A wind chime with eight metal tones surrounded by a bamboo resonance tube. A1-d2-f2-g2-a2-d3-f3-a3. Ortf wide stereo fieldrecorder: tascam dr-60d mkiimicrophone: 2x røde m5.
Recorded in january 2011 in the small pachinko parlour of a hotel in sendai, japan. Recorded with a zoom h2 in 2-channel surround mode, without a windshield. File has not been modified.
I like this catchy melody of tokyo trains, i decide to make my onw remix, this is play in real time using my 2 hands, no edition, no sequencer, just real time!. Using my roland gw-8 and recorded with audacity. .
This is the arrival chime for an elevator in japan. I believe it is very similar if not identical to one of the sound effects from the uk tv series "the prisoner". Recorded on sony ux-80. Built-in stereo mics. 192kbps mp3. Amplified. Leading and trailing silence forced. Audacity.
Starts and ends with trains arriving overhead into ueno station, then general market atmos with male spruikers. Recorded in the ameyoko markets in tokyo in may 2008 using a zoom h4. Unprocessed apart from a low frequency cut.
This is the earthquake warning (called "area mail") chime on a japanese phone. Recorded on sony ux-80. Built-in stereo mics. 192kbps mp3. Leading and trailing silence forced. Audacity.
Japanese street ambience: cicadas, passing some cars and a bicycle, recorded with iphone at a street of hachimanyama, residential area in tokyo, 2014/08/13/day.
A small metal bell sent from a japanese temple as a souvenir. Recorded in mono with an akg 414, fredenstein mic amp, rme fireface interface into pro tools.
This is a 2 mic recording in a darts bar in tokyo. The first part is a pretty decent recording of the room. But then later the background music gets really loud. Because it's summer time, the air-conditioner is cranked full blast.
Recorded in january 2011 walking down chuo-dori ave (ginza-dori ave) in ginza, tokyo, japan. Recorded with a zoom h2 in 2-channel surround mode, with a windshield. File has not been modified.
This long recording was taken aboard the odoriko super view train from ito city bound for atami. You can hear the conductor's announcements, station arrivals and departures, passenger conversations (in japanese) and, of course, the train itself. The recording is unprocessed and made with a stereo mic pair at a 90 degree incidental angle.
Crowded diner/restaurant in tokyo. This is a stereo mixdown of a 4 channel surround recording i took in a crowded restaurant in tokyo. You can hear a a lot of conversations, some waiters and lots of utensil sounds. Most of the conversation in the background is in japanese. I think i heard some english when i edited this, but i'm not really sure. Anyways, good stuff. Mics were places at a 20 degree and 90 degree angle and then later mixed down to stereo. Enjoy!.
The sound of summer in japan. Surrounded by cicadas everywhere in the quiet grounds of sanno hie jinja in akasaka, tokyo i recorded this with 4 mics. Mixed it down and ran it through a compressor/limiter.
Crickets chirping at night behind my apartment balcony in tokyo. You can hear my neighbor's air conditioner droning in the background. There is some weird freak burping and talking in the middle of the recording. This is a stereo recording made with 2 coincidental mics at 120゜angles.
