Recording an Explosion

[Gert van Santen]

K9 Kai Niggemann schreef op 24-1-2014 21:19:
> On the 2nd of February a tower belonging to the university will be blown up (demolished) in Frankfurt.
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> I am planning to go, together with some fellow music/sound geeks to record. Have any of you ever recorded an explosion?
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> It must be tricky, you only get one chance, and no prior leveling...
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> I will get a nagra and will probably use a dynamic mic (electro voice re-20) if I can get a second one for stereo. Then a backup using the internal  mics of the zoom h4n..
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> Any suggestions?

Blow up something in your hometown first, to set the levels right ;-)

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Gert

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