https://simplecast.com Phonogrifter A collection of sounds discovered in the field. Headphones recommended. 2019–2023 Brett Buddin en Mon, 23 Oct 2023 13:37:18 +0000 Mon, 23 Oct 2023 13:47:19 +0000 https://phonogrifter.buddin.org Phonogrifter https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/4240b0fc-a6e7-40ac-9488-bf59ca49480e/4a527b8e-0653-4167-8435-b7c5faf7775b/3000x3000/img-0418-1.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://phonogrifter.buddin.org episodic A collection of sounds discovered in the field. Headphones recommended. Brett Buddin no https://feeds.simplecast.com/Mw_w6_if audio, field recording, sound, modular synthesizer, microphone Brett Buddin brett@buddin.org d5f9e2b1-0f84-44d9-b868-3aa771cc73ef The Wave Organ Last week I visited San Francisco for a company engineering meet up. I brought along a small recording kit, and while I didn't collect as much sound as I hoped, I did manage to make it to The Wave Organ.

The first recording—captured with contact microphones—is one of the docks you encounter while walking to the Organ.

The second recording captures two pipes of the Organ and how they interact as waves hit the jetty.

https://www.exploratorium.edu/visit/wave-organ

]]> Mon, 23 Oct 2023 13:37:18 +0000 brett@buddin.org (Brett Buddin) https://phonogrifter.buddin.org/episodes/the-wave-organ-aHn1Awv6 Last week I visited San Francisco for a company engineering meet up. I brought along a small recording kit, and while I didn't collect as much sound as I hoped, I did manage to make it to The Wave Organ.

The first recording—captured with contact microphones—is one of the docks you encounter while walking to the Organ.

The second recording captures two pipes of the Organ and how they interact as waves hit the jetty.

https://www.exploratorium.edu/visit/wave-organ

]]> The Wave Organ Brett Buddin 00:07:20 A dock at the San Francisco Bay marina and The Wave Organ. A dock at the San Francisco Bay marina and The Wave Organ. san francisco, wave organ, water, waves, dock no full 12 cbdc19c0-ae1a-4ccc-be63-f17439fc8d04 Summer Streets on Park Ave For a few Saturdays each year, the NYC DOT shuts down car traffic on several streets across the five boroughs. It's called Summer Streets, and from around midnight until around 2pm you'll find only pedestrians and bikes on these stretches of road. I recorded this from the median of Park Avenue as bike traffic zipped by.

https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/pedestrians/summerstreets.shtml

]]> Sat, 19 Aug 2023 20:17:48 +0000 brett@buddin.org (Brett Buddin) https://phonogrifter.buddin.org/episodes/summer-streets-on-park-ave-sri4g9t2 For a few Saturdays each year, the NYC DOT shuts down car traffic on several streets across the five boroughs. It's called Summer Streets, and from around midnight until around 2pm you'll find only pedestrians and bikes on these stretches of road. I recorded this from the median of Park Avenue as bike traffic zipped by.

https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/pedestrians/summerstreets.shtml

]]> Summer Streets on Park Ave Brett Buddin 00:09:27 Recording of bike traffic on Park Avenue during Summer Streets. Recording of bike traffic on Park Avenue during Summer Streets. summer streets, park ave, pedestrians, manhattan, bikes no full 11 72f47d85-39b3-4b06-8c5d-0895fc57d9f8 Montauk We spent a few days in Montauk at the end of July. This was Violet's first beach trip so I tried to capture as much as I could. These are some of the highlights.

]]> Tue, 1 Aug 2023 19:06:42 +0000 brett@buddin.org (Brett Buddin) https://phonogrifter.buddin.org/episodes/montauk-sNk1l5n_ We spent a few days in Montauk at the end of July. This was Violet's first beach trip so I tried to capture as much as I could. These are some of the highlights.

]]> Montauk Brett Buddin 00:21:50 Montauk in July 2023. Montauk in July 2023. boardwalk, montauk, waves, ny, beach no full 10 790877ae-b603-4ad6-bbbf-bc1ea73befe4 Morning Cab to the NICU A lot has happened in the last year, and I haven't been able—or necessarily had the drive—to record and publish. Our daughter was born in July 2022, and spent the first month and a half of her life in the NICU. Each morning, we'd get up, pack a bag and hail a cab to go be with her. We spent a lot of money on cab rides that month.

