This is just a 3 minutes recording of almost 6 hours recording made in west Iceland. It was recorded close to farm building to make shelter from wind and traffic noise.
In this recording the Starling is impersonate Redwing. But he also make a "song mix" of Golden Plover, Raven and probably many other bird spices.
The main song start around 1:01 and end around 1:55 when he fly away.
Recorded on Sound devices 788t with MKH20 mics in AB50 setup.

The imitator

On Önundarfjörður (fjord) in northwest Iceland is a small village, Flateyri. During the winter, there are lots of avalanches in the area.
In October 1995 a huge avalanche hit Flateyri. Many houses were wiped away and 20 died. Several other avalanches and bad weather closed the road to the village so the only way for rescue team was from sea.
The first rescue unit used a 45 year old pier at the bottom of the fjord at Holtstangi. This pier was built in 1950 in case avalanches closed the road and other communication to Flateyri
This terrible avalanche on that October night in 1995 demonstrated how important this pier was for the community, so it was rebuilt in the spring 1996.
This recording was made on the beach close to the pier on 19th of June 2012

Twenty minutes version of this audio file: 
http://fieldrecording.net/2013/11/01/dock-at-holtstangi-part-1/

Full version at:
http://veryquietrecords.bandcamp.com/album/holtstangi

Recorder: Sound devices 744
Microphones: Rode NT1a, NOS setup
Picture: EOS30D

BeautifulNow Competition Entry: Önundarfjörður

This is a “quiet recording” from nature reserve Flói in the southwest of Iceland.
This recording contains many local birds and migrants. Birds as Red- necked Phalarope, Arctic stern, Red throated diver, Black tailed Goldwit, Common Snipe, Golden Plover, Whimbrel, Eurasian Oystercatcher and many other birds are in this recording. Noisiest and probably "ugliest sound" in this recording is the Red throated diver´s territorial call, but they also express in the recording a beautiful calm conversation with their eyes.
Background noise is coming from the surf among the south cost.
The recording was made in 26th of June 2012 around 3 am and is just nine minutes of ten hours recording that day. The weather was calm, clear sky and temperature around 5°C.
This is a very quiet nature recording so you should not play it loud. If you stay there you can barely hear this birdsong or this bird activity with open ears. You should play it like you think you will hear it trough open window, as a background sound. Best way to listen to all the details and explore the bird species is using quality headphones. This recording contains also very loud session when all Red throated divers in the area “scream” their territorial call.

Recorder: Sound devises 744. (24bit/48Khz)
Microphones: Rode NT1a (NOS setup)
The picture was taken at 26th of June 2012 at the recording place almost at the same time.

Listen to more recordings from Flói. Southwest Iceland
http://fieldrecording.net/tag/fri%C3%B0land-i-floa/

See more pictures from this two days recording trip.
https://picasaweb.google.com/104187345157190691446/FriLandIFloa2012?noredirect=1

Location of the nature reserve Flói:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Selfoss,+South,+Iceland&hl=en&ll=63.901525,-21.192284&spn=0.038891,0.132093&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=69.814448,135.263672&oq=selfoss&t=h&hnear=Selfoss,+Iceland&z=14

Nature reserve in Flói 2012

Recorded on four channels nearby laggon under  Svínafellsjökull glacier south of Vatnajökull glacier in Iceland.
Two microphones are recording the soundscape above the  glacier lagoon and two hydrophones are placed in the lagoon.
More information will be found at http://fieldrecording.net


Under the glacier lagoon (Aquarian H2n-XLR)

Above and under the glacier lagoon surface

Above the glacier lagoon (Sennheiser MKH20 in AB40)

Undersea recording at Gufunes, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Location: http://ja.is/kort/#q=index_id:1541854&amp;x=362826&amp;y=408892&amp;z=10&amp;type=aerial
Recorded:22:30, 8/8/2011
Weather: Calm, dry and around 7°C.
Recorder: Korg MR1000 (24/96) with Sound Devises 552 preamp
Microphones: Aquarian H2a-XLR Hydrophone with 40cm spacing.


