sound. From tiny bird to wild beast in a few steps and why I record at high sample rates.

BirdHowl 48kHz

Hudson Fair on WFMT Radio  Hour 1 of 2

I was a guest host on WFMT Radio and played various of my recordings. Also engaged in conversation with host Kerry Frumkin. June 6, 2014  

Hudson Fair on WFMT Radio Hour 2 of 2

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, North West London.

Woodpecker

Dawn Chorus recorded from hotel window in the middle of a forest near Arnhem

Netherlands Forest Dawn Chorus

Eighteen Spitfires, Four Hurricanes and a Mustang

The Hardest Day - A Symphony Of Spitfires & Hurricanes

An interview with composer Iain Chambers and sound recordist Ian Rawes of The London Sound Survey inside the Bascule chamber beneath Tower Bridge, prior to the series of concerts partly inspired by the LSS recording of the Bridge's lifting mechanisms at work. 

Tower Bridge Bascule Chamber Concert Report For BBC Radio 4 / World Service - 24.09.15

A young tawny owl calls in the middle of the night in North London. Distant dog and vixen can also be heard along with a police siren. DPA 4061 microphones & Sound Devices 702 recorder. Noise reduction by Izotope RX 5

Tawny Owl North London

Saint Charles Singers
from a new release called, "Bushes and Briars" on MSR Classics
# 1606

The Oak And The Ash

group: Bal Tabarin

recorded live by Dieter Janssens
edited, mixed and mastered by Pieter Ketelslegers

Gipsy jazz - Lila

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
M50 Sound kicked it
Main pair was Pearl CC22


01. Cyrano de Bergerac Overture

www.onomatopee.be

Pieter Ketelslegers is a freelance sound engineer, employed as a freelance sound engineer by Klara (classical radio station of the Belgian Radio and Television). He makes on-location sound recordings, mostly of acoustically performed music and sometimes he makes audio documentaries, or does voice-over work.

He holds degrees in acoustical and electronic engineering and in journalism. Besides that he plays the piano, but mostly the trombone.

