Soundscapes + field recordings

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A collection of field recordings from my travels. For recordings longer than an hour check out my Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/georgevlad

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Soundscapes

A collection of soundscapes I recorded in the Amazon rainforest in March/April 2019. Read about the expedition on my blog: https://mindful-audio.com/blog/sound-recording-amazon-rainforest-expedition

Amazon rainforest

Thunderstorms sound absolutely fascinating in the rainforest as the microphones pick up the beautiful detail of water droplets hitting the vegetation. Longer version at https://youtu.be/MN_JT6hAyMs

Thunderstorm in the Borneo rainforest

Dawn and dusk in the Amazon rainforest are particularly lush when it comes to biophony, especially by a slow flowing river. The stark contrast between the beauty of birdsong and the shrill urgency of insect calls is never as evident. Long version at https://youtu.be/Rq6eMZyVFtk

Dusk By The River In The Amazon Rainforest

The symphony of wildlife in the rainforest is more minimalistic but piercing and almost electronic. It takes a while to get accustomed to being surrounded by these sounds, but once you do it's like they've always been there. Long version at https://youtu.be/TiMJASuJmFg

Dark Night In The Amazon Rainforest

In the rainforest, each creature has its own little place in the frequency spectrum or time domain. The apparent chaos is random only when looked at (or listened to, rather) for very short durations. More details at https://youtu.be/E7byvKAJHGU

Costa Rica jungle atmosphere

Werbeliner See bei Leipzig, 12.03.2022, 07:00 Uhr.

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Goldammer (Yellowhammer), 12.03.2022

Arabian Desert is a collection of stereo and quad soundscapes recorded on the Arabian Peninsula in the Empty Quarter, the largest expanse of sand dunes on Earth. Available at https://mindful-audio.com/arabian-desert/

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MAFX024 Arabian Desert Demo STEREO

Such an angry bird lol, these always make me laugh as their posture always makes them look like they mean business and they really do! 

They make a variety of different song types but all of them seem to share this rich, Song Thrush like quality that's powerful, smooth and has some satisfying higher articulation. 

Gear: Sound Devices Mixpre 6 ii / Telinga Dish / Schoeps CCM 4 / Lom Usi Pro's

Gavin Vella

Nuthatch - MixPre - 5465

When you're walking in a lush jungle it's very easy to miss small things like termites, ants, snakes or a gorilla (that totally happened by the way). Long version at https://youtu.be/WQa2E4iAnWQ

Dusk in the rainforest

It's a calm morning by the river Kapamba in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia. A few cicadas are winding down their night calls, making room for the daytime sounds of the savanna. Long version at: https://youtu.be/xnGuW1RLgBk

A river in the savanna

It's no wonder these birds are so easily persecuted, as they are so loud during the breeding season. Especially when the chicks have fledged as they're constantly calling the parents for food. This nest is monitored and chicks are ringed every year but they have decided to nest right alongside a main track so I hope they don't attract the wrong attention. Either way, chicks have fledged and are wondering further away from the nest site, so hopefully they'll disperse soon. 

Gear: Sound Devices Mixpre 6 ii / Schoeps CCM 4 in Telinga Dish / Schoeps CCM 2 Stereo Pair

Goshawk Fledglings - MixPre - 5929

It's a slow start to the day at Andravoahangy market in Madagascar's capital. Sellers are unwrapping their wares and laying them out in little displays in their stalls. Recorded with Sony PCM D100.

Calm day at the market in Antananarivo

Recorded in a forest gully early in the morning, this album captures some of the unique sounds of Australia's Daintree Rainforest.

