A long edit (35 min) of several recordings I made on different days at our yearly November fun fair. Crowd atmosphere, merry-go-rounds, bumper cars, slot machines, boom-boom all around… A blend of my two DYIed recording systems, CAD GXL1200 mic/Maya 44 USB card/laptop and TSB165A mic/modded Zoom H2 recorder.

A medley of several recordings I made early in the morning on the very last day of the 2009 Hot-Air Balloon European Championship which took place in Brissac, near Angers, France. Lying on the ground, the balloons first have to be inflated with large noisy fans before the gas burners can get into action. Feverish activity around the dozens of them that lifted off that morning for their last flights there. Surely best enjoyed on with-height setups (from 9:30 on there's one passing right above), this track will prove "a bit" noisy at times, but if your speakers love pink noise, this is the track they'll need !!! ----(DIY TSB165A "soundfield" mic / DIY preamp / Modded Zoom H2 recorder)

In the middle of a herd of cows in the French Pyrenean mountains last summer... (DIY "soundfield" mic (TSB165 caps) / DIY preamp / Modded Zoom H2 recorder)

I was stuck in my tent during a rain and hail storm last August in the mountains. So I got my recording kit ready... (DIY "soundfield" mic (TSB165 caps) / DIY preamp / Modded Zoom H2 recorder) A quick view of my H2 mod is available here : http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/jhRoy/zoom-h2-modification