Dave B
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Anyone recorded thunder tonight?
#641544 - 28/07/08 08:34 PM
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Just got back from a swim and the thunder and lightning is quite nice. I live on the edge
of town and for some reason it's quiet tonight as well (too hot for zooming around). I'm
kicking myself for not having a stereo pair on standby that I could have run to the front
of the flat and cabled back to record the thunderclaps. Some nice stereo ones too! And
I've missed it now is it seems to be spitting as well. Ho hum... Did
anyone else think to try and capture it? Or is it only round my way? If the
weather looks like being the same tomorrow, I'll have an ortf pair on standby (and a
stand) to rush out into the night.... 
-------------------- Veni, Vidi, Aesculi
(I came, I saw, I conkered)
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Korff
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Re: Anyone recorded thunder tonight?
[Re: Dave B]
#641552 - 28/07/08 09:02 PM
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It was thundering in Cambridge yesterday evening - a fair bit actually, but it was quite
far away. Best is when it's right over your head, of course! You'd need a mic with quite a
bit of low-end sensitivity, I reckon, and fairly sensitive to transients (especially if
it's cracking really near by!)
I've been meaning to record some police
sirens, actually - they go past my house a fair bit, and the reverb from the nearby
buildings is quite cool. There's a good (and free) VSTi called Dubsiren, which comes close
if you drench it with 'verb, but it doesn't quite cut it for realism (though it's good for
that 80s telephone type sound).
Cheers!
Chris
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Jim Y
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Re: Anyone recorded thunder tonight?
[Re: Dave B]
#641553 - 28/07/08 09:04 PM
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It hasn't been up to much here, a few rumbles.
I always miss the good ones.
Last
year I ordered a field recorder - the day before it arrived there was a cracker of a
storm. I've not heard one anything like it since. Sods law etc...
Jim
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ken long
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Re: Anyone recorded thunder tonight?
[Re: Korff]
#641563 - 28/07/08 09:39 PM
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Quote Korff:
I've been
meaning to record some police sirens, actually - they go past my house a fair bit
Ahem - Yeah, anyway Chris, how
much you say you wanted for that "second hand" Urei?
ken
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ROLO46
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Re: Anyone recorded thunder tonight?
[Re: Dave B]
#641582 - 28/07/08 10:26 PM
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I am a keen thunder recordist
Last year in North Africa I was field
recording
in the midst of a giant storm
2 Sony omnis into a MD
Lying on the ground in a cornfield,surrounded by ground strikes,we were in the high
Atlas.
Suddenly a huge flash/ bang overhead and a direct strike in front of
me
Petrified.....
On playback there is a 2 second gap after the
tumultuous flash, just in time for the thunder rolling round the mountains
EMI
halted the MD, but it recovered
Never been able to get rid of rain on the gags
on outdoor shoots though
But omnis render the bottom superbly.
Roger
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narcoman
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Re: Anyone recorded thunder tonight?
[Re: Dave B]
#641588 - 28/07/08 10:38 PM
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recorded a great thunder storm years ago from two windows in my flat! Worked well!
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Commander
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Re: Anyone recorded thunder tonight?
[Re: Dave B]
#641599 - 28/07/08 11:43 PM
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I recorded a thunderstorm from my window a few years back and right on cue the church bell
started ringing! Instant horror movie soundtrack!
-------------------- Stand by for action - we are about to launch Stingray!
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TurboD
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Re: Anyone recorded thunder tonight?
[Re: Dave B]
#641609 - 29/07/08 02:37 AM
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Not tonight, but here's the longest rumble of thunder I ever heard, and luckily I was
already recording. Thunder - June 06 - ORTF Unfortunately forgot
that I might need windscreens in my excitement so there's a bit of windy overloading at
the end!
-------------------- "He that hears music feels his solitude peopled at once." - Robert Browning
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Dave B
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Re: Anyone recorded thunder tonight?
[Re: Dave B]
#641634 - 29/07/08 08:05 AM
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Not sure that tonight will be any good. Guess that will teach me to leave gear
unaccessible - I should have just run straight in and started but it took my brain a short
while to cotton on. Doh! I was thinking of using my pair of SE3s in ORTF for
this as it could be easily rigged on a single stereo bar on one stand and so could be
moved quite quickly. Any tips? Should this array be pointing vertically? I
really must try to get some nice omnis (if I had the cash I'd go for the MKHs) - I have
the little Naiant mics (sweeeeeet) but fear that they would have too much self noise (and
too little frequency response) to get a good recording. Might try thhem for ambient
noises. Again - tips for spaced omnis? Do they point in opposite directions on the
horizontal? Or 45' vertical? Or just straight distance apart? I feel some early
morning experiments coming on ...
-------------------- Veni, Vidi, Aesculi
(I came, I saw, I conkered)
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Re: Anyone recorded thunder tonight?
