3D Rain and Storms

A hard rain and some thunder in Tokyo.
This is Binaural recording.


Hard Rain And Thunder [Binaural]

Raw audio of binaural recording of thunderstorm in Dallas. Manikin head placed on porch using Fostex FR2-LE with SP-BMC-12 Audio Technica Omnidirectional miniatures. 24bit 96Khz.
Image courtesy of http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Patriiick

Binaural Thunder Dallas 13-May-2014

Thunder storms over the UK, Widnes. 19 July 2014

Thunder storms and heavy rain

Sitting on my front porch recording a summer storm. 
This is recorded using binaural microphones (one in each ear).   This is the most natural 3D recording technique, as your brain processes the stereo sound at each of your ears to create the spatial image.   Close your eyes and listen. 
To get the best affect, use headphones, ones with good low frequency response.
Be careful on the volume control the first through this - especially around 40 seconds or so.    Then crank the volume as much as you can (hopefully you have good low frequency response on your cans).    
There were two lightning flashes.  In the first 30 seconds, you hear rain, and a car driving past from left to right.    then.......boom.  

Summer Storm on the porch

** Download before playing!! SoundCloud compressed the streaming audio quality, so for proper representation please listen to original file. **

** Image courtesy of: Sofie Bjorkgren-Nase **

This is a recording I made with my homemade binaural in-ear mic system (sounds more complicated that it is). It includes a power supply the supplies +3V to the pair of electret microphones. The mics are placed inside shortened ear plugs so that I can fit them somewhat far into my ear canal to really get the pinna cues. The recording was made (originally - I don't know what SoundCloud does to the file to compress it) at 96kHz/24bit. I recorded on a Zoom H4n, which I borrowed from Erik Dreiding (thanks!). There is the slightest bit of clipping on the first thunder clap, but I just need to adjust the input gain next time. The mic level was already really low, at 40%. I guess the thunder really requires a lot of headroom. Enjoy! More to come...

Thunder And Rain 01 **DOWNLOAD FOR FULL QUALITY!**

Pouring rain and roaring thunder in mid October in the mountains of Lebanon.

Field Recording:  Heavy Rain And Thunder Roar

Summer rain storm

3D Binaural Storm (preview)

Binaural recording of a thunder roll
Mics: Sound Professionals SP-TFB-2 - Low Noise In-Ear Binaural Microphones
Connected to a Boss portable recorder.
This is a binaural recording. Use headphones for the effect to work

Binaural Recording: Thunder roll

Working late one night, I decided to record the storm outside in binaural 3D to share the feeling of being there in Taipei through sound. 

NOTE: YOU MUST WEAR HEADPHONES FOR 3D LISTENING. 

This was recorded with the Neumann KU-100 binaural (3D) microphone, atop a 13 story building in Taipei, Taiwan.

3D Rain and Thunder

Through popular demand, you can now download the audio!

3D Rain and Storms

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