A test of the latest iteration of my field recording setup.

Today I decided to go out and capture some of Australia's bush capital: Canberra. As I was walked around the shops in one of the city centers, I found this small overgrown lot with lots of Cicadas basking in the January sun. I decided to set my field recording rig up and see if I could create a nice image. 

Setup:
2x Røde NT5 (MP) in a left-right combination - signal encoded as figure 8
1x Røde NT2a (Cardioid mode, 80Hz HPF) as center images

Conditions:
Intermittent 5km/hr in direction of the array gusting to 10km/h

The Bush Capital

This was the first track that inspired me into the niche of sonic journeys. The track starts quietly with some muffled afternoon birds in the sunset. Then suddenly the scene livens up as the car is unlocked. From there we go on the journey I took as I came back from the shops with a bottle of wine. 

Setup:
2x Røde NT5 (MP) in an ORTF-120 setup

Sam Hutchinson