This is hilarious. Though it seems way more awesome and serene *outside* of the building, with this sound faintly in the distance, when I'm not looking at the bell ringers with their arms crossed waiting for their turn to damage everyone's hearing. On that note, no ear protection?!
everybody (including the photographer) was wearing wear protection - ear plugs that fit almost unseen inside the ears.... hey, Smartism ... they ring those bells for one hour straight .. no way could you survive that kind of noise level without them
something else .... the photographer put a strip of electrical tape over the microphone on the video camera in an attempt to block out some of the noise that was without it overpowering the tiny mike. It is still heavily distorted but at least at low volume we can listen to the general sound that was being produced by these huge bells
Funny you say that since I've enjoyed doing pro audio engineering in the past. The often square, clipping / distorted waveforms for such gear was my clue how loud this really must have been. Interesting how everyone tried to deal with it. Probably would have to hard case (or tape around) a very large polyurethane foam mic cover to give enough distance between outer surface and the mic. Otherwise, everything but higher frequencies still travel largely unmuted. Very hilarious circumstances...
This is hilarious. Though it seems way more awesome and serene *outside* of the building, with this sound faintly in the distance, when I'm not looking at the bell ringers with their arms crossed waiting for their turn to damage everyone's hearing. On that note, no ear protection?!
Smartism 2 years ago
everybody (including the photographer) was wearing wear protection - ear plugs that fit almost unseen inside the ears.... hey, Smartism ... they ring those bells for one hour straight .. no way could you survive that kind of noise level without them
barganews 2 years ago
Knowing that, makes me admittedly cringe less watching it. :)
Smartism 2 years ago
something else .... the photographer put a strip of electrical tape over the microphone on the video camera in an attempt to block out some of the noise that was without it overpowering the tiny mike. It is still heavily distorted but at least at low volume we can listen to the general sound that was being produced by these huge bells
barganews 2 years ago
Funny you say that since I've enjoyed doing pro audio engineering in the past. The often square, clipping / distorted waveforms for such gear was my clue how loud this really must have been. Interesting how everyone tried to deal with it. Probably would have to hard case (or tape around) a very large polyurethane foam mic cover to give enough distance between outer surface and the mic. Otherwise, everything but higher frequencies still travel largely unmuted. Very hilarious circumstances...
Smartism 2 years ago
...in front of the Pacific Ocean listening to the sound of my Tuscan home town!
Grazie Mr Keane
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filofranki 2 years ago