To record the sounds for our soundscape, we took a day trip to Skegness. The equipment we took with us was a Zoom H4n recorder and a Mirantz recorder with external microphone. We chose to take both so we could get two people recording and the other two people within the team would create the noises. This would also be useful to get the perspective of the individual walking and collecting the external sounds.
Upon arrival we headed to the beach as it was the start of our soundscape and we wanted to capture the sounds in chronological order. When setting up the recorders for outside use (turning on and putting the outdoor, wind mufflers on) we tried doing some test recordings. To capture a stereo feel, we set the microphones built in the Zoom recorder to 120 degrees which would allow us to capture wider, ambient sounds.
Whilst setting up the Mirantz, We noticed that the Mirantz kept coming up with an error to do with the memory card so to try identify the problem, we switched the memory card form the zoom and put it in the Mirantz however, the error message kept appearing. We checked the memory cards had been formatted before use so this problem unfortunately eliminated the use of the Mirantz and external microphone. The main focus of our recording was to try to collect the footsteps as this was the main part of our soundscape which was going to be used for the transitions between each location.
To record the footsteps, Daniel held the zoom recorder pointing down at his feet to create a stereo feel whilst walking which would put the audience in the shoes of our character.