Rode NT4 -> maudio delta1010LT, capturing a lightning strike that made the walls of my house shake, and forced me to turn off my computer. The lightning occured ~167 meters away from the microphone, calculated from the time lapse between the initial DC spike and the start of audible strike. Clipped quite a bit, had the input slightly too high, but did not expect one to hit so close. A picture hanging on my wall shook violently when this one hit. This was captured at the end of session on 5_28_2006, same night as http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=19283
Type
Wave (.wav)
Duration
0:29.866
File size
5.5 MB
Sample rate
48000.0 Hz
Bit depth
16 bit
Channels
Stereo
Comments
16 years, 10 months ago
Delicious indeed! I'm sure we all wish that your mic was adjusted perfectly and that the recording faded so as to make a loop. We get thunder claps like that often here and I sure love them. There's something captivating about the awesome fear of a thunder storm especially when every hair on your body stands up! Very nice.
18 years, 3 months ago
Wow momma. That is a delicious lightning spike.
18 years, 4 months ago
Wow..... This must've been scary.