I recorded a majority of those cab rides. They were often the only alone time I had during the day. The rumble, bangs and rattles were an oddly comforting break from the predictably constant tones and alarms of the NICU. While this was a happy time in our life it was also scary, because we were also dealing with my wife's cancer diagnosis and impending treatment. These cab rides were a time to sit and not worry—just listen.

Times are much happier and hopeful these days. 💜

]]> Sun, 9 Jul 2023 15:13:51 +0000 brett@buddin.org (Brett Buddin) https://phonogrifter.buddin.org/episodes/morning-cab-to-the-nicu-XkdEXBfD A lot has happened in the last year, and I haven't been able—or necessarily had the drive—to record and publish. Our daughter was born in July 2022, and spent the first month and a half of her life in the NICU. Each morning, we'd get up, pack a bag and hail a cab to go be with her. We spent a lot of money on cab rides that month.

I recorded a majority of those cab rides. They were often the only alone time I had during the day. The rumble, bangs and rattles were an oddly comforting break from the predictably constant tones and alarms of the NICU. While this was a happy time in our life it was also scary, because we were also dealing with my wife's cancer diagnosis and impending treatment. These cab rides were a time to sit and not worry—just listen.

Times are much happier and hopeful these days. 💜

]]> Morning Cab to the NICU Brett Buddin 00:06:30 A morning cab ride to be with our daughter in the NICU. A morning cab ride to be with our daughter in the NICU. nicu, cab, sony a10, new york city no full 9 06a18ef8-4e52-4669-bbd7-1ab29023e190 E 87th and 5th Took a walk and ate lunch on a park bench near E 87th and 5th (near the Guggenheim museum). After I finished my sandwich I hung out for a while and recorded some of the day. This episode is two separate recordings captured with a MixPre 6 II and two Clippy EM272 omnidirectional microphones.

]]> Thu, 21 Jul 2022 23:36:49 +0000 brett@buddin.org (Brett Buddin) https://phonogrifter.buddin.org/episodes/e-87th-and-5th-qcDvNZmR Took a walk and ate lunch on a park bench near E 87th and 5th (near the Guggenheim museum). After I finished my sandwich I hung out for a while and recorded some of the day. This episode is two separate recordings captured with a MixPre 6 II and two Clippy EM272 omnidirectional microphones.

]]> E 87th and 5th Brett Buddin 00:22:07 Afternoon recording from a park bench near Central Park. Afternoon recording from a park bench near Central Park. field recording, central park, finches, nyc, 5th avenue, new york city, guggenheim no full 8 dc96a583-e6c0-406d-911f-777b66d442a6 Palm Beach My wife and I traveled to Palm Beach for a final vacation before our daughter arrives in August. Captured an evening storm and some early morning chatter of frogs, crickets and a boisterous Northern Cardinal near the beach.

]]> Wed, 8 Jun 2022 13:34:29 +0000 brett@buddin.org (Brett Buddin) https://phonogrifter.buddin.org/episodes/palm-beach-tqCUCjVJ My wife and I traveled to Palm Beach for a final vacation before our daughter arrives in August. Captured an evening storm and some early morning chatter of frogs, crickets and a boisterous Northern Cardinal near the beach.

]]> Palm Beach Brett Buddin 00:22:09 Vacation. Vacation. palm beach, parking garage, northern cardinal, ocean waves, florida, thunder storm no full 7 91fd3d8d-be48-47bd-9b2f-4fdf42fdd7a6 Swan Lake I visited my parents in Sumter, SC in January. Apparently, this small town is home to the only public park in the United States to feature all swan species. While I was there I managed to capture quite a few of them including:

- Black Swan

- Trumpeter Swan

- Black-necked Swan

- Mute Swan

- Bewick's Swan

- Whooper Swan

 

There were also a fair number of Canadian Geese, Wood Ducks and Mallards.

https://www.sumtersc.gov/community/swanlake

]]> Thu, 24 Feb 2022 01:31:22 +0000 brett@buddin.org (Brett Buddin) https://phonogrifter.buddin.org/episodes/swan-lake-M1iTcB7e I visited my parents in Sumter, SC in January. Apparently, this small town is home to the only public park in the United States to feature all swan species. While I was there I managed to capture quite a few of them including:

