Picking up the Zoom H2N voice recorder for the first time proved troublesome, it looks like a small handheld microphone, and some people mistake it for that; but truly it’s a creative instrument.

 

Julz, Sam, Tim and I chose to deviate from the task, we chose not to record silence, but instead…music, made with our bodies. This tied our group together as we all established a tempo to unify amongst, and utilised improvisation to create the most beautiful sounds in the world.

 

And it was in the process that we all became even further familiar with this little handheld device, we learnt its limitations (such as the high gains in hard, enclosed areas) and how it handles reverb and ‘noise’ in both an omni and bi-directional setting.

 

Most importantly it was the collaboration that motivated us. We came together as a group with ideas completely seperate yet on the entirely same level. It was magical.

 

This seminar was really helpful, and truly insightful, as it demonstrated what we- as a group- are actually capable of. I look forward to working with my mates again, then grabbing some bevs afterwards to celebrate #studentlyf