ML163430

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Subject 1: (Interview). Subtitle: Mac Massey. Timecode In: 00:00:04. Timecode out: 00:07:54. Notes: Irrigation discussions. Subject 2: (Sound Effects). Subtitle: Irrigation sounds. Timecode In: 00:11:17. Timecode out: 00:16:42. Subject 3: (Interview). Subtitle: Mac Massey. Timecode In: 00:16:42. Timecode out: 00:25:10. Notes: Irrigation discussions. Subject 4: (Sound Effects). Subtitle: Irrigation sounds. Timecode In: 00:25:16. Timecode out: 00:41:30. Subject 5: (Interview). Subtitle: Mac Massey. Timecode In: 00:41:31. Timecode out: 00:51:05. Notes: Farming discussion. Subject 6: (Interview). Subtitle: Mac Massey. Timecode In: 01:06:12. Timecode out: 01:12:26. Notes: Irrigation discussion. Subject 7: (Interview). Subtitle: August, Noreen, and Dwayne Patschke. Timecode In: 01:21:51. Timecode out: 01:29:39. Notes: Irrigation system purchase discussion. August Patschke, Noreen Patschke, Dwayne Patschke. Equipment Notes: Neumann RSM190 stereo shotgun mic in 5" Rycote zeppelin. DAT LOG FOR Natl Geo / NPR RECORDINGS, June 1993 DAT NUMBER: START DATE/TIME END DATE/TIME 8 Friday 6/25 10:52am Friday 6/25 2:23pm GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF CONTENTS: pickup with Mac Massey on his farm outside Lubbock TX, visit three fields, drive back to town; intv August, Noreen and Dwayne Patschke at Massey shop; ambiance outside Azteca flour plant north of Lubbock. All audio on this tape is made with a Neumann RSM190 in 5" Rycote zeppelin with Windjammer cover. Recordings decoded from MS to Left/Right before recording. Taped on Sony TCD-DI0 Mark II upgrade, with Absolute Time and Time of Day stamped in subcode. PNO START DESCRIPTION 1 0:00:00 Mac talks while driving to second pivot on farm about how it takes 10 years to restore 1" aquifer 2 0:03:34 standing in second field, describing water technique 3 0:08:18 sound bed 2nd pivot: fast drip, some motor noise, sprinkler, wind, air in tubes 4 0:09:15 continue sound bed, then walk away 5 0:09:40 talking to Carolyn (why did I record this?) 6 0:11:26 sound bed: drip. unsteady, handling noise. settles to good drip, bubbling, motor, but this one is not characteristic of a properly working pivot pump is off, hoses are losing vacuum 7 0:14:50 close sound of drive motor, drips 8 0:16:40 in truck driving to third pivot, Mac talks 9 0:18:31 sound bed in driving truck 10 0:19:48 Mac talks while driving about fields, pass golfcourse 11 0:25:23 at pivot 3, with chemical tanks and loud but steady pump, which can be reduced through notch EQ 12 0:26:43 sound beds at far end of pivot 3: sprinkler, active hoses, distant pump drone, occasional drive motor 13 0:27:42 same as 12 plus rushing water from hoses in furrows 14 0:28:12 same sounds, higher gain, closer to ground 15 0:29:57 hose snakes around, makes gurgles and splashes 16 0:31:36 sound bed cont: good sprinkler 17 0:34:16 upclose and active rushing water from hose 18 0:36:52 more upclose water and sprinkler 19 0:40:09 more distant pivot 3, sprinkler and pump sound 20 0:41:29 back in truck, Mac says kids will have it tougher 21 0:47:02 Mac talks about farms and water 22 0:48:24 still in truck, talk about dust storms 23 0:51:22 at pivot #4, with sprinklers rather than hoses, but with VERY noisy and erratic water pump 24 0:51:50 lots of handling noise, then settles down to sound 25 0:52:43 with pump noise, light showery sound, unstable; 0:53:50 better stereo image ofwater and background motor 26 0:59:07 ahead of sprinkler, upwind of it, better water but pump motor is on-axis in far background 27 1:00:49 switching down to plant level, more direct splash, more exaggerated stereo splash movements 28 1:02:22 more side-to-side whisking of water splashes 29 1:05:04 even closer side-to-side splashes 30 1:06:12 back in truck, Mac talks about ... (Notes truncated)