BIKE VS STICKY SHOES

Just past the tennis courts I came across a bike path that wen under a bridge. The sound of the bikes whizzing by made a nice echoing sound under the bridge and I decided to stop and check it out. I at first held the mics in my hand as i stood by the side of the paved path. But then I realized I received better sound by placing the mics on the ground. It gave a good left to right relationship and a better sound of the rubber tires and shoes on the pavement.

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If you listen you can here the differences in the types of bikes as they pass. The off road bikes had thicker tires so they made a lower more noticeable noise. The street or racer bikes had much thinner tires and tended to have a smaller lighter sound. One sound I wasnt able to include in this track was a kid's bike that had thick half-way deflated tires, which made a terrible humming sound as it road by, making it sound quite unique. And ways why I chose these sound was the contrasts between the bikes themselves and between the bikes and the solitary jogger who had old, wet and loud shoes on. I very much enjoy listening to the shoes thud and squish past the mic. In between the bikes and the jogger is a sometimes serene sound of birds and wind which I also enjoy.