Undersea recording at Gufunes, Reykjavik, Iceland

Soprano in Laugarneskirkja (church)
In 3rd of July 2011 I recorded few songs with Anna Jónsdóttir, a soprano singer in Laugarneskirkja.
She began her song study at Nýi tónlistarskólinn, (New Musical School) by Alina Dubik and graduating with a final exam in the spring of 2003.
Next winter, she studied at the Musical University in Bucharest where her main tutor was Maria Slatinaru.
Anna completed his degree soloists from the New Musical School in November 2004 under the guidance of Alina Dubik.
Anna thought Debut-concert in the fall of 2006 at Hafnarborg where Jonas Sen played with her onpiano. In 2008 she released her first CD, Móðurást, containing Icelandic songs where the main theme is motherlove in it’s broadest sense.
Past years Anna has been active in the Icelandic music scene with a solo concert and participation in larger projects.
Antonia Hevesi are playing on Piano in this two songs.
Read more at: http://fieldrecording.net/2011/08/09/sopransongur-i-laugarneskirkju/

Recorder: Korg MR1000 w/Sound Devices 552 (DSDIFF 1bit/5,6Mhz)
Mics: SE4400a MS setup (singer) SE1a ORTF (piano)


Soprano in Laugarneskirkja

Many Icelanders own a summer house. Almost all this summer houses have a outdoor hot tub spa.
In July 2011 I spent one week in workers union summer house. Of course there was a hot tub where my son spent many hours for fun. I put my Aquarian mics in the tub. Part of the result can be hear in this session.
Recorder: Korg MR1000 with SD552 preamp.
Mics: Aquarian H2a XLR40cm apart
Pix: Olympus 4040 in Ewa-Marine pocket.
More at : <a href="http://fieldrecording.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://fieldrecording.net</a>



Boy in a hot tub.

Longer version at: http://fieldrecording.net/2012/01/04/aramot-a-las-americas-tenerife/ 

Fireworks at Tenerife 2011-2012

Nature reserve in Floi 2011 – Part 1. Listen and see more at: http://fieldrecording.net/2011/11/01/fridland-i-floa-2011-1-hluti/

Nature reserve in Flói 2011 – Part 1

Nature reserve in Floi 2011 – Part 2. Listen and see more at: http://fieldrecording.net/2012/01/21/fridland-i-floa-2011-2-hluti/

Nature reserve in Flói 2011 – Part 2

Recorded near the beach in a sea pool below the Hotel “Europe Villa Cortes GL” at Tenerife. 
More information, longer and different version of the recording can be found at: http://fieldrecording.net/2012/04/05/skepnurnar-i-lauginni/
Pictures can be found at:
https://picasaweb.google.com/104187345157190691446/HungrySnailsInTheSeaPool

Hungry Snails

All sounds in this recording is made by one phase power line (picture), bass from nearby party, strong gust, sheep and birds. No post work.
More information and another part of this recording can be found at:
http://fieldrecording.net/2012/06/22/opus-for-power-line-bass-wind-and-birds/

Opus for power line, bass, wind, sheep and birds.

This recording is just about three minutes of almost one hour recording of  new years eve "fireworks madness" in Reykjavik, Iceland. This specific part was captured about 15 minutes before the real madness began. 
It was recorded with Sound devices 788 on 8 channels with pair of MKH20, MKH8020 and NT2a in AB  setup - 70cm apart. 
In the middle was AT4025 XY mic, but it was disabled in post work.
A light breeze was in this evening so the microphones was not placed in the best place. 
Another recorder was not far away in better place, but more windy. 
For many reason I like it more:
http://audioboo.fm/boos/1143529-fireworks-at-new-years-eve-2012-2013



Two fireworks in Reykjavik 2012 - 2013

“Senur” first chapter.

In 10th of February 2013 I recorded a concert with Amateur symphony orchestra. 
The program contained a wonderful melody “Senur” composed in four chapters by Sigurður Sævarsson. It was composed for string orchestra and obo. Both the orchestra and the soloist, Guðrún Másdóttir, played it flawless. 
I was pretty happy with the recording result, even though the concert hall (a church) sounded terrible for recording. It has a very harsh sound and difficult peaks in some resonance frequencies. 
Over the orchestra I used a Jecklin disk with a double pair of mics, parallel MKH8020 and MKH20 in 45°+45° (see following picture). 
Close to the soloist was a pair of MKH8040 and far behind in the hall was a pair of SE4400a with spaced Omni (70cm). 
 
Past months I have got a few emails where people ask me for a sound sample with my Jecklin disk. So this is it. Hereby is the first chapter of Senur. The only post work I do for this Soundcloud work out was turning off MKH8020 on the Jecklin disk and the SE4400a far behind in the hall. Then I increase the gain of MKH20 on the Jecklin disk about +8dB

Other mix of this recording and more information can be found here:
http://fieldrecording.net/2013/03/15/senur-first-chapter/

Information about the Jecklin disk:
https://picasaweb.google.com/104187345157190691446/DIYJecklinDisk?authuser=0&feat=directlink

Composer Sigurður Sævarsson:
http://sigurdursaevarsson.com/

Amateur symphony orchestra:
http://www.ahugasinfonia.is/

fieldrecording.net

Popular tracks