描述：Recording made on 21st October 2012 with a Sony PCMM10 on a Hama minitripod, using the builtin microphones. http://www.broadhorizonnature.co.uk/shagrockperranporth500x375.jpg This photo of Shag Rock was taken while this recording was in progress.N.B. The sea and Shag Rock are bigger and further below than they look, because this is a longfocus shot. This recording was made on the very steep and rather precarious grassy slope below the rather exposed coast path a bit southwest of Perranporth, Cornwall, UK, which contours the main cliff slope from near Cligga Head to Droskyn Point, at which latter point you are in Perranporth proper. I had walked on the coast path from Portreath, and had been looking forward to this spot because on certain previous walks I had heard the surf really thundering here. Actually on this occasion, the sound was a bit too chaotic for me to think of it quite as 'thundering', but there was a lot of very deep booming and rumbling, with periodic heavy thuds, as the surf had vigorous and indeed dramatic arguments with the cliffs here that were in its way. I placed the recorder on a very low drystone wall running down the slope, with top completely covered with vegetation, and the minor headland with Shag Rock connected to its tip was ahead and somewhat to the right. This grassy slope ends just a little further below, in sheer and indeed more or less undercut cliff, so that the big waves make big rumbles and thumps as they hit the cliff (invisible to me on the steep slope above). However, that is not all that is happening, because quite large rebound waves keep interacting with new incoming ones, with the result that we hear sudden almost eruptive disturbances of the incoming waves. I'd wanted to make a full halfhour recording of this, but it was getting towards sundown and I was concerned that my return hitchhike from Perranporth to Exeter be not much delayed, so I intended to record for only ten minutes. However, as the sound was so thrilling there, I compromised by extending that to 16 minutes (though still rather regretting it not being a full half hour, and regretting so still more once listening to the recording back at home). Roughly halfway through the recording a light aeroplane passes over, which seemed annoying at the time, but actually in the recording it does give a little sense of perspective and so serves a reasonably positive function. Possibly because the recorder was very close to a vegetated surface, I found that the recording did not reproduce the very low frequencies at all strongly, and so, guided by the frequency spectrum graph in Voxengo's Span plugin, I used a straightline graphic EQ in WavePad to give a fair boost to the low bass, and uploaded the recording as 168105. Since then I experimented further, and this version replaces that one, with a more effective shaping of the bass boost, and also a small additional treble lift, the total effect adding considerably to the power and detail and sense of spaciousness. The recording now comes much nearer to what I actually heard. (Later note: Following further recordings at this location, I now think I was mistaken about that, and the EQ was unnecessary apart from that to correct for the Rycote Mini Windjammer, and thus I now view this recording as it now stands as significantly overtrebly because the recorder was not that close to the sea, and the amended bass, while sounding nice, has not really got the thundering 'welly' that has come out so well in my subsequent recordings there.) Please note that only very good speakers / headphones with a very extended bass response will do this recording real justice. Also, it may sound unpleasantly boomy on speakers that have any sort of boominess (like my computer speakers). Please also note that the volume level of this recording has been carefully adjusted for listening purposes, and ALL my recordings so far are meant to be listened to with a volume setting that would give a realistic level for playback of CLASSICAL music (a large but not exceptional symphony orchestra). If you have the right volume setting, you should not need to change that setting from one recording of mine to another.(Later note: This recording with better sound than here is on one of my commercial CDs, and can be found in my eStore.) Please remember to give this recording a rating http://www.broadhorizonnature.co.uk/meicon_wink.gif