Full album details - https://wildambience.com/albums/a-morning-in-the-daintree-rainforest

A Morning in the Daintree Rainforest

A Morning in  the Daintree Rainforest - Album Sample

A thunderstorm of epic proportions on the horizon in the Amazon rainforest. Long version at https://youtu.be/R8lLynze4Oo

Massive thunderstorm approaching in the Amazon rainforest

As dusk falls in the Amazon rainforest, the sounds of the jungle change dramatically. Long version at https://youtu.be/Yfm_Vkv0C9o

Dusk in the Amazon rainforest

African savanna ambience with birds singing and insects calling at various distances - a beautiful and calm soundscape full of exquisite little detail. Long version at https://youtu.be/5NyIPnT1Wpw

The sound of the African savanna on a calm day

The jungles of the Amazon are calm and still on a hot afternoon. There's a piercing insect chorus - frogs call occasionally - every now and then a bird chirps half-heartedly. Long version at https://youtu.be/l-v3GNgPR78

Lazy afternoon in the Amazon rainforest

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Loud Cricket hypnotises you and suddenly stop leaving space to quiet.

Stereo Recording with LOM Microusi set and SoundDevice Mixpre6

Cricket/Cigale Brings you into meditation till it let place to quiet

Early in the morning in the Amazon rainforest - the air is thick with humidity and wildlife sounds. The insect chorus is deafening, and birds are trying to do their part by calling incessantly everywhere. Long version at https://youtu.be/2KWrudRbgO8

The Amazon rainforest wakes up

Atacama Desert is a collection of stereo and quad soundscapes recorded in the barren but amazingly beautiful desert plateau of Western Chile. Get it at https://mindful-audio.com/atacama-desert

MAFX027 Atacama Desert Demo

A Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map site:

~ Short version of field note: 

This church ruin sits on an apex of Hancock Road along the boundary of Inman and Back Valley. At an elevation of about 200 metres, to the south the view looks over rolling paddocks, Range Road and the southern edge of the Fleurieu. Patches of remnant vegetation surround the ruin, which was the region's churches from 1856 to 1910.

Read more at the Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map.
URL: https://tristanlouthrobins.com/fleurieu_soundmap/sites/INV004.html

FKISM: Pioneer Congregational Church ruin, Inman Valley - July 2023

A Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map site:

~ Short version of field note: 

This is one of two AudioMoth recordings that were made on Lady Bay reef over a week in late December 2022. The AudioMoths were deployed with the intention of observing the soundscape of two underwater locations and were configured to record for 1-minute at 10-minute intervals over a 24-hour period for the week.

Read more at the Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map.
URL: https://tristanlouthrobins.com/fleurieu_soundmap/sites/LYB013.html

FKISM: 6 hours of underwater actvity in a seagrass meadow, Lady Bay Reef - December 2022

A Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map site:

~ Short version of field note: 

A typical Sunday lunchtime soundscape in the seated area under the verandah of the Country Kitchen bakery on the main street of Myponga. With a cornish pasty consumed, I positioned the recorder beneath my beanie to record the sound of customers coming and going through the screen door, whilst a fellow seated patron periodically rustles a paper bag containing a disintegrating meat pie. 	

Read more at the Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map.
URL: https://tristanlouthrobins.com/fleurieu_soundmap/sites/MYP015.html

FKISM: Country Kitchen bakery, Myponga - July 2023

A Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map site:

~ Short version of field note: 

This is one of two AudioMoth recordings that were made on Lady Bay reef over a week in late December 2022. The AudioMoths were deployed with the intention of observing the soundscape of two underwater locations and were configured to record for 1-minute at 10-minute intervals over a 24-hour period for the week.

Read more at the Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map.
URL: https://tristanlouthrobins.com/fleurieu_soundmap/sites/LYB014.html

FKISM: 6 hours of underwater activity in Lady Bay reef - December 2022

A Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map site:

~ Short version of field note: 

Recorded at the entrance to the Nulcoowarra (Granite Island) causeway, as waves crash on the shore and seagulls jostle for dominance. People pass bay and a bell chimes in the distance - an indication that the horse-drawn carriage is about to depart and take passengers across to the island. Before its departure, snippets of conversation are heard.

Read more at the Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map.
URL: https://tristanlouthrobins.com/fleurieu_soundmap/sites/VHR003.html

FKISM: Granite Island causeway w/ horse-drawn carriage, Victor Harbor - July 2023

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

Dusk in the Amazon rainforest

George Vlad