OutRecording
@outrecording.bsky.social
Hiking, bushwhacking, field recording, and off-road motorcycling in Taiwan 🇹🇼
Blog with trail guides and hiking map: outrecording.com
Blog with trail guides and hiking map: outrecording.com
Anyone missing this?
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Anyone missing this?
I haven’t been out to the old Terdreka Settlement (得樂的卡) in Maolin in a long while. The place looks decent. There’s also a new (to me) house built on a lower level that you can go inside. Nice day for a visit. #Taiwan
December 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I haven’t been out to the old Terdreka Settlement (得樂的卡) in Maolin in a long while. The place looks decent. There’s also a new (to me) house built on a lower level that you can go inside. Nice day for a visit. #Taiwan
Took my new F6 out for a spin kinda deep into the mountains last night. I really don’t recommend cranking the headphone gain when it’s pitch black out there. A little 🐸 jumped in front of my mic stand and kg sounded like a bear was coming for me. 🤣 #FieldRecording
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Took my new F6 out for a spin kinda deep into the mountains last night. I really don’t recommend cranking the headphone gain when it’s pitch black out there. A little 🐸 jumped in front of my mic stand and kg sounded like a bear was coming for me. 🤣 #FieldRecording
I’m curious which stereo configuration you prefer? I’m trying to get a wide open, expansive sound. These were recorded between noon and 2pm in the Taiwan mountains at 845m elev. Headphones or proper speakers would be best. Link in next post. #FieldRecording
October 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I’m curious which stereo configuration you prefer? I’m trying to get a wide open, expansive sound. These were recorded between noon and 2pm in the Taiwan mountains at 845m elev. Headphones or proper speakers would be best. Link in next post. #FieldRecording
Drove to the mountains for an easy ride and to test out some mic configurations. The ride was tough. The road up was no longer a road. I pushed uphill and managed to reach a suitable location. Cicadas were an issue. But what to do. 🤷♂️ Took an experimental hunter’s route back down. I’m alive.
October 22, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Drove to the mountains for an easy ride and to test out some mic configurations. The ride was tough. The road up was no longer a road. I pushed uphill and managed to reach a suitable location. Cicadas were an issue. But what to do. 🤷♂️ Took an experimental hunter’s route back down. I’m alive.
I’m demoing this now. Really not sure what to think. Everything I EQ’d in the past now sounds a bit too shrill or overly EQ’d. Do I trust this thing or dial it back a bit? I do have hearing issues from years of DJ’ing with tinnitus on top of it. What to do, what to do…😕
September 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I’m demoing this now. Really not sure what to think. Everything I EQ’d in the past now sounds a bit too shrill or overly EQ’d. Do I trust this thing or dial it back a bit? I do have hearing issues from years of DJ’ing with tinnitus on top of it. What to do, what to do…😕
My son travelled up to Yilan today to try and find a steam train. I’d say he did pretty good! Not and for a 13 year old. Better than me at least.
June 6, 2025 at 12:12 PM
My son travelled up to Yilan today to try and find a steam train. I’d say he did pretty good! Not and for a 13 year old. Better than me at least.
Trying out a pair of Earsight V2 mics for stealth recording. I bought them so I can attach to a backpack for onboard train ambience. I can’t get them so high up in this bag. One limitation I’m finding is their max SPL (110db). Some low end bumps on trains distort them. 😕 #FieldRecording
May 25, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Trying out a pair of Earsight V2 mics for stealth recording. I bought them so I can attach to a backpack for onboard train ambience. I can’t get them so high up in this bag. One limitation I’m finding is their max SPL (110db). Some low end bumps on trains distort them. 😕 #FieldRecording
Another milestone I guess. Numbers aren’t accurate cuz I’m using pounds and kilos.
May 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Another milestone I guess. Numbers aren’t accurate cuz I’m using pounds and kilos.
Last night was “tunnel recording night”. Some of these tunnels have some huge sounding reverberations. The trains above made some great sounds. The police showed up at one of them asking what I was doing. He seemed a bit nervous. 😂 All ended well. #fieldrecording
May 16, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Last night was “tunnel recording night”. Some of these tunnels have some huge sounding reverberations. The trains above made some great sounds. The police showed up at one of them asking what I was doing. He seemed a bit nervous. 😂 All ended well. #fieldrecording
See if you can guess which one is me. Hint: it’s not the guy, woman, or dog. 😄
April 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
See if you can guess which one is me. Hint: it’s not the guy, woman, or dog. 😄
Spent the last 3 to 4 hours removing the birds from this recording. Oh the joy…😵💫
April 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Spent the last 3 to 4 hours removing the birds from this recording. Oh the joy…😵💫
It has taken a lot of work after my lower back injury, but I’ve managed to get my squat back to a number that I’m only slightly embarrassed of. 😂 it went up smooth as butter. Probably have another 20kg or so left in me. But didn’t wanna push it.
