Binaural Field Recordings

My third release of pure-thunderstorm based sounds, this track compiles several storms I recorded on a patio in Detroit in late 2013. A variety of lightning cracks, thunder bellows, and different forms of rain can be heard across the 8+ minutes, with some light urban sounds finishing out the soundscape (generally when recording rain I try to only capture rain, in this environment a few cars splashing down the road were inevitable due to my proximity to a fairly busy street). This recording also marks the end of my material I taped using my older Tascam field recorder (from now on my recordings will be available in 96K as opposed to 44.1K) Feel free to add this to your favorite sleep playlist or use as a daily unwinding tool, plug in your best headphones and enjoy!

Sound Therapy Sessions

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Torrential Downpour in the City [HD Field Recording of Rain & Thunder Relaxing Sounds]

Saturday, April 19, Birds In The Backyard

Download only available thru bandcamp: https://rjstefanski.bandcamp.com/

Headphones Recommended - 
Although I have previously uploaded soundscapes of rain and thunder, this is the first to be presented in audiophile 96 kHz / 24 bit clarity, recorded by both my Tascam DR-07 and a stereo Crown Sass microphone for select sections. This track consists of roughly 10 separate recordings from different locations in Michigan, USA, all chopped up across 16 different channels and is meant to have a clear beginning, peak/middle, and resolution. Most of these storms occurred in summer of 2014.

Precursor EP

Midsummer Thunderstorm [Audiophile WAV] Ambient Rain Sounds Sleep Relaxation Yoga

Wieczorny koncert żab nad stawem w Polnej Rzece. Rode NT4 - Sound Devices 442 - Tascam DR-680.

Koncert żab - Concert of frogs

R.J. Stefanski - Midnight Trails with Late Summer Crickets, Bats, Frogs & More [Field Recorded Sound Map 1.2]

For the second installment in my series of experimental sound maps, I invite the listener to travel about an hour's drive North of our last meeting (Belle Isle, Detroit), to Romeo, MI. The bulk of the recordings for this project came from two weekends spent at my parents home in the small rural village in late August and early September 2015. When I stay at their house, I have a nightly walking routine that takes me through some of the nearby fields and woods surrounded by stars and crickets. These walks are the genesis for this sound map, as it is designed to present the listener on a guided tour solely using field recordings of a few of these excursions. 

The listener is greeted with the soft hum of a small town backyard just after sunset. It is shaping up to be a hot and muggy night as sounds begin to fill the neighborhood: a chorus of crickets two backyards away, a train's horn from much further, and then a low flying plane seems to split the sky in half. Slowly the chatter of neighbors enters the mix along with the family pet and some passing cars. As we head out from the backyard and towards the expansive athletic fields just a few blocks away, some frogs briefly appear and the variety of crickets changes as well.

Night fully descends as the sounds from the fringes of the village fade even more out of range as we reach the open fields west of town. The overhead sky is clear and bursting with stars and about a dozen low flying bats, clearly audible as they make a distinct sound which mimics that of a mouse chewing from a room away. Entering deeper woods brings us to a bizarre insect, some form of giant cricket with a rattle. Suddenly the clear skies have turned ominous, with rain slowly sneaking in before erupting into thunder. Something is not quite right in this part of the forest, as dark melodies are slowly played on an antique piano, and are soon accompanied by scattered AM radio transmissions. Just before it seems like the journey might be doomed, the trees begin to thin out and we are back in a familiar backyard. Tired and confused, the only remnants of that strange night are some hazy memories and these recordings.

All sounds recorded and edited by R.J. Stefanski 2015-2016. Including original piano composition and artwork. Use good headphones and enjoy!

Midnight Trails with Late Summer Crickets, Bats & Frogs [Field Recorded Sound Map 1.2 | Romeo, MI]

R.J. Stefanski ~ Michigan Ice Storm: Winter Sleet & Freezing Rain [96 kHz 24 bit WAV HD Field Recorded Soundscape]
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Throughout my field recording experiences so far, rain and thunder have been my most prevalent sound source. Naturally these storms have tended to occur in Spring or Summer, but some unusual weather patterns have brought rain and warmer temperatures through the first half of winter 2015/16 (this has been due to a number of factors including a strong El Nino effect and global warming, causing rain to be more common than snow).

