Initially the idea was to record a pond/ lake or a live source such as a shallow river where in a quitter place compared to an extremely busy Themes. As a part of my research I found two location apt for the recording
- River Colne, Ricksmansworth, Hertfordshire
It is comparatively a shallow river and there are bridges from where I can record. The place has a bit of hike so its quitter and there are chances of river ecosystem being livelier.
- Divers Cove, Godstone, Surrey
This is a lake generally used for swimming but and it would be a good mix of human interaction with the nature if I am able to get good recordings.
There are dock like structures which are perfect to get setup ready without worrying about interface being wet.Their website: https://www.diverscove.co.uk
The idea was abandoned as the essay developed and took a turn in the direction of dividing the discussion based on different categories of contribution towards climate change and global warming. I tried accessing PALAOA, the Perennial Acoustic Observatory in the Antarctic Ocean, since it is an open access broadcasting station. It was found that it was shut down few years ago. But there are other stations all around the world who transmits live hydrophone recording of their farms and ponds. the one I used is Locustream Sound map and I was able to find a wave farm station:
Locustream Soundmap (no date). Available at: https://locusonus.org/soundmap/ (Accessed: 6 May 2024).
Wavefarm recording
Tried recording the sound of people swimming and moving my feet underwater in swimming motion, it was extremely chaotic to be used in this piece. I kept losing balance while trying to mix it together. It was as annoying as working with unwanted wind recordings.
While recording it was noticed that the recording made using sound device interface along with an Aquarian Hydrophone H2A was much easier to edit than when I tried it with a Zoom H5 interface. There were no hissing and better clarity.
Pool recording
Sound for recording the crackling of ice was done using hydrophone in a glass with large size ice with and water. I tried to record it using a SM57 pointed to the ice but it didn’t have the sonic movement