Field recordings

Field Recordings

Audio gear evaluation

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

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

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

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


Above and under the glacier lagoon surface

We added the MR SPRINGGY 500 series Spring Reverb! Enjoy! 

Josephson C716 -> DW FEARN VT2 -> Apogee Symphony I/O -> MR SPRINGGY 500

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

SCHOEPS CMC5-U MIC SOUND  MARTIN D-18  MANABU YAHATA

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

Milab vm-44 Classics~> Busman PMD660 @16/44
       vs.
Schoeps MK4~> MK5~> CMC4~> Littlebox~> R09 24/48

Milab vs schoeps

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

Testing my Neumann TLM40 through the Apogee Duet. 

Neumann Test

5G Blumlein BM5 ribbons

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.

Mongolian Road Trip: Driving the Steppe - www.goingslowly.com
<a href="http://journal.goingslowly.com/topic/field+recording/2010/09/ulaan-baatar-gandan-monastery/">View Journal Entry</a>

088 - Gandan Monastery - Ulan Bator

089 - Gandan Monastery Prayer Wheels

Cycle Southeast Asia - www.goingslowly.com
<a href="http://journal.goingslowly.com/topic/field+recording/2010/10/to-bungalow/">View Journal Entry</a>

096 - Nakhon Nayok Bungalow Soundscape

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.