描述：2012年10月21日，用Hama迷你三脚架上的索尼PCMM10，用Rycote Mini Windjammer覆盖的内置麦克风进行录音。我在WavePad中使用了一个图形EQ配置文件，以补偿Windjammer造成的轻微消音。 在这一天，有大量的海浪袭来，撞击着悬崖，我在北康沃尔郡的海岸线上从Portreath到Perranporth进行了徒步旅行，希望能录制到强大的大西洋海浪撞击悬崖的典型声音，包括各种深沉的砰砰声和呜呜声，包括非常低的 "地震 "频率。然而，在这次步行中，在波兹托万西南侧的悬崖上，我感到很失望，因为我几乎没有听到那些真正深沉的声音，从我的悬崖顶上看，所有的冲浪声都听起来很有风度，没有任何戏剧性。但是，为了避开微风，使我的午休时间更舒适，在那个突出的地方，我开始沿着一条狭窄的、可怕的、暴露的小路走，这条小路沿着几乎陡峭的崖壁斜着向卢辛顿湾的海滩延伸；这条小路是由一些不紧张的钓鱼者和冲浪者使用的。我坐在轨道的边缘吃午饭，身后是悬崖峭壁，我在附近安装了录音机，就在轨道边上，位置相当不稳定。 http://www.broadhorizonnature.co.uk/exposedclifffacetrackporthtowan_20121112_02.jpg 在这种特殊情况下，悬崖峭壁作为反射器和共振器，对破浪声中的极低频率起作用，所以不断有极深的隆隆声和轻柔的轰鸣声。我和录音师正对着海湾，所以海浪一般都是在右边破浪而来，每个破浪的嘶嘶声都在这个海湾的看台中央扩散开来。这段录音是海滩上的 "直线 "冲浪，所以它并不是我特别追求的主要声音类型

描述：Recording made on 11th November 2012 with a Sony PCMM10 on a Hama minitripod, using the builtin microphones covered with a Rycote Mini Windjammer. I have used a graphic EQ profile in WavePad to compensate for the slight muffling of the sound caused by the Windjammer. http://www.broadhorizonnature.co.uk/shagrockperranporth500x375.jpg This photo of the Shag Rock headland was taken during my previous recording there.N.B. The sea and Shag Rock are bigger and further below than they look, because this is a longfocus shot. This recording was made on the very steep and rather precarious grassy slope below the rather exposed coast path a bit southwest of Perranporth, Cornwall, which contours the main cliff slope from near Cligga Head to Droskyn Point, at which latter point you are in Perranporth proper. It was made at exactly the same spot as http://www.freesound.org/people/Philip20Goddard/sounds/168716/, with the recorder pointing in the same direction. As in that recording, I placed the recorder on a very low drystone wall running down the slope, whose top was covered with vegetation, and the minor headland with Shag Rock connected at the headland's tip was ahead and somewhat to the right. This grassy slope ends just a little further below, in sheer and indeed more or less undercut cliff, so that the big waves are in a state of pandemonium as they hit the cliff (invisible to me on the steep slope above). However, the state of the sea is quite different from when I made that previous recording here. Then the sea was relatively smooth apart from a big Atlantic swell, which was tending to start breaking before meeting the cliffs. This time the swell itself was probably not quite so large, BUT the sea as a whole was much rougher, and the tide was higher, so that none of the waves were breaking before meeting the cliffs, apart from the odd transient local eruptive 'breakings' where a rebound wave interacted with an incoming one. One thing that mystified me was the absence of obvious deep booms and thumps from the undercut cliff immediately below me in this position because (a) they were quite a feature in the previous recording here and (b) before I arrived at this spot this time I had looked across the line of cliffs and had seen a real continuous mayhem occurring just there, with repeated violent eruptions of spray as the waves hit the cliff, and with distinct 'whoomphs' clearly audible from something like half a mile away (i.e. in addition to those coming from the Shag Rock ructions) but as it was undercut I wouldn't be able to see any of that once at that spot, but at least I should have been hearing those 'whoomphs', which, as I say, seemed to be lacking this time. However, the sea made up for that by giving a whole succesion of dramatic eruptions of spray, with heavy 'whoomphs', as it kept hitting Shag Rock and the attached cliff of that little headland. The plumes of spray regularly shot up to or higher than the top of the cliff there. Also, some of the 'whoomphs' are strangely extended. Each of those was accompanied by a violent jet of spray shooting up at a 45 degree angle back over the sea. I guess there might actually be a blowhole there responsible for that. It was a bit bold of me to be making this recording at all, for, at 4.30 in the afternoon in early to midNovember, the light was already fading, and by 5.0 the dusk would really be deepening (requiring care on the exposed and rather stony and uneven track) and, once I'd got to Perranporth I still would have to hitchhike (in the dark) back to Exeter. I cut out about 45 seconds of the recording, at about 2 minutes in, because of a loudly conversational couple of walkers passing by on the track above. I would not mind the odd quiet human noises, but this was too obtrusive. This recording actually has continuous very gentle wind noise in the microphones but most of the time it is impossible to tell how much of the gentle booming and rumbling is from the sea on the cliffs and how much from the wind. However, the frequent discrete heavy booms and rumbles are at least almost all not wind gusts but the sea yet again hitting the cliffs. Please note that only very good speakers / headphones with a very extended bass response will do this recording real justice. Also, it may sound unpleasantly boomy on speakers that have any sort of boominess (like my computer speakers). Please also note that the volume level of this recording has been carefully adjusted for listening purposes, and ALL my recordings so far are meant to be listened to with a volume setting that would give a realistic level for playback of CLASSICAL music (a large but not exceptional symphony orchestra). If you have the right volume setting, you should not need to change that setting from one recording of mine to another.(Later note: This recording with better sound than here is on one of my commercial CDs, and can be found in my eStore.) Please remember to give this recording a rating http://www.broadhorizonnature.co.uk/meicon_wink.gif

