ML141201
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Subject 1: (Interview). Subtitle: Scott Gardner. Timecode In: 00:22:00. Timecode out: 00:26:03. Notes: Deepworker 2000 submersible. Subject 2: (Sound Effects). Subtitle: Starting engine, Running engine. Timecode In: 00:33:11. Timecode out: 00:35:51. Subject 3: (Sound Effects). Subtitle: Compressed air bursts. Timecode In: 01:18:58. Timecode out: 01:19:01. Subject 4: (Sound Effects). Subtitle: Bubbling water. Timecode In: 01:31:47. Timecode out: 01:33:10. Equipment Notes: Stereo=1; Decoded MS stereo; Sennheiser MKH40 Cardioid Mid Mic and MKH30 Bidirectional Side Mic. NGS/NPR Radio Expeditions Monterey DAT #1 ambi :10 sound of an engine. faint talking in the background. poles clanging together. more engine sounds getting closer. machinery noise. more engine ambi with people talking about front belts. Metal sounds. Engine revs up. more clanging-on-metal sounds, like bolts being screwed in and hammering. machinery noise, like something being lowered or raised. stop-down 10:14 battery change. ...technical problems... ambi 11:49 loud manipulator (?) sounds up at tank. talking in background. ambi 13:43 loud manipulator noise stops. now a humming of far away machinery. sounds of dripping water in the foreground. one person talking about telescopes. ambi 15:06 crane sound. ambi 18:46 people talking and walking around inside somewhere. laughter. hum of machinery in the background. bits and pieces of conversation float by: ¿ready to go?¿, ¿amen brother¿.... Scott Gardner 22:02 (crowd in the background) he talks about the features of the six-function manipulator and how it works. people are talking behind him. he mentions how you can use the arms from within the sub and pick up live animals. It has a set of control rings so all you have to do is move your arms and the arms on the outside move. You can tell how heavy something is or what texture it is. It¿s not like that carnival game where the claw can¿t pick up the stuffed animals, this machine actually picks things up. The only problem is that the claws work kind of like chopsticks. We don¿t have the advantage because we have opposable thumbs (crabs would rule the world), we have the advantage because we have indexable thumbs. Sylvia Earle (?) 26:27 (in the background there¿s a lot of chattering) Driving a sub is like driving a car. But it¿s not driving the sub that¿s the problem it¿s what you might encounter down there, currents or if a gidget doesn¿t work. It¿s knowing what to do, when. She¿s just been 50 feet. More chattering crowd sounds. ambi 30:35 transitional phase. About to put the sub in the tank. ¿We¿re ready to go right now.¿ ¿Let¿s drop it in.¿ Sound of rolling something heavy. conversation in the background about who¿s going to run the crane. ambi 33:11 the starting and running of an engine. More background conversation. ambi 35:56 Chuck is going into the inside. He¿s at the tank and waiting¿.sound of humming machinery in the background. ambi 39:02 Sounds of air bubbles in the water. ambi 40:13 humming noise of machinery stops. People talking and walking around. ambi 42:39 sound changes. You feel like you¿re in a small space. People are talking in the background. ambi 44:42 Two short bursts of air. Then someone declares them ¿good to go¿. another burst of air and some water sounds. regular breathing sounds. Radio communication. water sounds. Clanging of poles. Radio transmission: ¿cabin pressure, 1000, O2 percentage¿¿ ¿O.K. that¿s great, you¿re all set to go¿. ambi 50:14 radio: ¿leaving surface¿ Man on deck: ¿leaving surface¿¿.you hear water sounds and air bubbles intermingled with people talking. Water noises stop, leaving just humming machinery and background conversation. ambi 53:28 several large splashing water sounds, like something breaking the surface¿. Stop-down 57:59... (Notes truncated)
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- Microphone
- Sennheiser MKH 30; Sennheiser MKH 40
- Accessories
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- Cataloged
- 19 Aug 2009 - Ben Brotman
- Digitized
- 19 Aug 2009 - Ben Brotman
- Edited
- 19 Aug 2009 - Ben Brotman