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water, calm water strong wind, light wind,
and so on.
The results were great. If you’re on the boat,
physically experiencing it without recording it,
there are a lot of sounds going on at once, and
it is quite hard to decipher what you’re
hearing…it sounds a little bit like white noise…
The recording was different though. We were
able to pinpoint different aspects of the boat’s
sounds with different mics. So the two bow mics
would pick up the bow wash, while the MS set-up
would pick up a stereo image of the middle of the
boat, and the DPA on the exhaust would pick up
the wash going behind.
When it got choppy the bow wash sounds were
fantastic, and I nearly fell in twice – managed to
dip the tip of both booms in the water at various
points. Even when the wind is relatively calm, it
can still get pretty hairy on yachts.
Take 2
On the second pass, one of the three mics pointed
at the sail, with Martin still downstairs… The sail
flapping was excellent. As were the halyards, and all
the various mechanisms (winch, etc) in action.
Before the third pass we went back to the
harbour and recorded a lot of static sounds (boat
moored) creaking gently on calm water, harbour
atmos, static manoeuvres (raising the gib sail),
fenders knocking, interior fx and atmosses, and
even a multi-miked recording of me running
on the jetty trying to emulate Meryl Streep (it’s
strange what you do when Abba are involved).
That was miked up with a 4062 on the jetty, for
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weight, and then twin-boomed from each end of
the jetty using the 4017 and Sennheiser. It was a
great recording, until I fell over.
On the third pass, we adopted
a different array to see what
sort of results it would bring. This time
we felt we had enough interior recording
and bought Martin up on deck. We kept
a 4062 on the exhaust, and strapped
a combo of mid and high (4060, 4061)
sensitivity mics on the mast of the yacht
– I figured if one went down for whatever
reason, then the other would be just as valid.
Martin then put a 4060 on the bow itself (very
brave as it could so easily get wet), and then
also the 4017 once again pointing at the bow,
but also out to sea, and the other two mics on
the sails. We got some excellent results again,
but the bow microphone got wet. Luckily it had
dried out by the time we finished the
recording, so no harm done, and the mic is
working fine. ∫
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