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Field Recordings

Field recordings (some edited, mixed, mastered, etc.)

Soundscapes

The geothermal activity in Iceland is well known, but the natural sounds created by this activity are known by few. 
Recordings are done in A-B Stereo with Schoeps MK4 microphones.
Many hours of recording.

Hot springs in Iceland

This track features the haunting vocalizations of the Common Loon. The ambient "roar" you'll hear is the sound of gentle night breezes swishing through the treetops of large Red Pines nearby. (One critical listener calls this element "sublime.") Recorded late May, 2008. Skies were mostly clear; winds were light and variable; temp. was in the low 50s (F).

Midnight Loons - Wagner Lake

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

This was recorded on the first night that myself and the team arrived at the Villa Carmen Research station in the Peruvian Amazon. 
Enjoy! 

Equipment: 
Sound Devices 552
Schoeps MK4 Stereo 
Rode NT1A Stereo 

Villa Carmen Research Station - On the porch at night

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 at Fort Cronkhite north of San Francisco. The doors to the old bunker have recently been sealed off for safety reasons so no door movement could be recorded. In spite of this I grabbed a tire iron and got to improvising latch and impact sounds. Schoeps CMC6/MK41-MK8 MS.

Fort Cronkhite Doors

This track was recorded on the Silver Bank, Dominican Republic, during the Conscious Breath Adventures 2012 humpback whale season. Every season some 3,000-5,000 whales gather to court, mate and give birth, offering an excellent opportunity to see and here them. Conscious Breath Adventures holds a limited permit allowing us to take guests to swim with the whales, allowing us to literally immerse ourselves in the song. It is a bone-shaking experience. To get the best effect, play this over your home stereo system at high volume!                                                                                                     To learn more about the humpback whales visit www.ConsciousBreathAdventures.com

Humpback Whale Song 2012, © Conscious Breath Adventures

Natterjack Toad recorded in France by WSRS member Simon Elliott.

Natterjack toads are claimed to be Europe's noisiest amphibian, with the male call audible over several kilometres. Natterjacks are found in southwest and central Europe, but are rare in Britain. Being poor swimmers, they drown in deep water if they can't get ashore. Short limbs mean they can't leap very far, and usually only do so as a startle response before going into their normal running gait.

Natterjack Toad Epidalea calamita

Here is a free sound of some wind gusts I recorded from my garage window on a extremely windy day. I postioned a Sennheiser MKH8040ST very close to a small opening of the window. The wind was constantly changing direction and when it blew by the window I could feel the air being sucked out of the garage. The download is 24 Bit 48kHz and just over 1:30 long. Enjoy! -Frank

As usual, my standard end user license applies. http://www.therecordist.com/company/eula

Wind Gusts Extreme

Recorded with 2 B&K 4006s and Sound devices 788T
Traffic noise reduced using Izotope Rx2 pro. (Remarkable wee programme!)

The Inhabitants of my Rhododendron bush!

http://binauraldiaries.co.uk/2012/06/construction-site-temple-meads-20120613-13-55/

Construction site - Temple Meads 20120613 13-55

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.

Dipper recorded by WSRS member Simon Elliott. Dippers are small, stout, short-tailed, short-winged, strong-legged birds. They have a characteristic bobbing motion when perched beside the water, giving them their name. Dippers’ calls are loud and high-pitched, being similar to calls made by other birds on fast rivers; the call frequencies lying within a narrow range of 4.0-6.5 kHz, well above the torrent noise frequency of <2 kHz. Dippers also communicate visually by their characteristic dipping or bobbing movements, as well as by blinking rapidly to expose their pale upper eyelids as a series of white flashes in courtship and threat displays.

White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus

I was tucked up soundly at six in the morning letting the recorder do the work and when I got around to logging the recordings it was quite a nice dawn chorus but I've got lots of those. This extract starts with a nesting pigeon in an overgrown Leylandii hedge behind the mics. Here we go again, muttering jackdaws, the neighbour's sheep, yet another noisy wren - and then then DRRRRR right in front of the garden mics. "Garden" is a bit of an exotic description. It's a steep slope with a dozen large trees and lots of impenetrable wildlife habitat, but the deer can get though it.

So could this woodpecker. It tried out one tree after another and I've made guesses which tree it was bashing. Then it was gone as quickly as it arrived. There is a sequel however, as I discovered two days later when the woodpecker started on the Big Beech.

DR1000_2270=28=31 Stereo MKH-416's into SQN and Tascam DR-100 
...

Woodpecker testing trees

The Frog Pond Recordings

http://www.therecordist.com/the-frog-pond-recordings

I recently bumped into a friend of mine from the area and the first thing he said to me was "I was just thinking about you the other day, I have these frogs in my pond that make one hell of a racket at night. You should come record them" By the way, this happens to me quite a bit when I meet friends at social events or just hang out. They always let me know if they have heard something interesting that I might want to record, lucky me!

All photographs and sounds copyright 2013 Frank Bry - Creative Sound Design. All Rights Reserved.