![]() I chose to forego my usual DAW-Nuendo, which is, frankly, expensive-and instead use the very generously, even permissively licensed Cockos Reaper. Similarly, I wanted to use mixing software (a Digital Audio Workstation or DAW) available to all. I wanted to make the piece on and for the kind of equipment that other groups in India and elsewhere might be able to source and use for their own version of this project. All of this equipment can be had for up to a few hundred-rather than thousands of-pounds at the most. Of course I make no claim to be using the best equipment available here. OKM II in-ear microphones were plugged into a Zoom H6 digital sound recorder. Several people who listened to the piece commented on a strong sense of ‘being there’-sometimes to such an extent that they lifted the headphones off the ears to confirm whether or not they were hearing sound from outside the mNAP. The microphones that come with the H6 are perfectly decent but can’t compete with the OKMs for bass response neither do they provide the 3D listening experience that these mics create when positioned in the ears during recording. The recordings were made with a Zoom H6 using OKM II in-ear microphones to create a binaural recording. But noise was reduced considerably for both myself, when mixing, and for participants, when listening, by using Beyerdynamic DT770 closed-back headphones (the piece was deliberately mixed for and on these mid-range cans). In fact, the traffic noise outside the hotel often blended in with similar sounds in the recordings this was quite confusing at times. The piece was mixed during an intensive three-day period in my hotel room in the Jangpura Extension area of Delhi. I used these recordings exclusively to make the piece: no other sound files, synthesised or otherwise recorded were used. The stereo piece I made for this installation used recordings I collected at various locations in and around Delhi from 30/11. ![]() The audio file that mNAP participants hear inside the box can be heard below: ![]() One happy participant is just stepping out of the sound-proofed listening pod (mNAP) after having heard the piece. The mNAP in action at the India Habitat Centre, Delhi.
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