Name: British Countryside Atmosphere by George Vlad
Duration: 5 min 52 s
Description: Calm autumn morning at a farm in Exmoor National Park in England. There is a sparse dawn chorus and soft wind in the vegetation. Sheep and cattle call occasionally, and farm vehicles can be heard every now and then. Long version at https://youtu.be/1IbKYmI_d7g

I'm deep in the Amazon rainforest, sleeping on an open platform with just a thin mosquito net between me and the jungle. The sounds of the rainforest weave into my dreams and eventually wake me up. Long version at https://youtu.be/GsZG1ggSQFw

Amazon Rainforest Waking Up

this Demo is made 100% with audio samples from the "PWL06 Wilderness Americas : Central American Jungle : Colombia - Costa Rica" Sound library. No filter or effect was applyed.

Here is the originals "referenced" files taken from the library :

Colombia : Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

00:00 -> Montane Tropical Forest Ambiance Day in jungle, surrounding point of a little valley, insect, cicada, exotic birds, light wind, some bamboo trees.

00:15 -> Montane Tropical Forest Quiet ambiance Day in jungle, insect, cicada, Oropendola exotic bird, call, wing flap, constant insect buzzing, Oropendola nest under a tree, insect flying around tree flowers.

00:30 -> Montane Tropical Forest Under a tree full of nest, Oropendola, exotic, tropical bird, call, wing flap. (mono - Telinga parabola)

00:45 -> Montane Tropical Forest Quiet ambiance Day in a Bamboo grove, light to moderate wind through bamboo leaves, bamboo wood creak, small birds shirping, ORTF.

01:00 -> Montane Tropical Forest ambiance afternoon in jungle, insect, cicada, Howler Monkeys, calling, tree branch breaking and falling, exotic birds in background.

01:15 -> Montane Tropical Forest ambiance afternoon in jungle, end of the day, quiet atmosphere, Howler Monkeys in the distance, exotic birds call.

01:30 -> Montane Tropical Forest  ambiance night in jungle, insect, very loud cicada, exotic birds, strange night call, like a Owl.

01:45 -> Montane Tropical Forest ambiance night in jungle, quiet insect, cicada, strange birds call.

02:00 -> Montane Tropical Forest ambiance morning in jungle, many exotic birds feeding themself. Strong Bird call, Oropendula in background. Insect passby. Distant Howler Monkeys in background, very discreet. Dawn Chorus.

Colombia : Cocora Valley

02:15 -> Montane Tropical Forest ambiance night under light rain, quiet atmosphere, water drop on leaves, batrachian, amphibian, frog call, birds.

02:30 -> Montane Tropical Forest ambiance night under rain, tropical storm is coming, thunder, water drop on leaves, batrachian, amphibian, frog call, birds. 

02:45 -> Montane Tropical Forest ambiance day, open area, wax palm trees, light wind through leaves, multiple exotic birds, insect, distant valley roaming river.

Costa Rica : Parque Nacional Corcovado – Osa Peninsula

03:00 -> Rainforest, ambiance day, multiple exotics birds, chirping and calling, very distant and discreet howler monkeys in the distance,wood and branches crack due to animals presence, cicada, cricket.

03:15 -> Rainforest, day, afternon, Pacific Ocean, beach, gentle waves , scarlet macaws, parrot, tropical birds.

Costa Rica : Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve – Puntarenas

03:30 -> Tropical Montane Cloud Forest, day, afternoon, quiet atmosphere, light wind, multiple exotics birds, chirpping, insects.

03:45 -> Tropical Montane Cloud Forest, day, afternoon, quiet atmosphere, very light wind, strange exotics birds call, like a metallic and harmonic rusty whistle (Varied Thrush), wings flap, insects, cicada, cricket.

04:00 -> Tropical Montane Cloud Forest, day, afternoon, quiet atmosphere, very light wind, small birds chirpping, insects, cicada, cricket.

Costa Rica : Biological Reserve Lomas Barbudal

04:15 -> Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forest Day, soft wind through tree leaves, exotics birds surrounding the mic, insect buzzing, distant river. Small chunk of wood, fruit, branches falling from trees.

04:30 -> Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forest Day, quiet afternoon, small birds chirpping, tweetingt, woodpecker, insect buzzing. (take 2)

04:45 -> Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forest, Day, soft wind through tree leaves, exotics bird call, insect buzzing, distant river. Small chunk of wood, fruit, branches falling from trees.

This library focus on the wildlife and wilderness sounds of the different type of forest encountered across these countries : rainforest, cloud forest, montane tropical forest, Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forest, primal forest, bamboo forest.

PWL06 Colombia CostaRica Jungle DEMO

During a mid-March visit to Big Bend National Park in Texas, I recorded this immersive binaural soundscape at dawn in Santa Elena Canyon. It features wind blowing through a dense thicket of Carrizo Cane (an invasive species from Asia that is now common along the Rio Grande), which produces clicks and clatters as gusts pass through the stiff, bamboo-like reeds. Ravens nest in the canyon and croak repeatedly as they fly up and down the Rio Grande River, their calls echoing off the steep cliffs above. Such a pleasing, enveloping mix of the sounds of the wind, ravens and reeds!. Please wear headphones for optimal immersion!