[Re: Dave B]
#641639 - 29/07/08 08:25 AM
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one of the best places in the UK to record thunder is in Snowdonia ..... there are
several good spots... the trick is to find oneself at the end of a pass or valley, with
a good reflective set of mountains at the other end, and extending down towards you on
either side.. kind of like being in the open bit of a letter U , or a capital A  ... also
, a 3 way split is awesome.. that way you get the original thunder, and a
load of massive echoes.... the longer and more complex the better it can be a bit scary , but it is one of natures most awe inspiring sonic
experiences... it's one of the reasons i love these mountains so much 
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Quote idris y draig:
it's one of the reasons i love these mountains so much
Two words:
Lucky.
Git.
Still, I shouldn't complain, I'm only 90 mins away.... 
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Ars longa, vita brevis, occasio praeceps, experimentum periculosum, iudicium difficile.
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benniferj
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Re: Anyone recorded thunder tonight?
[Re: Dave B]
#641825 - 29/07/08 04:25 PM
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I wasn't recording it, but I heard a massive crash of thunder get picked up by the
girlfriends mobile phone handset while I was chatting to her, a bolt hit a tree next to
her house in Dorking. Extremely loud down the phone, almost made me jump. More amusing
was her hysterical panicked squealing that followed.
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Jim Y
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Apparently it did do something spectacular eventually , but I was asleep.
I once
tried to sleep in a car in Snowdonia - Tan y Grisau I think it was by the pumped storage
power station. The lightning & rumblings kept up all night. No wonder they believe in
Dragons! I'm going near there tomorrow with a friend as it happens - maybe I should take
the recorder. But then I see rain is forcast - I'm still going, I love the raw/wild
country around there.
Jim
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oggyb
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Re: Anyone recorded thunder tonight?
[Re: Dave B]
#641964 - 30/07/08 12:42 AM
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I got a nice thunderclap last week on my cheapo stereo mic and Microtrack. Sounds very
spacious, but can't find it just now. That's very annoying.
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Arpangel
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Re: Anyone recorded thunder tonight?
[Re: Dave B]
#641967 - 30/07/08 01:09 AM
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Chance would be a fine f*****g thing
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Aftertouch
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Re: Anyone recorded thunder tonight?
[Re: Dave B]
#642040 - 30/07/08 08:52 AM
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A thunder storm and a long microphone boom cable held out of a window? Mmmm...
maybe not such a good idea 
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Korff
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Re: Anyone recorded thunder tonight?
[Re: Aftertouch]
#644746 - 07/08/08 07:00 PM
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I got some good rumbles just now... with the only mic I had near me - an EHX R-1 ribbon...
not great, but not too bad either. In fact, I've got about 10 minutes worth that sounds a
lot like the intro to Riders Of The Storm.
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Arpangel
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Re: Anyone recorded thunder tonight?
[Re: Dave B]
#644756 - 07/08/08 07:43 PM
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Korff
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Re: Anyone recorded thunder tonight?
[Re: Arpangel]
#644758 - 07/08/08 07:52 PM
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Thing is, I missed some proper big'ns just beforehand, and I kept thinking 'f*ck it,
there's no point, the best has gone', but then I decided to pop the mic out of the window
anyway and Pow! Tunda!
If it's anywhere near as muggy where you are as it is
here, then I highly recommend you give it a go.
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Ian Savage
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Re: Anyone recorded thunder tonight?
[Re: Dave B]
#644815 - 08/08/08 12:50 AM
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Bugger, I didn't know they were touring again! 
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Dave B
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Re: Anyone recorded thunder tonight?
[Re: Dave B]
#644850 - 08/08/08 07:13 AM
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Nope. No thunder round our way last night - just rain. Oh well. Still, as of last night I
have a nicer mic pre to record it. Just need nicer mics. Oh ... and the right weather!
-------------------- Veni, Vidi, Aesculi
(I came, I saw, I conkered)
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Arpangel
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Re: Anyone recorded thunder tonight?
[Re: Dave B]
#644868 - 08/08/08 08:07 AM
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Stop messing about, you need one of these mate...great for recording storms... http://www.soundfield.com/products/sps422b.phpTony.
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Zukan
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Re: Anyone recorded thunder tonight?
[Re: Dave B]
#644884 - 08/08/08 08:49 AM
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Had a heavy curry last night. Setting up overheads as I type. That's the
closest I've got to any form of thunder round our way. Heard some distant ones
the other day. Not loud or clear enough to record as rain was dominant. Maybe
it's a High Wycombe thing? Everything here is accompanied with rain. 
-------------------- Samplecraze
Stretch That Note
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Arpangel
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Re: Anyone recorded thunder tonight?
[Re: Zukan]
#644890 - 08/08/08 09:14 AM
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Quote Zukan:
Had a heavy curry
last night.
Setting up overheads as I type.
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Setting up mic's and typing at the same
time, that must have been some curry ! can I have the recipe ? 
Tony.
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