Slugs
Canon S3 IS Sound Recording
2006-08-27
Here is a song about a banana slug that I recorded on my Canon S3 IS using the sound recording function. It was recorded at a campfire after the light was too low to get any images. It's a very handy function of this camera.
MP3 192kb (3MB) AAC 128kb (2MB)
The camera put the sound file into a SNDR folder on the card. I imported the raw WAV file from that into GarageBand so I could trim the ends and add some compressor and export to iTunes for format conversion for publishing. The raw file had no clipping, so the camera must have adjusted the level very well.
To get to the sound recording function, switch the camera into playback mode (as though you are going to look at photos), then hit MENU, scroll down to Sound Recorder and press SET. From there you can record and play back. A 1G card will hold about an hour and a half of stereo at 44.1kHz.
The fastest way to record sound is with the Movie button. Just press it. When you download the movie, extract the audio track using Quicktime or some other software. Not as convenient after the fact and more memory-intensive than the sound recorder. But I do this when I'm not ready for whatever it is that is happening.
The third way to record sound is attach memos to photos. If you take a photo but keep the shutter held down, the image appears in the viewer. While holding the shutter down, press the Flash/Sound button on the top, to the left of the pop-up flash, and a sound recorder will appear for a one-minute annotation. You can do the same thing in playback mode. I've not used that feature, partly because Aperture doesn't handle the sound files.
Here are the lyrics to the song:
Banana Slug
Lyrics by Marty Schafer and Friends at SMOE
You know I love my baby
I like the way she hugs
People don't understand
She's a banana slug
BA-NA-NA-SLUGGGG
She's got just one foot
And she aint got no toes
She just hangs out in the forest
And helps it decompose
BA-NA-NA-SLUGGGG
Now some folks say that she's gross
But I won't hear that jive
If it weren't for my baby
The forest might not survive
BA-NA-NA-SLUGGGG
The way you shake your antenna
You know you give me such bliss
C'mon c'mon c'mon banana slug
Won't you give me a kiss
BA-NA-NA-SLUGGGG
Oh when you slide through the forest
You know you look so fine
C'mon c'mon c'mon banana slug
Let me lick on that slime
BA-NA-NA-SLUGGGG
Banana nana nana slug
Banana nana nana slug
Banana nana nana slug
MP3 192kb (3MB) AAC 128kb (2MB)
The camera put the sound file into a SNDR folder on the card. I imported the raw WAV file from that into GarageBand so I could trim the ends and add some compressor and export to iTunes for format conversion for publishing. The raw file had no clipping, so the camera must have adjusted the level very well.
To get to the sound recording function, switch the camera into playback mode (as though you are going to look at photos), then hit MENU, scroll down to Sound Recorder and press SET. From there you can record and play back. A 1G card will hold about an hour and a half of stereo at 44.1kHz.
The fastest way to record sound is with the Movie button. Just press it. When you download the movie, extract the audio track using Quicktime or some other software. Not as convenient after the fact and more memory-intensive than the sound recorder. But I do this when I'm not ready for whatever it is that is happening.
The third way to record sound is attach memos to photos. If you take a photo but keep the shutter held down, the image appears in the viewer. While holding the shutter down, press the Flash/Sound button on the top, to the left of the pop-up flash, and a sound recorder will appear for a one-minute annotation. You can do the same thing in playback mode. I've not used that feature, partly because Aperture doesn't handle the sound files.
Here are the lyrics to the song:
Banana Slug
Lyrics by Marty Schafer and Friends at SMOE
You know I love my baby
I like the way she hugs
People don't understand
She's a banana slug
BA-NA-NA-SLUGGGG
She's got just one foot
And she aint got no toes
She just hangs out in the forest
And helps it decompose
BA-NA-NA-SLUGGGG
Now some folks say that she's gross
But I won't hear that jive
If it weren't for my baby
The forest might not survive
BA-NA-NA-SLUGGGG
The way you shake your antenna
You know you give me such bliss
C'mon c'mon c'mon banana slug
Won't you give me a kiss
BA-NA-NA-SLUGGGG
Oh when you slide through the forest
You know you look so fine
C'mon c'mon c'mon banana slug
Let me lick on that slime
BA-NA-NA-SLUGGGG
Banana nana nana slug
Banana nana nana slug
Banana nana nana slug
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