Recorded by Lang Elliott on March 17, 2021 shortly before sunrise. © Lang Elliott, All Rights Reserved.

Wind, Ravens, Reeds

Rainfall Diary

produced by David Rothenberg
artwork and visualization by Michael Deal

What record album was so important that ten million copies of it needed to be pressed at once? You guessed it. Songs of the Humpback Whale. In 1979 National Geographic Magazine inserted a flexible "sound page" inside the back cover of all of its editions in twenty-five languages, and that is supposedly how many they printed. No human pop star has ever received such magnanimous treatment, so what is it that is so special about the songs of the humpback whale?

Well, for one, humans knew nothing of this fabulous sound until the US Navy released its classified recordings at the end of the 1960s, at the very moment the world was most poised to listen to the unknown, the psychedelic, and the trippiest of sounds. Humpback whale song fit the bill perfectly. From high wails to deep growls to rhythmic scratches to tearful moans, it encompasses the full range of emotions in the longest song performed by any animal, a tune that can go on for nearly twenty-four hours at a time. People are often moved to tears when they hear such intensity for the first time. Some cannot believe it could ever come from a place as silent as the sea. This song inspired the global movement to Save the Whales which continues unto this day.

People tend to assume humpback whale song just a "whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaooooh" and leave it at that. But if you sit down and listen to a complete humpback performance you will find that the long moan is only one note in a complex composition, with distinct phrases, repetition, structure, organization, shape and form akin to many kinds of human music. This is no random outburst of cries and whispers, but a song with power, verve, identity, and design.

It is a desire to go beyond memory and into the sounds of reality that has led us to release New Songs of the Humpback Whale, which aims to gather the best recent recordings of scientists and whale listeners the globe over to give all of us a chance to assess what has happened to whale song over the past few decades. One can hear gradual changes in humpback song from year to year, with some phrases lengthening, others shortening, others disappearing altogether as new variations appear. The change can be heard month to month, and even week to week within a single season. Today's whale songs should sound quite different from what he fondly remembers from the sixties. But is their musical culture going downhill? Or is it on the rise? Or just changing? Can we humans even tell the difference?

To tell the difference Michael Deal, designer of the Pinterest logo and a veteran of Google and Splice, has created a new way to visualize humpback whale song, based on sonograms familiar to sound scientist but simplified into colorful glyphs making the structure of this grand underwater music easier to understand than ever before.

Though humpback whale song did not evolve for humans to appreciate, it may be no accident that we do. Upon hearing the great song for the first time, whale scientist Roger Payne said he heard the size of the ocean, "as if I had walked into a dark cave to hear wave after wave of echoes cascading back from the darkness beyond.... That's what whales do, give the ocean its voice."


Humpback Whale in Madagascar from New Sounds of the Humpback Whale CD

Samadhi

Anavasada

5 € for support - https://secretdomainlabel.bandcamp.com/releases

Heavenchord - Field Recordings #2

1-hour version on Youtube at https://youtu.be/vKhwV1COFpo

It's 5am deep in the Borneo rainforest. Cicadas, crickets and katydids are winding down their night calls but birds haven't started to sing just yet. Gibbons climb to the top of trees and start calling to let other troops know they're around. Birds and daytime insects slowly wake up and start calling too.

Recorded in Borneo's rainforest with Sony PCM D10, Lom MikroUsi micropohones and BubbleBee Windbubbles. I left the drop rig out in the jungle for 24 hours so I could capture a full day-night cycle. More sounds and stories at https://mindful-audio.com

Longer version

Borneo rainforest - Lush dawn chorus - Gibbons and birds

The last days of February were colder and a solid ice of about three inches formed partially one mile out to sea. The Whooper Swans had arrived past week but what I think could be Bean Goose appeared for the first time. At 9 min a fox is crying. 

The sea water was rising due to an arriving low front. This and because the ice was new and solid, causes the crackling sounds. I was lucky to experience this, as it is absolutely not a common phenomenon, at least not here by the sea shore.  The picture with a big Venus and new moon was taken during the recording.

http://www.rupuranta.net/weblog/filet/200228/

(AT4022 ab50cm, MixPre3, 24/48, flac)

Jan Eerala Finland

Night by new Ice - 28/2/2020 - Makholma Shore

mFLOW Non-Dual Meditation

Calm autumn morning at a farm in Exmoor National Park in England. There is a sparse dawn chorus and soft wind in the vegetation. Sheep and cattle call occasionally, and farm vehicles can be heard every now and then. Long version at https://youtu.be/1IbKYmI_d7g

British Countryside Atmosphere

Award winning sound recordist, audio director and expedition leader - Dune: Part Two | Mufasa: The Lion King | Horizon Forbidden West | Wordscapes

British Countryside Atmosphere

George Vlad

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