April 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM
It has taken a lot of work after my lower back injury, but I’ve managed to get my squat back to a number that I’m only slightly embarrassed of. 😂 it went up smooth as butter. Probably have another 20kg or so left in me. But didn’t wanna push it.
On the way to Chaozhou yesterday my son asked me to take a detour to look at a bunch of old train cars (EP 106) at a junkyard he found on google maps. We talked to the owner. He said they’ll be scrapped in September. He said my kid could take off whatever he wants to keep.
April 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
On the way to Chaozhou yesterday my son asked me to take a detour to look at a bunch of old train cars (EP 106) at a junkyard he found on google maps. We talked to the owner. He said they’ll be scrapped in September. He said my kid could take off whatever he wants to keep.
In Taiwan, everything’s got corn in it.
April 19, 2025 at 8:42 AM
In Taiwan, everything’s got corn in it.
How many #Fieldrecording ppl out there use Cedar Retouch? I'm on my first hour of my trial and I'm blown away. It has quickly removed sounds I spent hours trying to remove in RX and Spectralayers. I might have to drop the $400. But seriously, can the interface be any crapier? 1/2
April 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
How many #Fieldrecording ppl out there use Cedar Retouch? I'm on my first hour of my trial and I'm blown away. It has quickly removed sounds I spent hours trying to remove in RX and Spectralayers. I might have to drop the $400. But seriously, can the interface be any crapier? 1/2
Today marks the end of an era. These train cars (not the engine) are the last set left over from the first electric trains introduced in Taiwan, the EMU100, back in 1978. They’ve been out of service for a while. This will be their final journey on their way to Chaozhou to be scrapped.
April 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Today marks the end of an era. These train cars (not the engine) are the last set left over from the first electric trains introduced in Taiwan, the EMU100, back in 1978. They’ve been out of service for a while. This will be their final journey on their way to Chaozhou to be scrapped.
I used to kinda like the Scops owl. One would always keep me company on solo overnight hikes. But now I’m starting to hate them. They can be a pain to remove from recordings. Some go without a trace, others leave horrible artifacts. *sigh* #fieldrecording
April 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I used to kinda like the Scops owl. One would always keep me company on solo overnight hikes. But now I’m starting to hate them. They can be a pain to remove from recordings. Some go without a trace, others leave horrible artifacts. *sigh* #fieldrecording
Yesterday morning at 9:28am every train in Taiwan blew its horn in honor of the Puyuma train crash 4 years ago. My son searched and searched for a station that would have a train there at that time so he could record it. He found one at Chaozhou…and it didn’t blow its horn 😕
April 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Yesterday morning at 9:28am every train in Taiwan blew its horn in honor of the Puyuma train crash 4 years ago. My son searched and searched for a station that would have a train there at that time so he could record it. He found one at Chaozhou…and it didn’t blow its horn 😕
Been having bad luck today with the locations I’ve chosen. The ideal spot got too windy. Everywhere else always has some sort of flowing water nearby. In fact, there seems to be nothing but small rivers and streams between Keelung and Yilan. Ah well…
March 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Been having bad luck today with the locations I’ve chosen. The ideal spot got too windy. Everywhere else always has some sort of flowing water nearby. In fact, there seems to be nothing but small rivers and streams between Keelung and Yilan. Ah well…
I’m striking out hard today. Chiayi station has some major construction project going on. There’s road construction outside of Linfengying station, plus the cleaning lady can’t get off her cellphone. 😵💫 Gonna try my luck at Longtian station, then Tainan station. #fieldrecording #Taiwan #TrainStations
March 19, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I’m striking out hard today. Chiayi station has some major construction project going on. There’s road construction outside of Linfengying station, plus the cleaning lady can’t get off her cellphone. 😵💫 Gonna try my luck at Longtian station, then Tainan station. #fieldrecording #Taiwan #TrainStations
A student saw my son at the train station taking pics and drew this for him. I wish I had the slightest bit of drawing talent. As it stands, I would be scaring people with my drawings. 😂
March 12, 2025 at 8:50 AM
A student saw my son at the train station taking pics and drew this for him. I wish I had the slightest bit of drawing talent. As it stands, I would be scaring people with my drawings. 😂