Assorted Recordings

Welcome to Colin's Audio Odds 'n Ends

This is an experimental site and I'll add or delete the contents
depending on interest and demand, if any!

Here are some recordings I made of my son Martin
and his fellow bell ringers, in the Bristol (UK) area.

Martin 'striking in' the Millennium, at St James Church, Mangotsfield, Bristol, UK, at midnight on 31st December 1999

A	StrikingY2K-StJamesChurch.zip Size of zip file: 1,363,185 bytes	Recorded length 89 seconds. 128kbit, 44100Hz Stereo.
B	StrikingY2K-StJamesChurch.mp3 (Unzipped version) Size of MP3 file: 1,425,408 bytes	Recorded length 89 seconds. 128kbit, 44100Hz Stereo.

These four sessions were recorded at St Mary's Church, Yate, on 14th September 2003

C	1-StMarysYate-14thSep03.zip Size of zip file: 3,193,265 bytes	Length: 201 seconds. Peak level -3dB. Stereo image is slightly to the right.
D	2-StMarysYate-14thSep03.zip Size of zip file: 4,404,948 bytes	Length: 278 seconds. Peak level -3dB. Stereo image recentred (panned left by 30%)
E	3-StMarysYate-14thSep03.zip Size of zip file: 4,224,238 bytes	Length: 266 seconds. Peak level is as recorded. No dB adjustments made. Stereo image recentred (panned left by 30%)
F	4-StMarysYate-14thSep03.zip Size of zip file: 4,330,197 bytes	Length: 273 seconds. Peak level -3dB. Stereo image recentred (panned left by 30%)

All the recordings above were made on a Sony Professional WM-D6C Walkman, onto a TDK "D" C90, Type 1 ('Normal') cassette, in Dolby C, using a Sony stereo ECM-202 Electret Condenser microphone.

They were then digitised under Microsoft Windows NT4 through a 'Creative' Sound Blaster SB16 Sound Card, into the excellent and free Audacity Version 1.2.0 (Pre-release 1) Digital Audio Editor. Audacity's Sample Rate was 44100Hz and Sample Format was "32-bit float".

The resultant "Microsoft 16-bit PCM" WAV files were converted to MP3 format using the Lame 3.93.1 Encoder via Audacity's interface, with MP3 parameters as follows: MPEG 1.0 layer 3, 128kbit, 44100Hz Stereo.

Finally, I zipped (compressed) them using WinZip Version 8.1. I've published ZIP files because it's not my intention to offer streaming audio from this site (except the 'Striking the Millenium' file as an experiment ). Please download the ZIP files and unzip them after download, thanks. There's a link to WinZip below.

	Some related links
	WinZip
	Sony Corporation
	Microsoft Corporation
	Creative Technology Limited
	Audacity Digital Audio Editor
	Lame MP3 Encoder

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