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Assorted recordings made with my portable recording set-up: Soundfield ST250, Metric Halo 2882 +DSP Firewire interface, Apple Macintosh PowerBook G4 1.5 Gig. Recording are made direct to hard-disc using the excellent Record Panel software supplied by Metric Halo. My main field of work is for theatre sound design and the gathering of sound effects is part of the job. This set up has finally allowed me to make location recordings in B-Format for which I am very grateful. I recently added one of Len Moskowitz'z excellent Core Sound TetraMics to my recording kit, along with a new, as yet unreleased. audio interface. It's all sounding very good so far. On the Google Maps section of this site, I've been as accurate as possible with the map references for the locations of most of my recordings, although there are some that I've left off for assorted reasons. The material posted on this site can be used for demonstration purposes and personal study, but may not be sold, lent, hired or otherwise distributed or used commercially without permission. In demonstrations, please attribute the files to me. Feel free to ask questions or make comments, rude or otherwise. As I'm a Mac person, I've been using a combination of Tomato Torrent and the Opera Web Browser to handle the BitTorrent side of things, which seems to work well now, although I find that I have to set up the page fully on the Ambisonia site before I seed the torrent . Most of these files will see the light of day in a commercial library to be called ImmersiveFX some time in 2008. The initial web-site is at www.immersivefx.com
Stanbrook Abbey Choir by John Leonard — last modified 2007-06-21 13:19
 
Concorde Flypast by John Leonard — last modified 2008-04-22 05:25
 
Fireworks by John Leonard — last modified 2007-06-21 13:19
 
Duxford Spitfires by John Leonard — last modified 2008-03-20 06:14
 
Brighton Sea by John Leonard — last modified 2007-06-21 13:20
 
Gulls by John Leonard — last modified 2007-06-21 13:20
 
Jets and kids by John Leonard — last modified 2008-01-26 05:09
 
Applause and Chat Long by John Leonard — last modified 2006-08-01 21:07
 
Applause and Murmur 1 by John Leonard — last modified 2007-06-04 21:58
 
Applause and Murmur 2 by John Leonard — last modified 2006-08-01 21:07
 
When Geese Go Bad by John Leonard — last modified 2006-08-19 08:02
 
River Avon Boat Ride by John Leonard — last modified 2006-08-18 06:06
 
Audience Sparse Murmur by John Leonard — last modified 2006-08-01 21:07
 
Aran Music by John Leonard — last modified 2007-01-20 20:51
A picture of the young musicians performing on this recording! The location is Inishmore, just off the Galway coast; an island that's very popular with tourists, hence the polyglot nature of the voices heard on the recording.
The interior of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford on Avon. by John Leonard — last modified 2007-01-20 20:52
The picture shows the position of the microphone used to record the applause sounds in this folder.
Aran Music Mix by John Leonard — last modified 2007-01-23 03:49
 
The Cyclone by John Leonard — last modified 2006-07-27 11:31
This is The Cyclone - a wooden roller-coaster in the Astroland Amusement Park, Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York. To make the recording, I dragged a trash-can up to the surrounding fence and stood on it with the microphone poking over the top of the fence. Not ideal, but quite fun. My arm got tired after a while - must buy a lightweight fishpole!
Central Park Birds and Jet by John Leonard — last modified 2006-08-20 20:36
 
4th July Fireworks by John Leonard — last modified 2006-08-19 07:30
 
Pair of Buzzards by John Leonard — last modified 2006-08-04 11:19
 
Coney Island Roller Coaster by John Leonard — last modified 2006-08-04 11:19
 
Stanbook Abbey Organ Piece by John Leonard — last modified 2006-08-19 14:38
 
Apache and Lynx Helicopters Slow Pass by John Leonard — last modified 2006-08-20 21:15
 
Small plane fly by by John Leonard — last modified 2007-05-31 17:24
 
Steam Train Nostalgia by John Leonard — last modified 2006-08-21 00:30
 
Here's Smut In Your Eye by John Leonard — last modified 2007-01-22 21:04
 
Sailing By - 1 by John Leonard — last modified 2007-01-24 01:21
 
Sailing By - 2 by John Leonard — last modified 2007-01-23 02:59
 
The wind in the rigging by John Leonard — last modified 2007-01-23 03:02
 
Laughter 1 by John Leonard — last modified 2007-01-23 03:14
 
Laughter 2 by John Leonard — last modified 2007-01-23 03:12
 
Laughter 3 by John Leonard — last modified 2007-01-23 03:11
 
Boeing 747-400 Power Climb by John Leonard — last modified 2007-06-08 20:50
 
Chinook & Tornado by John Leonard — last modified 2007-06-08 20:52
 
Chinook Slow Pass by John Leonard — last modified 2007-06-08 20:52
 
Mustang P51-D Power Dive by John Leonard — last modified 2007-06-13 19:18
 
Prague Incident Start by John Leonard — last modified 2007-06-29 19:38
 
Prague Incident Finish by John Leonard — last modified 2007-06-29 20:31
 
Prague Clocks & Bells by John Leonard — last modified 2007-06-29 19:54
 
A bit of bad weather in Prague by John Leonard — last modified 2007-07-02 06:29
 
Warbirds 1 - A Close Shave by John Leonard — last modified 2008-03-20 06:16
 
Warbirds 2 - Hedgehoppers Anonymous by John Leonard — last modified 2008-03-20 06:17
 
Warbirds 3 - How do like your hair parted? by John Leonard — last modified 2008-03-20 06:17
 
Movie Sound Cliche disproved! by John Leonard — last modified 2008-03-20 06:19
 
Copters'n'Creaks by John Leonard — last modified 2007-08-22 09:50
 
Summer night in New Jersey by John Leonard — last modified 2007-10-29 11:31
 
Temple Bar Crowd 1 by John Leonard — last modified 2008-01-26 04:54
 
Temple Bar Crowd 2 by John Leonard — last modified 2008-01-26 04:55
 
A couple of Chinook helicopters by John Leonard — last modified 2008-03-20 05:50
 
The Orfeo Trio & TetraMic by John Leonard — last modified 2008-04-14 23:34
 
Cannons 1 by John Leonard — last modified 2008-04-22 04:14
 
Cannons 2 by John Leonard — last modified 2008-04-27 18:31