This week we went about recording and editing our 1 minute soundscape. We elected to record the locale ‘by the water’. More specifically, we chose to record the fountain feature outside of RMIT. The process involved firstly hiring out the equipment – a zoom h4n recorder, a GoPro, and a shotgun microphone. I thought this would give us a wide enough scope to record a variety of objects, from atmosphere to more specific sounds, and even under water.
While recording, we pretty much wandered around the area trying to notice what we could here, and to also see how other objects, like people, interacted with the water feature. Some people were studying nearby it, some younger kids where amazed to see water on their excursion of the inner city. Helicopters flew over head, the distant sound of clashing cement, birds etc. were all not physically by the water, but their sound formed some part of what it is to be by the water.
The following day we compiled and labelled the sounds, and recorded the voiceover. I drew the short straw and had to have my voice recorded. I wonder if the soundscape would have a different affect if it were another voice.