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Battle of Britain Day 15th September – the sounds of a Supermarine Spitfire

Mk 1 Supermarine Spitfire 1940 – Battle of Britain.

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force, 1939-1945- Supermarine Spitfire
Public Domain.Wikipedia Commons. Stanley Arthur Devon (1907–1995) Royal Air Force official photographer

Their Finest Hour

15 September — Battle of Britain Day

Today we honour “the Few” — the brave RAF pilots and crews who stood firm in the skies during the Battle of Britain.

On this day in 1940, they turned back the Nazi Luftwaffe’s relentless attacks, halting Hitler’s plans to invade Britain and changing the course of history.

“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”
— Winston Churchill, 1940

We will never forget their courage, sacrifice, and unwavering resolve.

Sound recording was made circa 1996 by Jonathan Slatter nr Farnborough Air Show using a Portadat Recorder and an M-S microphone configuration using Sennheiser MKH30 / MKH40. Decoded and mastered in SADiE.

You can download a recording of the sounds here:

https://www.pond5.com/sound-effects/item/8830142-spitfire-passes-overhead-and-turns

Picture is Public Domain: X4474, a late production Mk I Spitfire of 19 Squadron, September 1940. During the battle 19 Squadron was part of the Duxford Wing. Stanley Arthur Devon (1907–1995) wikidata:Q112244814 Royal Air Force official photographer.

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The top 10 best free video, audio and admin applications money can’t buy for creative professionals

1. Davinci Resolve

Video editing. Free version and studio version available

https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/uk/products/davinciresolve

2. OBS Studio

The ultimate screen recorder and streaming application

https://obsproject.com
Add-On: Source Record: https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/source-record.1285/

3. Reaper DAW

Audio production without limits. OK so not strictly free but you can trial it for 60 days free, and a licence for private use is just £60.

https://www.reaper.fm

4. Thunderbird

Excellent email client. Free your inbox

https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US

5. Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Vids & Forms

https://docs.google.com/

6. PDF Merger and Splitter

https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9p4tcns9h432

7. Filezilla

The Free FTP solution

https://filezilla-project.org

8. Google calendar, contacts, tasks

https://calendar.google.com

9. Trello

Capture, organize, and tackle your to-dos from anywhere. Free version available

https://trello.com

10. Canva

Design made easy, effective and organised

https://www.canva.com

What else…what have I missed? Please put suggestions in the comments, thanks.

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OBS Studio – how to record screen and webcam and save them as separate files for editing later

Record your webcam and screen using OBS Studio, in a way that allows yuo to edit them as separate files later in an editor like Davinci Resolve.

In OBS Studio I doubled the width of my Canvas and Output to: 3840×1080 – because I am working in HD 1920×1080 – so double 1920 = 3840.

And then position your sources – in my case 1 x screen record and 1 x webcam on the ‘double-width’ canvas. Then record and export and bring the resulting file into your editor.

There you can copy the file and crop and resize / transform to your liking. Please subscribe to the channel for more videos.