- Black Swan

- Trumpeter Swan

- Black-necked Swan

- Mute Swan

- Bewick's Swan

- Whooper Swan

 

There were also a fair number of Canadian Geese, Wood Ducks and Mallards.

https://www.sumtersc.gov/community/swanlake

]]> Swan Lake Brett Buddin 00:04:19 A visit to Swan Lake Iris Gardens in Sumter, SC. A visit to Swan Lake Iris Gardens in Sumter, SC. swan lake, swan, goose, duck no full 6 2133abf2-5fc4-4791-b90a-428866d29287 Enter Autumn Welcome back. It's been a while. Since we last saw each other I bought a new recorder: a Sound Devices MixPre 6 II. It's a joy to use. Some of the sounds recorded in this episode were captured with this new recorder and some with my old Zoom H5. I've recorded a lot of smaller things over the summer and early fall, but these are some of my favorites.

I'm in the process of judging interest in the raw WAV files for recordings published on Phonogrifter. If this is something that would interest you, please let me know at brett@buddin.org. I'm happy to share. If enough people ask about them, I'll work on publishing them somewhere.

]]> Fri, 29 Oct 2021 02:36:32 +0000 brett@buddin.org (Brett Buddin) https://phonogrifter.buddin.org/episodes/enter-autumn-0P5l_EZn Welcome back. It's been a while. Since we last saw each other I bought a new recorder: a Sound Devices MixPre 6 II. It's a joy to use. Some of the sounds recorded in this episode were captured with this new recorder and some with my old Zoom H5. I've recorded a lot of smaller things over the summer and early fall, but these are some of my favorites.

I'm in the process of judging interest in the raw WAV files for recordings published on Phonogrifter. If this is something that would interest you, please let me know at brett@buddin.org. I'm happy to share. If enough people ask about them, I'll work on publishing them somewhere.

]]> Enter Autumn Brett Buddin 00:10:54 Sounds of late summer and early fall. Sounds of late summer and early fall. chickens, modular synthesizer, field recording, montauk, synthesizer, waves, upstate no full 5 a3f23244-ef9d-4355-83d5-dd981883d19a Resurfacing Mon, 19 Apr 2021 04:27:15 +0000 brett@buddin.org (Brett Buddin) https://phonogrifter.buddin.org/episodes/resurfacing-0p6wZw1d Resurfacing Brett Buddin 00:09:26 Back to some semblance of reality. Back to some semblance of reality. modular synthesizer, field recording, zoom h5 no full 4 f9b63c37-73a4-4f01-8999-5245bc900e93 Catskill Mountains Mon, 29 Mar 2021 19:26:26 +0000 brett@buddin.org (Brett Buddin) https://phonogrifter.buddin.org/episodes/catskill-mountains-_ygnpJwW Catskill Mountains Brett Buddin 00:10:27 Sounds from our week-long vacation in upstate New York. Sounds from our week-long vacation in upstate New York. creek, catskill, hudson river, woodpecker, contact microphone, train, frogs, campfire, zoom h5 no full 3 247a48a3-2893-49cf-852a-b37b1ca879ba Thoughts of NYC Thu, 18 Mar 2021 02:23:44 +0000 brett@buddin.org (Brett Buddin) https://phonogrifter.buddin.org/episodes/thoughts-of-nyc-Vls4YlrZ Thoughts of NYC Brett Buddin 00:10:16 Recordings from around NYC before and during the pandemic. Recordings from around NYC before and during the pandemic. modular synthesizer, music, field recording, nyc, eurorack, zoom h5 no full 2 4607f12c-0be4-4bde-9c2e-c166913ba8a9 Rain Over Valdese This is one of the first recordings I made with the Zoom H5. We spent some time visiting NC during the summer of 2019. It had been quite a while since we'd been out of the NYC, and the quiet pattering of rain sounded amazing.

 

]]> Fri, 5 Mar 2021 22:13:53 +0000 brett@buddin.org (Brett Buddin) https://phonogrifter.buddin.org/episodes/rain-over-valdese-vdr8M_SK This is one of the first recordings I made with the Zoom H5. We spent some time visiting NC during the summer of 2019. It had been quite a while since we'd been out of the NYC, and the quiet pattering of rain sounded amazing.

 

]]> Rain Over Valdese Brett Buddin 00:07:54 Rain in the woods of North Carolina. Rain in the woods of North Carolina. rain no full 1