Quick Trip to Sydney

Location
Pots Point Sydney NSW
Equipment
Roland R09
Handheld
 
Through very good timing I have been flown up to Sydney for two days to do some lecturing at The Australian Film Television and Radio School. Had it been next week I would have started my new job and been unavailable so this was a good opportunity. The hotel room in which I am staying has a light with a fluorescent bulb that is flickering. The sound is the really cool buzzing clink sound of the light trying to stay on. Unfortunately I only have the R09 on me up here so this is going to be more of a reference recording than something to add to the library. The R09 just can’t handle quiet signals very well without adding a bit of a hiss to it. I will make sure I find a similar light setup when I have settled in Melbourne and rerecord it with my main rig to get a good quality recording. I did however get a good recording of my room door which had a nice clunky latch, and the hotel lift which was also nice and clunky (but thankfully safe). Yet another case of “Never travel without a recording device”