An Hour In Dark Walk Woods

I have a new release out. “An Hour In Dark Walk Woods” is a recording of the surrounding soundscape and fauna that inhabit Dark Walk Woods, Home Farm, Nr Ripon. The recording was taken on 22nd April 2018 – the day before St. Georges Day. The weather was fair – sunny with only one shower in the day.

The recording was taken with a MixPre6 & Telinga Clip-On Mics (housed on a Stereo Bar perched on top of a Manfrotto Nano-Stand. I have used minimal editing to the recording – the total recording lasts 1hr 17 mins – I have whittled it down for the sake of keeping it neat and not have me talk over the top of the beginning and end. Noting the times and recording details.

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There was an event being held at Ripon Racecourse. This could be detected by some of the more acute listeners who tune in. I think most of it was not picked up – but we will see when people start writing in. There is the rustling of the wind through the trees (quite a din, actually – that is the background roar) – please bear in mind that it is a working farm. This means that there is the sound of farm animals, engines and such. I did not want to present the pastoral idyll in this recording – that could be seen as classist (the editing out of workers to ‘beautify’ the landscape) – so, this is a recording of a working farm, in North Yorkshire, April 2018.

I had been having difficulties powering the MixPre6 for a greater time than 10 minutes (Alkaline Batteries). I consulted Allan Smyth (ASAV) and he did a bit of research for me – he found that I needed an Anker Battery with a C-type USB Port to power the device.