The Desert

What does it feel like to be immersed in a rainforest, far away from people and surrounded by nature? As daylight starts to fade, this experience is not necessarily a blissful or relaxing one, especially if this is your first time in the Congo basin. Long version at https://youtu.be/X-61RmPgBzA

Nightfall In The Congo Jungle

A selection of wildlife and nature sounds from Ethiopia's cloud forest. Longer version at https://youtu.be/pvHU271fFzo

Forest In The Clouds

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.
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Above and under the glacier lagoon surface

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

Wednesday night, playing with loops, one seven beats long, the other eight, then layering occasional accent notes. Fade in and out just turning the knob on the amp once the loops were left to their looping. Recorded to phone put in front of the amp. Not sure why the eight-beat loop is more prominent than the seven-beat one, except perhaps that it's in 4/4 so the brain registers it more easily. Also not sure about that one hiccup at :46 seconds. Something suddenly went out of alignment and then came just as suddenly back into alignment. The bit at the very end isn't a tape cassette stopping. It just sounds like that.

Wednesday Loops

A beautiful and calm atmosphere recorded in Borneo's rainforest. Longer version at https://youtu.be/RUZcg6SOZ0A

Borneo Calm Atmosphere

Slow soundscapes from the Amazon rainforest. Longer version at  
https://youtu.be/66RWAfuKPq4

Hot Afternoon In The Amazon

African Desert is a collection of soundscapes recorded in the Namib desert. It covers a variety of locations, from sand dunes and canyons to desert pavement and rocky outcrops. Available at https://mindful-audio.com/african-desert/

Downloadable demo - all rights reserved. License agreement available at https://mindful-audio.com/eula

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MAFX022 African Desert Demo

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What does a sandy desert sound like? Spend a little time letting your ears become accustomed to the sparse soundscape and you'll start hearing a lot of detail. Long version at https://youtu.be/cRkK0bIfrAc

The Sound Of The Desert

This is a compilation from an over night recording in Kirpakka woods with 15 small cracks in chronological order and as last a bigger bang from one long recording earlier in february.

I had the microphones out in Kirpakka small preservation area over night (from sunset to midday) during the coldest days when temp went down to -20C.  There was practically no sign of life except some road noise and machines from a nearby farm.  Daytime there were a few Crows and two Ravens, one Great Spotted Woodpecker and in early night the distant call of a Tengman's Owl.  

One recording of 18 hours earlier didn't result in any sound of life except a very weak Crow at 11 am. and the big crack in the end of this recording.

There seems to be a great loss of tits and crossbills in Finnish forests today.

But the trees were keeping a good amount of cracks and pops, specially in the early night when the temperature change was as fastest. 

http://www.rupuranta.net/weblog/filet/210215/

(MKH8020ab80cm, MixPre 32>24/48, no processing, +3dB, flac)

Jan Eerala Finland

Snaps and cracks - 15/2/2021 - Freezing Kirpakka Forest

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

MAFX022 African Desert Demo

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