描述：http://www.broadhorizonnature.co.uk/shagrockperranporth500x375.jpg 这段录音是在2012年12月18日的黄昏时分，在康沃尔郡佩兰波思西南面的一个非常陡峭和相当不稳定的海岸线下面的草坡上进行的，这条海岸线从Cligga Head附近到Droskyn Point的主要悬崖斜坡，在后一点你就在佩兰波思本土。它是在与http://www.freesound.org/people/Philip20Goddard/sounds/168716/完全相同的地点制作的，记录器指向相同的方向，海况相似但也有细微的不同。

描述：http://www.broadhorizonnature.co.uk/shagrockperranporth500x375.jpg This recording was made on 5th January 2013, on the very steep and rather precarious grassy slope below the rather exposed coast path a bit southwest of Perranporth, Cornwall, which contours the main cliff slope from near Cligga Head to Droskyn Point, at which latter point you are in Perranporth proper. It was made at exactly the same spot as http://www.freesound.org/people/Philip20Goddard/sounds/168716/, with the recorder pointing in the same direction, and with a similar but slightly bigger swell. As in that recording, I placed the recorder on a very low drystone wall running down the slope, whose top was covered with vegetation, and the minor headland with Shag Rock almost against its tip was ahead and somewhat to the right. This grassy slope ends just a little further below, in sheer and indeed more or less undercut cliff, so that the big waves are in a state of pandemonium as they hit the cliff (invisible to me on the steep slope above). I had an earlier start for my hike this time, owing to a more favourable hitchhike from Exeter to Portreath, and I was aiming to squeeze in a full hour's Shag Rock recording this time before it got too dark to be sensible to continue. However, it worked out a bit differently, because once I had got this recording under way, having first done a 'with' and 'without' test with my new Rode Deadkitten windshield, I wandered down a rather vague narrow, exposed and quite precarious little track descending obliquely to the left as one faces the sea, to see if I could find a yet more interesting spot to make a recording. In particular I had noticed that very often the heaviest and most thundering breaking of waves tended to be a bit to the left of where my regular recording position was facing. Anyway, I concluded that it was worth terminating this recording and commencing another in that other position, some way down there to the left and altogether closer and more exposed to the 'action'. This recording, therefore, is a little warmerup for you before you get hit by the second one :) This recording made with a Sony PCMM10 on a Hama minitripod, using the builtin microphones covered with a Rode Deadkitten. There was a force 3 to 4 breeze coming from the left, and without the windshield the wind noise was really intrusive and enough to clip at times (I cut that bit off the recording). With the Deadkitten I could not detect any wind noise at all. What a wonderful macho sort of feeling it gives me, to be able to let the world know that I'm using a dead animal to shield my microphones from the wind :) http://www.broadhorizonnature.co.uk/arrowlongright.gif Please note that all recordings from 5th January to 2nd Feb 2013, inclusive (i.e. including this one) did not receive any correction for highfrequency attenuation caused by the new Rode Dead Kitten windshield. Subsequently I was able to work out a graphic EQ profile to apply to all recordings that used that windshield, and have applied it retrospectively but I have no plans to go through the hassle of reuploading here the recordings that originally missed out on that correction. Therefore, copies of recordings made in that period, including this one, which I supply on CDs or as licensed copies for commercial use, will have better sound quality and will sound clearer, more 'present', and with more precision of detail than what you hear from here. Please note that only very good speakers / headphones with a very extended bass response will do this recording real justice. Also, it may sound unpleasantly boomy on speakers that have any sort of boominess (like my computer speakers). Please also note that the volume level of this recording has been carefully adjusted for listening purposes, and ALL my recordings so far are meant to be listened to with a volume setting that would give a realistic level for playback of CLASSICAL music (a large but not exceptional symphony orchestra). If you have the right volume setting, you should not need to change that setting from one recording of mine to another.(Later note: This recording with better sound than here is on one of my commercial CDs, and can be found in my eStore.) Please remember to give this recording a rating http://www.broadhorizonnature.co.uk/meicon_wink.gif

