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Audio, What's up with that?

What’s up with that? S03E01 08-21-2009

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What’s up with that? A show not hosted by Ryan Hill. Music used in this show was The Hard Blues from Live at the Cardner Museums Tapestry Room by Julius Hemphill Sextet.

Questions:

  1. How have your career dreams been crushed by the recession?
  2. The government is subsidizing your dinner, what is on the menu?
  3. You just come home and your roommate has done something filthy, vile and it is stinking–what was it?
  4. How are you mentally preparing for health care?
[audio:http://themediacollective.org/wp-content/uploads/whatsupwiththat/S03/whatsupwiththat-S03E01.mp3]
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Improv

First Improv Call-Out a Success

The first call-out for our new troupe was a success. We met three new people and saw some familiar faces. Our next jam session/workshop will be this coming Saturday, August 29th. The time to be announced as soon as we hear back from everyone on what works best for them. We figured something around 3PM or 7PM.

If you’re interested, please contact us using the form, leaving a comment on this post, or by writing us at improv@-REMOVETHISTEXT-themediacollective.org

Audio, Binaural, Video

Greyhouse Coffee Co. – August 15th, 2009

Today, while at Greyhouse, we decided to do a binaural recording, along with a time lapse video (known by us as a BTL). It’s great to see the hustle and the bustle around campus again. Enjoy!

Audio from the video below:
[audio:http://themediacollective.org/wp-content/uploads/binaural/themediacollective.org-Greyhouse-08-15-2009.mp3]
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Audio, Binaural, Video

Lafayette Farmers Market – August 8th, 2009

This morning we decided to do some binaural recording the Farmers Market. We also recorded some time lapse video of people’s feet. There was also a great treat in the form of Danny Weiss blowing some early morning jazz into market air. It was a great way to start a Saturday.

Audio from the video below:
[audio:http://themediacollective.org/wp-content/uploads/binaural/themediacollective.org-FarmersMarket-08-08-2009.mp3]
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Binaural

Binaural Microphones Fixed!

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Ever since I started recording with my binaural microphones, I thought the quality was a little poor.

This weekend, something possessed me to make another set to see if the recordings could be better. I still had several WM-61A capsules from my original purchase, so I decided to give it a shot.

Here are two audio files. One was created using the old set, and the other using the new set. Both were recorded with the Zoom H2:

Old microphones (WARNING: Some crackles in the audio)

[audio:http://themediacollective.org/wp-content/uploads/binaural/themediacollective.org-badbinaural.mp3]

New microphones

[audio:http://themediacollective.org/wp-content/uploads/binaural/themediacollective.org-fixedbinaural.mp3]

Don’t forget to use headphones for the full effect. I apologize for the slight crackling on the old microphone recording. I think the connection had gone bad as well.

I’m not sure as to what caused the difference—soldering? Bad capsules? I’m just happy the result is much better!