Unusual Island-Based Recording Studio Captures Fish Sounds

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Unusual Island-Based Recording Studio Captures Fish Sounds
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Philip Souza has set up an unusual recording studio on an island, where he captures the sounds of fish using an aquarium and a waterproof microphone. The studio is equipped with soundproofing foam and preserved marine animals.

When Philip Souza gets ready to work in his unusual island-based recording studio , he activates an “On Air” sign to warn others to be quiet. Unlike most recording studio s, however, his sign sits in a bookcase, sandwiched between shelves of ethanol-filled jars containing preserved crabs, shrimp, and fish. On the table where a microphone would normally be, there is a box-like shape made of undulating black soundproofing foam .

Under the foam, Souza places an aquarium containing fish from the downstairs wet lab, and pokes an omnidirectional hydrophone–a waterproof microphone–into the water.in Port Aransas. “The acoustic foam is keeping out enough of the background noise where you can actually make out those vocalizations from the really small animals.” Philip Souza in his small fish sound recording lab. Cryptobenthic fish, shrimp and crabs are in the ethanol-filled containers around the On Air sign. On the table is recording equipment, which will be used to record fish in an aquarium put under the acoustic foam box on the lef

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