unfields12
cruzin'
recorded by james tobin
photos by molly tobin and james tobin
http://www.unfoundsoundrecords.com

these sounds were recorded on a cruise trip from seattle to alaska. when i first learned that my wife and i would be taking this trip i was immediately excited by the opportunity to record such a foreign and strange environment. you see, here in denver we don't have many ships.  a few boats, yes, but certainly no ships. the ms oosterdam did not disappoint. she had all kinds of great sounds around. i did run into one little unforeseen difficulty -- traveling with 3,000 people can make it a little hard to capture good, clean recordings, especially when they all want to talk about "that fuzzy thing" with me. nonetheless, i was able to find some time away from the crowds and enjoy the sounds of a ship on my own. i certainly had a fantastic time recording these sounds, and i hope they inspire you to create some fantastic new instruments. happy noise-making!

i used a zoom q3hd stereo recorder to record these sounds at 24 bit/48khz. the sounds that appear here are recorded and unprocessed, aside from dithering down to 16bit/44.1khz and adding metadata.

james tobin


01. welcome aboard (arriving onboard)
02. check point (scanning passenger ids as they board the ship)
03. through the x-ray (recorder being sent through the x-ray machine)
04. ship air vent (air vent in state room bathroom)
05. bow wake (ship's bow wake as recorded from the first deck) 
06. wet deck squeak (shoes on a wet deck)
07. set sail (ship's horn sounds and crowd cheers)
08. verandah waves (exterior ambience, ship's verandah with calm ocean waves)
09. dock hand (exterior ambience, ship dock with dock hands at work)
10. radar blips 1 (radar interference)
11. radar blips 2 (radar interference)
12. indoor waterfall (waterfall in a terrarium)
13. dining room breakfast (interior ambience, ship's dining room)
14. whipping wind (wind noise as it blows through a crack in the door)
15. naturalist pa (naturalist commentary broadcast via the ship's pa system)
16. engine room (interior ambience hallway outside ship's engine room)
17. crow's nest (interior ambience, ship's common area library lounge)
18. ship hallway 1 (interior ambience, mid-ship hallway)
19. deck 1 (interior ambience, first deck near administrative offices)
20. ship elevator lobby (interior ambience, mid-ship main elevator bank)
21. ship stairway (interior ambience, ship's stairway)
22. ship hallway 2 (interior ambience, ship's hallway, state rooms at mid-ship)