CAPTURE #3 :: Fatt I - Didgeridoo Workshop

Date: 24 August 07
Place: Fatt - Tribal and Traditional Arts Festival @ Alte, South Portugal
Description: Didgeridoo Workshop by Mark Atkins
Equipment: 2 Oktava Mk-012 small diaphragm condenser microphones w/ cardioid capsules; 1 Marantz PMD660 solid state digital recorder; 1 Senheiser HD-25 headphones; 2 20m XLR balanced cables; 1 pop filter, 4 windscreens
Photos: Rita Rocha and João Couto C.



From the 24th till the 26th August a great opportunity for sound capture came up: the APD [Portuguese Didgeridoo Association] was holding a tribal and traditional arts festival hosting didgeridoo, percusion, berimbau workshops, concerts and other activities.



Alte was the chosen village for this happening, a beautiful place considered by many as a cultural hideout in Algarve, South of Portugal: lots of fresh clean water to dive in, cool shades and great conditions for camping and van life.




The organization people were warm and relaxed, and welcomed the So Sample Sound Sniper project providing meals and the possibility of recording whatever sounds I wished. A well designed encounter with two photographer friends - Rita Rocha and João Couto C. - brought up the possibility of upgrading image quality in these posts. You can find Rita's work at: www.ritarocha.deviantart.com/gallery








This capture's target was Mark Atkins' didgeridoo workshop. Atkins is a didgeriddo virtuoso descendant of the Yamijti people of Western Australia and of Irish-Australian heritage: this great character [wearing a hat in the photo above] gladly let me record it all, and it goes like this:

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