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Nature-Symphony 45 (The inner dynamo ever creating its own source — springtime celebration) — An abundant and dense work of an intense poetic vibrancy and sense of ongoing uplift (at least, for this funny little man here!).
With a pair of potent Davis Blanchard metal chimes in three layers, and a musically potent small bamboo chime, also in three layers, this was bound to be a dense and challenging piece. My first thought once I'd put the three metal layers together was that it would make sense to create gaps in each layer to open up the texture in places to give greater variety — something I've done with the odd previous Nature-Symphony. Here, however, the work replied to that unseemly thought of mine in no uncertain terms: "Nope! Noli me tangere, you menace! I'm a dynamo, and I keep going and creating — not pretending I'm just a flower garden to please some delicate ears!" — Which of course I really knew anyway, and so I joyfully kept it all intact.
Chimes used:
(layers 1–3)
1. Davis Blanchard Debussy Bells (8 tubes, tuned to the whole-tone scale, spread over two octaves)
2. Davis Blanchard The Blues (8 tubes, tuned to a laid-back sounding Blues scale)
(Layers 4–6)
3. Indonesian ornamented chime, small (longest tube c. 30cm) (its 6 tubes giving intervals and chords of second-inversion minor, diminished seventh, tritone, fourth, minor sixth, with a lot of emphasis on the minor third, and the differently pitched layers of it bringing in an emphasized minor seventh)
I made the original metal chimes recording on 26 April 2018 (https://freesound.org/people/Philip_Goddard/sounds/682791/ ), on rough steep ground just below Hunting Gate, highest point on the Hunter's Path, Teign Gorge, Drewsteignton, Devon, UK. The bamboo chime recording dates from 13 December 2023, on Piddledown, a little above the Hunter's Path. Geolocation is for the metal chimes.
Advisory
To get the best out of this, with its mass of detail, listen with high-grade headphones.
Two Davis Blanchard chimes being recorded in a previous session at the same spot.
Making an earlier recording of this chime (in same session), from a lower position to avoid over-strong wind.
Techie stuff:
Recorder for the metal chimes was a Sony PCM-D100, ill-advisedly with three nested custom Windcut furry windshields, on a Zipshot Mini tripod.
Post-recording processing was to apply EQ in Audacity to correct for the muffling effect of the windshields. I used Bertom Denoiser Pro to considerably reduce the hiss in Layers 2 and 3, and an inaudible, subsonic element of the recordings. (a surprise element, with its close perspective)
Layer 1: half-speed, giving an octave pitch reduction; acoustic: back of cathedral;
Layer 2: half-speed plus further pitch reduction to give pitch an octave plus minor seventh below original; acoustic: foreground in cathedral.
Layer 3: half-speed plus further pitch reduction to give pitch two octaves plus minor third below original; acoustic: back of cathedral.
Recorder for the bamboo chime was same as for the metal chimes, but mics set at narrow angle (90°), and two nested furry windshields were used.
Post-recording processing: as for metal chimes, except that A1 Stereo Control was used to widen the soundstage (135%) to provide a modest zoom-in.
Layer 4: half-speed, giving an octave below original; acoustic: middling foreground in cathedral.
Layer 5: speed reduction to give an octave plus minor third below original; acoustic: moderate back of cathedral.
Layer 6: speed reduction to give an octave plus minor sixth below original; acoustic: back of cathedral.
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This recording can be used free of charge, provided that it's not part of a materially profit-making project, and it is properly and clearly attributed. The attribution must give my name (Philip Goddard) and link to https://freesound.org/people/Philip_Goddard/sounds/729254/
Type
Flac (.flac)
Duration
50:41.329
File size
211.4 MB
Sample rate
44100.0 Hz
Bit depth
16 bit
Channels
Stereo