描述：http://www.broadhorizonnature.co.uk/shagrockperranporth500x375.jpgA real corkerThis recording was made on 5th January 2013, yet again on the very steep and rather precarious grassy slope below the rather exposed coast path a bit southwest of Perranporth, Cornwall, which contours the main cliff slope from near Cligga Head to Droskyn Point, at which latter point you are in Perranporth proper but with a crucial difference this time, and let me say right away that, at least for me, this one is the highest in the 'wow' stakes of all my recordings so far. I had an earlier start for my hike this time as compared with my previous hikes when I got Shag Rock recordings, owing to a more favourable hitchhike from Exeter to Portreath, and I was aiming to squeeze in a full hour's Shag Rock recording this time before it got too dark for it to be sensible for me to continue. However, it worked out a bit differently, because once I had got my recording under way, at my usual spot on a very low drystone wall, this time I wandered down a rather vague narrow exposed and quite precarious little track descending obliquely to the left as one faces the sea, to see if I could find a yet more interesting spot to make a recording. In particular I had noticed that very often the heaviest and most thundering breaking of waves tended to be a bit to the left of where my regular recording position was facing. Anyway, I concluded that it was worth terminating the currently running recording and then to commence another in that other position, some way down there to the left, much closer to the actual cliff top and altogether closer and more exposed to the 'action'. The action around Shag Rock (to right), although still audible, is therefore somewhat more distant, BUT not only is the recorder now altogether closer to the thundering 'action' of the waves, often with tremendous eruptions of spray as powerful rebound waves meet the bigger incoming waves, but also now it is getting significant whoomphs from another spot on the cliff a bit further to the left, where plumes of spray frequently shoot up to as high as the recorder (though, thanks to an undercut immediately below the recorder, nothing came up quite that high at the recording position, otherwise I'd have retreated a bit for the sake of the recorder). Curiously, what seemed to be the loudest wallop of them all was not caused by a wave hitting the cliff at all, but by two breaking sections of a particularly big wave coalescing and evidently trapping a large volume of air under a fair weight of water, causing effectively a small explosion. What is really striking about this soundscape is that it feels so powerful and indeed menacing not just through brute force of sound but through the graceful and elegant movements of the water, as though this were some gargantuan ballet performance. In order to avoid one having to turn up the volume for this recording for the correct sound level, I adjusted it to a level at which a small number of thump / whoomph peaks clip somewhat, but I haven't been able to detect those clipping points in my own listening test, and so am happy to have made that compromise. This recording made with a Sony PCMM10 on a Hama minitripod, using the builtin microphones covered with a Rode Deadkitten. There was a force 34 breeze coming from the left, but it appears that the Deadkitten has been fully effective in eliminating any noticeable wind noise. http://www.broadhorizonnature.co.uk/arrowlongright.gif Please note that all recordings from 5th January to 2nd Feb 2013, inclusive (i.e. including this one) did not receive any correction for highfrequency attenuation caused by the new Rode Dead Kitten windshield. Subsequently I was able to work out a graphic EQ profile to apply to all recordings that used that windshield, and have applied it retrospectively but I have no plans to go through the hassle of reuploading here the recordings that originally missed out on that correction. Therefore, copies of recordings made in that period, including this one, which I supply on CDs or as licensed copies for commercial use, will have better sound quality and will sound clearer, more 'present', and with more precision of detail than what you hear from here. Please note that only very good speakers / headphones with a very extended bass response will do this recording real justice. Also, it may sound unpleasantly boomy on speakers that have any sort of boominess (like my computer speakers). Please also note that the volume level of this recording has been carefully adjusted for listening purposes, and ALL my recordings so far are meant to be listened to with a volume setting that would give a realistic level for playback of CLASSICAL music (a large but not exceptional symphony orchestra). If you have the right volume setting, you should not need to change that setting from one recording of mine to another. Oh, and finally (now the monkey tells us), I have yet to get a recording of a really wild sea here That will clearly be quite some recording challenge when it eventually happens (i.e., if it is to be done really well) :)(Later note: This recording with better sound than here is on one of my commercial CDs, and can be found in my eStore.) Please remember to give this recording a rating http://www.broadhorizonnature.co.uk/meicon_wink.gif

