ML147620
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Subject 1: Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). Timecode In: 00:00:04. Timecode out: 00:14:25. Notes: Captive animal. Subject 2: (Interview). Subtitle: Peter Joshua Sculthorpe. Timecode In: 00:16:14. Timecode out: 00:56:24. Notes: Music composer; Australia; Peter Joshua Sculthorpe. Subject 3: (Environmental Recording). Subtitle: Rain ambi. Timecode In: 00:56:40. Timecode out: 00:58:34. Habitat: ; ; Equipment Notes: Stereo=1; Decoded MS stereo; Stereo, Neumann KMR 81. NPR/NGS RADIO EXPEDITIONS Show: Australia Log of DAT 1: labeled A-3 Koala Bellows (Lone Pine Sanctuary, March 11, 2000) Peter Sculthorpe MS Senn Logged by Joan Kelly at Magian Design Studio, Australia Engineer: Date: 11 March 2000 ng = not good ok = okay g = good vg = very good Time Description Rating 00:00 Start recording - low level insects in BG and low level hum through most of recording. 00:20 Cockatoo squawk ok 00:30 Scraping sounds and branch breaking 01:06 koala groaning, close in left channel - scraping sounds continue vg 01:35 Koala groans increase in intensity - more textural - to 01:50 Followed by leaves vg 01:55 More distant koala - lost of leafy sounds g 02.20 Short crow calls in MG ok 02:27 Engine in BG - gone by 2:35 02:35 Groaning koala in left channel - becomes vg - birds in BG g 3:12 Other koalas join in BG, and koala in FG stops. Two or three others join in, in MG, left and right channels g 04:00 FG koala joins in, in left channel, MG still in right vg 04:45 Cockatoo in BG - no koalas. Distant traffic. ok 5:14 Single soft koala grunt in left channel 5:15 Short crow caws in MG ok 05:25 mournful bird calls g 05:42 Crow again and general twittering General scratching around sounds. Branch breaking ok 6:25 Koalas start up again in FG in left channel, then both channels Continue until ~7.30 vg 8:04 Rustling leaves, birds in BG g leaves 8:45 Insects become predominant again in right channel ok 09:08 Plane in BG - segment ends 09:30 NEW SEGMENT: chatter. Previous segment continues. 09:55 Koala groaning gently in right channel - short session. g 10:13 Another takes over in BG - another short session. Occasional cockatoo in BG and leaf rustles ok 11:13 Several soft groans in BG in left channel. **noise in right channel Various birds in BG 12:30 Branch sounds then koalas start up again - until 13:46 Beautiful texture. vg 13:57 Very BG koalas in left channel - then talking ng 14:28 Segment ends 14:45 NEW SEGMENT Alex Chadwick in right. Peter Sculthorpe in left 10 March 2000, 10.15am Split track, KMR81's 16:00 Interview begins: Alex interviewing Peter A. Just tell me your name and how we should identify you. P: I'm Peter Skulthorpe, Australian composer A. Were you working here this morning? When I called you yesterday you said you were working. P: Yes. This is my studio, and at present I'm working on a film, a documentary film about Australian beach culture. Its about the hedonism of the beach, the poetry, the painting and the music inspired by the beach, and its got wonderful shots taken all round Australia of Australia's edge. So that's exciting. A. Who's that for? P. It's for Don Featherstone Productions but its being financed mostly by a Japanese company. But I think its being shown at a documentary film festival at Cannes on April 10, which is a month from this very day we are doing the interview, so its going to have to be done fairly quickly. A. Is it one of these IMAX films, I know you've done them before. P. No, I haven't done an IMAX. It's just for TV really. In fact I don't like doing films very much. I'm doing this because the director is a very good friend and I enjoy working with friends. A. But you don't like films? P. I like films, but I find that the more people involved in a project the more time it takes, and, frankly, ... (Notes truncated)
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- Koala Phascolarctos cinereus
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- Sennheiser MKH 30; Sennheiser MKH 40
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Archival information
- Cataloged
- 10 Nov 2009 - David McCartt
- Digitized
- 10 Nov 2009 - David McCartt
- Edited
- 10 Nov 2009 - David McCartt