Location: The recording engineer lived near a railway banking between Kirkclady and Ladybank.
Train Times were looked into from between 11 pm and 12 pm and the session was left in record until a train sound was captured. The recordings took place late at night to minimise outside noise from distant traffic, this also prevented other sounds from being captured such as animals etc.
Several Attempts to capture trains previously had failed due to gain levels on the recording equipment and the microphone positioning. However after a small amount of trial and error the recording was successfully captured.
The technique used to capture the sound was a stereo spaced pair of SE Electronic SE1A microphones.
The Microphones were placed at an open window as opposed to being placed directly outside of the house as it stopped any wind creating noise during the recording.
During the recording there was a slight creaking sound captured which was created from the wooden window ledge where the microphones were situated. The vibrations created when the train passed by cause the window frame to vibrate slightly causing a quick but noticeable sound, therefore the audio was cut slightly to remove the unwanted effect.
Train Passing (Recording, Stereo)
Train Passing (Edit, Stereo)
Train Passing (Edit, Mono)
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