Time of recording: 3:30
After following a hunting trail to a dead end near a farm, I had the good fortune to catch a passing train about 300 feet away while my mic was recording, so I decided to record the whole thing. It's a bit long, about five minutes. (What can I say? It was a really long train.) Maybe you can tell how close it is or how fast it's going or whatever by listening to it, but honestly, it just sounds like a train to me. I can hear noises that sound like "chugging" to me, which I presume are the wheels, but I'm not too sure.
I've always liked railroad tracks. Trains are one of the few things that I can hear without my cochlear implant, provided I'm close enough. Unlike most mechanical noises, the horn doesn't bother me because it's so low-pitched; I'd describe it as a long, mellow "mmwwwwoooooooouuuuuummmmmmm." Somehow it makes me think of a giant cow.
Pictured: a giant cow.
I do get nervous every time I hear a loud, continuous noise while I'm walking along the tracks, though. Doesn't matter if it's an airplane, or a river, or an actual train: I still check up and down the tracks to make sure certain death is not hurtling toward me at 100 mph.
i love this metaphor!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, that was indeed authentic "chugging" train noise lol. im impressed your sound quality, being that when the train passed by the microphones, you didn't hear any distortion from it being too loud. lucky! my train sounds weren't as clean...also, i enjoyed how you allowed the sounds to fully live themselves out. i didn't think this clip was long at all
ReplyDeleteGood, I'm glad the sounds turned out so well. Honestly, I had no idea what "good quality" was supposed to sound like. I just edited the audio levels and cropped it a bit.
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