描述：这段录音是在2012年12月18日，我在英国康沃尔郡Portreath到Perranporth的海岸小道上徒步旅行时的午休时间录制的。这是一个非常标准的沙滩上的冲浪声，但与我以前的录音不同，因为我在悬崖顶上，所以高频的声音被削弱了，因为它们不像低频那样传播得那么远（因此雷电的声音缺乏高频率成分，除非它在附近被击中）。因此，这次的声音更像是咆哮和雷鸣，而不是嘶嘶声尽管它自然不是那么响亮，因为我离大海很远。 在这段录音中，有一架轻型飞机飞过，总的来说，我选择不剪掉这一段，因为它给其他相当不稳定的声音提供了一种平衡的 "标点"，而且这种侵入并不强烈，非常短暂。 在我的自然声景录音中，像往常一样，有大量的海或风的成分，只有真正好的高保真扬声器或耳机，具有扩展和合理的平坦的低音响应，才能使这个录音真正公正，因为在声音中有相当大的非常低的频率成分，这在普通的扬声器系统中往往是令人不愉快的繁荣。请注意，这个录音的音量水平已经被仔细调整过了，到目前为止，我所有的录音都是为了听一个真实的古典音乐（一个大型但并不特别的交响乐团）的音量设置而进行的。如果你有正确的音量设置，你应该不需要从我的一个录音中改变这个设置。 用索尼PCMM10在Hama迷你三脚架上进行的录音，用Rycote Mini Windjammer覆盖的内置话筒。我在WavePad中使用了一个图形均衡器配置文件来补偿Windjammer造成的轻微消音。(后记：这段录音声音比这里好在我的一张商业CD上，可以在我的电子商店。) 请记得给这个录音评分！ http://www.broadhorizonnature.co.uk/meicon_wink.gif

描述：2012年9月8日，用Hama迷你三脚架上的索尼PCMM10，用Rycote Mini Windjammer覆盖的内置麦克风进行录音。我在WavePad中使用了一个图形均衡器配置文件来补偿Windjammer造成的轻微消音。 http://www.broadhorizonnature.co.uk/ladies'_window_20120908500px.jpg 这段录音是我在Boscastle附近的北康沃尔海岸的Ladies' Window（一个相当壮观的天然拱门）边上的相当高的悬崖顶上吃早饭时录制的。在这段录音的早期，一艘小汽艇（我想是与捕鱼有关的）驶来，并在周围打转，最后驶离，后来又有一艘快艇驶来，然后在周围打转（也许是旅游，也许是与捕鱼有关），最后在录音结束前驶离但另一艘刚刚驶近，

描述：2012年9月8日，用Hama迷你三脚架上的索尼PCMM10，用Rycote Mini Windjammer覆盖的内置麦克风进行录音。我在WavePad中使用了一个图形均衡器配置文件来补偿Windjammer造成的轻微消音。 http://www.broadhorizonnature.co.uk/mouth_of_rocky_valley500x369px.jpg 康沃尔郡廷塔格尔附近美丽而非常崎岖的洛基谷，狭长地通向大海，溪流在岩石上开出一个微型峡谷，以小瀑布的形式涌过各种尖锐的岩石边缘，然后与大海相遇，在这次录音时，大海充满了这个微型峡谷的底部延伸。 事实上，海水在这里已经被大大缩小成一个小入口，所以当暴风雨来临时，大西洋的大浪冲过来，这里就有可能出现高难度的动作！不过，在这个时候，海浪已经在这里出现了。 然而，在这个场合，海浪非常小，所以我能够把录音机带到小峡谷的边缘，拍到相对近距离的溪流和不断躁动的大海的交汇。 我在这里录了两段半小时以上的录音。在这段录音中，我把录音机放在岩石平台上的一个角状凹槽里，试图让它避开轻柔的微风。 我也很想看看这样的放置会有什么有趣的声学效果。 录音机在小峡谷的底端高于海面，斜着指向上游。它在一定程度上被小峡谷的一个小弯挡住了强烈的连续 "白噪声"，所以你可以在溪流的噪声中听到大海的声音

