Jonathan Lorbach Drift 1 Sounds of Interest

Wind Chimes

2008-02-22T10:58:00.001-08:00

These were some wind chimes I passed on my drift and decided to record. They were hanging on by someone's front door so I couldn't really walk up to them so I stood on the sidewalk and recorded them holding the microphones as far apart from each other as I could while facing the wind chimes. Here is the audio.

Birds making joyful noises

2008-02-20T15:47:00.000-08:00

These were some birds chirping that i recorded. I was surprised I actually ran into any in February but I recorded it nonetheless. Unfortunately they were in the top of some trees so i really couldn't get too close so i held the microphones as far apart from each other as i could and recorded the birds to the best of my ability. Here they are.

Elevator

2008-02-20T15:30:00.001-08:00

This was an elevator i rode and got some pretty interesting sounds from. I held one mic near the buttons wear the beeping seemed to be coming from, and the other a little bit away to pick up the more atmospheric sounds. Here it is.

Music Building Piano

2008-02-20T15:09:00.001-08:00

I got a sound bite of some interesting piano playing in the music building on campus. Unfortunately I didn't know who was playing, so I stood outside the door and recorded the piano, instead of inside the practice room. Here it is.

Manhole

2008-02-20T15:06:00.000-08:00

This was a manhole with running water moving around inside of it. I don't know if this recording is against protocol because of the water element, but I thought it had a cool metallic kind of tone to it. Not just running water. To record this sound I placed one mic next to the holes through the covering and the other mic held up a little away from the manhole. Here is the sound.

Drift 1 Strategy

2008-02-20T15:02:00.000-08:00

The strategy I chose for my Drift was the algorithmic walk. Particularly the zig-zag walk. It wasn't a perfect zig-zag per se, but I followed the route as well as i could. If i couldn't make a particular turn I would just take the next one. It turned out alright.