Name: Loud Cicada At South Luangwa by George Vlad
Duration: 9 min 51 s
Description: Hippos and an obnoxiously loud cicada call at dusk in the savanna. Recorded with Sony PCM A10 and Lom mikroUsi microphones. Listen to more recordings from the African savanna at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdGyXE47HzQ&list=PLCRlYmmK1sqpnPimVGFNUhmt1WtYhnsZc

Sounds like it's trying to outdo the hippos in the background 😁

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

Listening with good headphones in a quiet environment is recommended.

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https://soundcloud.com/hearingbeings/20211024-an-excerpt-from-a-syncopated-dawn-spring
https://soundcloud.com/hearingbeings/20211024-a-syncopated-dawn-spring

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2021.10.24 Night Music. Spring.

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

Hippos and an obnoxiously loud cicada call at dusk in the savanna. Recorded with Sony PCM A10 and Lom mikroUsi microphones. Listen to more recordings from the African savanna at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdGyXE47HzQ&list=PLCRlYmmK1sqpnPimVGFNUhmt1WtYhnsZc

Loud Cicada At South Luangwa

The soundscapes are incredibly lush and beautiful in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. The dry forests on the border with Guatemala are home to immense biodiversity. Longer version at: https://youtu.be/G9f-ZkW86BM

Nature and wildlife sounds recorded in Mexico

On Saturday, 12 November 2022, South Australia, including the whole Adelaide region, experienced an uncharacteristic extended storm of unusual intensity. Several storm fronts, arriving from the NW over St Vincent's Gulf, hit Adelaide and the Fleurieu Peninsula. The storm has been described as "one of the strongest thunderstorms in recent memory",* causing flash flooding, wind gusts exceeding 100 km/h that tore down huge gum trees (many of which crushed houses, cars, and electricity lines), as well as flattening giant electricity pylons, leaving around a hundred thousand people without power. 

This recording, made in the Adelaide Hills (near Norton Summit), captures a sample of the first and mildest storm wavefront that day. (The recording begins at 10:30 in the morning. This abridged version selects two excerpts from the longer recording, chosen because of the poignant presence of bird calls audible between the peals of thunder. The highlighted parts of the spectrogram in the track image indicate the passages from the longer recording that were selected for this abridged version.) The microphones sheltered from the fairly light rain underneath a 'sweet pittosporum' or 'native daphne' tree (Pittosporum undulatum), native to southeastern Australia, but a 'declared plant' in South Australia ('a woody weed invading native local vegetation', due to widespread ornamental planting).

Travelling farther south immediately after this recording, I was able to intercept the next two storm wavefronts, which were far more intense. Although the storm was utterly awesome and spectacular (lightning bolts plunging into fields, exploding thunder tearing the atmosphere apart), it was impossible to find any spot from which to record the storm, because it brought with it an abundant lashing downpour of rain and wild tree-tossing winds. All the shelters in the state forests had iron rooves: the rain battering the rooves was deafening, drowning out even the peals of thunder.

In the end, I could only just sit and experience it. Which, after all, is the very best thing to do, with Nature. (Most of the time, at least. Not recommended when it gets this violent. Although I have to say that this was truly a very beautiful and awe-inspiring experience; and, personally, I'm very glad to have been out there to witness it. I'm also contemplating possible recording solutions, in case this ever happens again... Enraptured by thunderstorms as a spatial music of nature. All that I have said, here, is the simple truth.)
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*https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/why-the-adelaide-storm-was-so-intense/925471
https://www.sapowernetworks.com.au/data/313806/12-november-storm-update-from-sa-power-networks/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/11/18/australias-indigenous-people-call-for-seat-at-table-at-cop27
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Recorded with respect upon the land of the Kaurna people.

2022.11.12 Storm above the Hills. Late Spring. (Excerpt)

A soundbit from my recent travel to northwest Greece. After the evening rainshower the sky cleared up and I got some hope for a recording session at the Vikos gorge. I had abandoned my original plan to descend in the gorge and spend couple of days there, as the rain kept on and the danger of slippery paths and falling rocks outweighed the chance of successful recording. Not to mention the fact that rain itself ruins it.
I set up my tent on the hillside at the edge of canyon, in hope of getting the reverbs of owl calls. Here you can hear the mellow chorus of crickets, some distant hoots of Tawny Owls and also the purring of Green Toads (Bufo viridis) which carried surprisingly well over the distance.
I must say that Vikos is not the best place for recording evening ambiences - the density of airtraffic is intolerable. This is the longest bit without plane noise I got from this evening and night. But I am still happy with that :)
At the edge of Vikos gorge near Monodendri in Greece. 
10. May 2018, 21:26.
2xMKH8020 (in DIY SASS), Zoom F8.

The track is also featured on this album: https://estlander.bandcamp.com/album/pindus-soundscapes

Album in Spotify

Nightfall at the Vikos gorge

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

About a half-hour later than the previous track, below. Things change slightly throughout the morning.

Early Morning - Dishpan Ridge - B

Poem text and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2020/11/12/walt-whitman-song-of-the-open-road

POEM TEXT / CONTEXT

Maria Popova reads from "Song of the Open Road" by Walt Whitman

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

Loud Cicada At South Luangwa

George Vlad

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