Recorded at Seagull Lake, Boundary Waters Canoe Area, 9:30AM July 8, 2013.
Audio-Technica AT3032 mics in Variable (medium) Boundary Array. Tascam DR-680, 16bit/48khz, low cut/limiter- off.

Conditions (Grand Marais Airport, ~50 mi. SE) 57 deg. F, wind 0 kts. It felt more like 65.

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Song Sparrow and Ravens

On the bluff above the 'beach' campsite at Seagull Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, a time-compressed recording from ~9pm - 1:30am. The wind rises and falls. Ruffed grouse drum and loons call in the middle distance. Is that a large ungulate passing through the woods?

N48 08.737 W90 55.920 elev. 1491ft.

Dual Primo EM172 capsules in Medium variable boundary array recorded 48khz/16bit to Olympus LS-11.

130708 Beach site bluff twilight to midnight

North Avenue Beach pier, Chicago IL, 13 May 2021. Recorded with a mix of homemade Primo EM-172-based Hydrophones and Partially Baffled Boundary Array with Audio-Technica AT4022 microphones. Recorded 32bf/96k, SD MixPre6-ii.

210513-North Avenue Pier, Chicago

A snowy night outside of Richland Center Wisconsin. Barred owls call, distant coyotes howl. A chase ensues. Later Coyotes gather around the mic and sing. Condensed events from 11:30 pm until 4:05 am, February 24-25, 2023. Tech notes: Recorded with LOM Usi mics in spaced omni array, using Olympus LS-11, 24bit 96K. The recording was processed using Izotope RX10 to reduce traffic noise from a nearby highway.

230225 Barred Owls and Coyotes in Richland Center

July 28, 2021, 10:22 PM. A late night aquatic visitor on Seagull Lake.

Most Likely A Moose

120709 BWCA Lake 4- Bufflehead, Mallard, Unidentified Visitor

210726 BWCA Waves On Seagull Lake 13.33.21.18

210726 BWCA - Wind In White Pines, Seagull Lake

120712 BWCA Lake 4: Hermit Thrush, Green Frogs, Yellow Rumped Warbler

The stag mistakes a Jecklin Disk microphone array for an interloper in his territory.
Vance Lake, Inwood Township, Michigan. 29 July, 2017.

A Challenge_170729

250803 Cedar Lake-3AM visitor

250802 The Cat's Visit

During my morning Tai Chi routine, approx. 7:18 AM 14 July 2015, at the pond behind the main building of the Crane Trust in Wood River, NE during the 2015 GSSN soundscape ecology workshop. N40 47.255 W98 27.910
Equipment: Primo EM172 with 3D printed housing in lightweight modular tunable boundary array, fleece windscreen, Olympus LS11 recorder, 48khz/24bit. No EQ or dynamics processing. Interstate 80 reigns supreme.

20150714 Tai Chi Morning Chorus No EQ

29 June, 2016, ~17:45 CDT
N48 04.511 W90 17.411

16 bit, 48 kHz
Lightweight Modular Partially Baffled Boundary Array
Audio-Technica AT3032 Omni Condenser Mics
Sound Devices MP-2 preamp w/limiter
Olympus LS-11 recorder
Post-processing: iZotope RX5 De-Clip, gain adjustment


160629 Caribou Lake Thunderstorm Approach

Miles Island Moose And Squorrel (Excerpt)

161229 Collapsed Corn Crib

17/07/04 ~5:00am Hiawatha National Forest, near Steuben, MI. The wolf pack I had been hearing in the distance the last couple of evenings decided to get a little closer to my campsite.
Zoom F4, 48Khz/16 bit, 4 channel mixed to stereo. Front: Modular Partially Baffled Boundary Array w/ Audio-Technica AT3032 mics; Rear: 36 cm Jecklin Disc w/ AT3032 mics spaced at 35 cm. Some post EQ and gain added.

170704 - Hiawatha Wolves

Big Island Lake, Michigan UP. Recorded July 2006 with Telinga Pro5-DAT stereo parabolic mic, SD MP-2, Sony MZ-RH1 HiMD. Note the handling noise and dish 'ping'.

Loon Takeoff

Recorded from a ledge 50' above the canyon floor.

Recorded March 2007. Telinga Pro5 DAT microphone (minus dish) Sound Devices MP2 & Sony MZ-RH1.

Raven, Hidden Canyon, Zion Nat'l Park

Morning at the north end of Red Rock Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. An everyday, yet dramatic moment in the BW: Eagle scores breakfast, everybody gets a little uptight for a few minutes.
On top of a 25-ft bluff, overlooking an L-shaped inlet. The eagle was perched on the opposite shore of the bay.
2 foam-nosed partially-baffled boundary arrays spaced 40 feet apart, w/ Audio-Technica AT3032 &  AT4022 microphones, recorded to Tascam DR-680, 48/16.
Ravens, Common Loon, Bald Eagle, Blue Jay, Red Squirrel, Red-breasted Nuthatch, more species IDs to follow.

Morning, Red Rock Lake 100803

Recording samples from Cathy C. Cook's interactive multimedia project "Cranes in Motion." Original recordings were recorded on the Platte River in Nebraska, in 4-channel with dual partially baffled boundary arrays. The recordings have been processed with iZotope RX5 to minimize highway sounds from I-80.

Early Morning Crane Conversation & Interstate 80

distant coyotes at 2 am, Jasper-Pulaski Wildlife Refuge, Medaryville Indiana.
Recorded with Olympus LS-11 recorder connected to 'Scrappy', Primo EM-172 stereo boundary constructed from foam and sheet aluminum scraps, 

JasperPulaski 101113-2 dx coyotes

A peaceful protest at Daley Plaza in Chicago for George Floyd on 2020, May 31.
Video: https://youtu.be/P7grwjD8Sy8

200531 I Can't Breathe-Say His Name-George Floyd

The 2004 Chicago Marathon recorded near the intersection of Loomis and Taylor Streets. This recording was originally aired as an episode of WLUW-FM's "Blind Spot" radio program on December 20, 2004.

Everyone Here Wants You to Succeed

Everyone Here Wants You To Succeed

May 27, 2012, 9:37-10:47 PM: Eastern Gray Tree Frogs sing to a late spring thunderstorm in the Crex Meadows Wildlife Area, Burnett County, Wisconsin. American Toads, Spring Peepers, and the occasional Chorus Frog can also be heard.

Recorded with 4 Audio-Technica AT3032 microphones in partially baffled boundary arrays to Tascam DR-680, 48khz 16 bit. Mixed to stereo from 4 channel source. No Equalization.

A Rainy Night in Burnett County

A Rainy Night In Burnett County

Sound from the installation. Three shipping crates set up as vermicomposting bins are outfitted with contact microphones. The passage of the worms is amplified into the gallery space, converting the decay process into performance.

Paul Dickinson

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