What six hours of Muir Beach sounded like
Earlier this week we did a small bonfire at Muir Beach and I brought my little Olympus recorder and propped it up on a fence post about 100 yards from the shore. My plan was to record our bonfire and the waves. I forgot it there, so it ran all night. The next day I went back and it was still sitting on the fence, still recording. The 19-hour file was more or less useless for the time we were on the beach, mostly because it was too windy. When I looked at the spectrum, it revealed there was a nice fat chunk in the middle of the night when the wind died down and the recording was perfect.
So I cut it down and listened. It turned out really well, so I’m offering it here. This link below is the edited six-hour chunk as an MP3 file, with no loops, that is perfect for napping, working, et cetera. It is what Muir Beach sounded like on the morning of August 30, 2011. (Photo above from that night, courtesy of Edward Aten)