描述：用索尼PCMM10录音（使用Rycote Windjammer的内部麦克风），在英国康沃尔郡博卡斯尔的Penally山上，几乎在通往崎岖不平的Penally Point的小山丘上，直奔前方。录音机指向Penally Point的向海一侧，但也从其向陆一侧和Boscastle港口另一侧稍远的悬崖上捕捉到一些海噪声。 这一天（2012年6月17日），大西洋的海浪相当小，声音很好听，但不壮观，风有点干扰。 有一次，可以听到两个兴奋的孩子的声音这是那种会让任何不是完全沉闷的'羊'的人兴奋的地方！

描述：2012年6月17日，用索尼PCMM10的内部麦克风和Rycote Mini Windjammer进行录音。尽管这个地方的微风很轻，但迷你防风罩并没有完全消除风的噪音

描述：这段录音是在2012年11月19日，我在英国康沃尔郡Portreath到Perranporth的海岸小道上徒步旅行时的午休时间录制的。这是一个非常标准的沙滩上的冲浪声。我是在Chapel Porth西南侧的峭壁上向海一侧的崖顶上录制的。在我沿着海岸线走了这么远之前，破浪声听起来确实令人印象深刻，单个海浪破浪时发出非常深沉的'雷鸣'声，但在这里，它的印象就不那么深刻了，因为潮水已经退去，因此'行动'离我相当遥远所以单个雷鸣声往往在较近的一大片去掉泡沫的海的一般嘶声中消失。 记录器的确切位置是在突出部的向海一侧，紧挨着一条相当暴露的狭窄小路，这条小路沿着非常陡峭的悬崖斜坡，为下降到Chapel Porth提供了一条充满冒险精神的非官方路线。在这个特殊的日子里，这条路线也很方便，因为它可以遮挡住强劲的南风。 在这段录音中，有几架飞机飞过，总的来说，我选择不把这些部分剪掉，因为它们给其他不稳定的声音提供了一种平衡的 "标点"，而且这些侵入并不强烈，非常短暂。 像往常一样，在我的自然声景录音中，有大量的海或风的成分，只有真正好的高保真扬声器或耳机，有扩展和合理的平坦的低音响应，才能使这个录音真正公正，因为在声音中有相当大的非常低的频率成分，这在普通的扬声器系统中往往会被夸大或或多或少听不到。请注意，这张唱片的音量是经过仔细调整的，到目前为止，我所有的唱片都是要用一个音量设置来听的，它可以为古典音乐（一个大型但不特别的交响乐团）的播放提供一个真实的音量。如果你有正确的音量设置，你应该不需要从我的一个录音中改变这个设置。 用索尼PCMM10在Hama迷你三脚架上进行的录音，用Rycote Mini Windjammer覆盖的内置麦克风。我在WavePad中使用了一个图形均衡器，以补偿Windjammer造成的轻微消音。下面的照片是在录音时拍摄的。 http://www.broadhorizonnature.co.uk/surfrecordingchapelporth_121119375x500。jpg(后记：这段录音声音比这里好在我的一张商业CD上，可以在我的电子商店 。)

描述：这段录音拍摄于2012年6月17日，使用索尼PCMM10和Rycote Mini Windjammer的内部话筒，在离英国康沃尔郡Boscastle不远的Beeny Cliff上一个相当暴露的位置。这是在一个点上，原来非常暴露的一段海岸线已经被放弃，建立了一个不太暴露的改道，但在这里，我到了那个暴露的地方，海面上的悬崖被切开了，

描述：来自伦敦皮卡迪利广场的一般氛围。使用Zoom H6'板载立体声胶囊录制。

描述：春天的鸟鸣，自然保护区，Hampton Lode Worcestershire UK.