I had the chance to record a number of these more Spring-like storms as they passed through the urban setting of Hamtramck, MI and the rural Romeo, MI (in each instance I mostly used a Tascam DR-07 set up on a semi-enclosed back porch). This soundscape is comprised of winter sleet, rain, and freezing rain, with the former falling as distinct chunks of ice splintering onto the tin porch roof and the frozen sidewalk.

Besides weather sounds, I also captured a bird that did not fly South for the winter, a train calling from a little ways down the road, and a fair amount of road ambiance and passing cars (unavoidable due to some of the storms' urban setting, the recordings from Romeo feature much less low end traffic hum).
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Reminder: Like nearly all my field recording work, this is not a single, straight through take of one storm. For this project I edited and collaged together roughly 10 separate recordings totaling over one hour of winter rain and ambiance. From there I cut the material down to the best 9 minutes. 
Enjoy on good headphones and be sure to download the original WAV for the full HD file (Soundcloud does not stream at 96 kHz WAV).

Michigan Ice Storm (Winter Sleet & Freezing Rain) HD Field Recording

Nagranie terenowe. 
28 marca 2016, most leśny na rzece Radomka na terenie kompleksu lasów Przysuskich. Bagienne rozlewisko. Duża aktywność ptactwa. 

Nagrania dokonano za pomocą rejestratora Sound Devices 633 oraz mikrofonów Oktava MK-012 o konfiguracji Mid-Side.

Mostek - Radomka - 28 - 03 - 2016 - At the source of the river Radomka

Sound Devices 633 / 2 x Fethead Phantom / Oktava MK012 Mid-Side

Świerszcze w polu słoneczników - Crickets in a field of sunflowers

Poranek nad Rzeką Biebrzą. Wietrznie. Spora aktywność ptactwa, prawdopodobnie kormoranów. Spory dystans. Oktava MK012 MS / 2 x Fethead Phantom / Sound Devices 633

Poranek nad Biebrzą - Early morning on the Biebrza river

http://binauraldiaries.co.uk/thunder-storm-recording/

Thunder storm recording in our back garden on 17/11/2006

Thunder Storm

Field recordings made at Woodhill Bay, Portishead on 14th October 2016.
This was my first outing using the Sony PCM-M10, and involved some clambering on the headland rocks to try and get into a good position.  The tide was quite far out, and the sea calm.

http://binauraldiaries.co.uk/woodhill-bay-portishead/

Gear:
Sony PCM-M10

Portishead Waves Ambience 14th October 2016 16:19

http://binauraldiaries.co.uk/leigh-woods-bristol/

Field recording made in Leigh Woods, Bristol on 21/11/2016.

It was a rainy day, so much of the subject matter is the sound of rain against the leaf mould, the trees, and puddles.

Gear:
Sony PCM-M10
Sound Professionals SP-TFB-2 in-ear binaural mics

Leigh Woods Binaural 21st November 2016 #3

Recorded at Muir Beach on Christmas Day '16 with a Neumann KU 100 Binaural Dummy Head and Sound Devices 744T

Muir Beach_Bay Area, California - Binaural  Recording

1023 Pinball, Post Offices, Projectors, Pumps, Rodeos, Restaurants, Roller Coasters

Restaurant, Medium General Ambience, Busy Crowd, Dishes, Cafe

Pair of DPA4060 in custom dummy head in Puszcza Swietokrzyska. Listen with quality headphones.

Puszcza Swietokrzyska - Binaural - Field Recording

Huge forest complex near the village of Ruski Bród in Poland. Sunrise recording (6:52 AM) using custom made Dummy Head with pair od DPA 4060 microphones inside. Recordings were also made in ORTF configuration for comparison .

Localization:
www.google.pl/maps/place/51%C2%B015'38.7%22N+20%C2%B036'10.4%22E/@51.26075,20.601801,285m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d51.260744!4d20.602885?hl=pl

Ruski Brod Forest - Binaural Field Recording

Wakacje w Dębinie nad Morzem Bałtyckim. Wczesny ranek na pustej plaży, mikrofony w niewielkiej odległości od rozbijających się o brzeg fal.

Holidays in Dębina at Baltic Sea - Early morning on the empty beach, microphones on the shore very close to breaking waves.

Oktava MK012 Mid-Side / Sound Devices MixPre-D / Sony PCM-D50

Debina - Morze Bałtyckie - Fale na brzegu - Baltic Sea - Waves on the shore

File from collection on the remake of Georgia Viaduct and Strathcona into "North False Creek"

Georgia Viaduct Underside.WAV

Propaganda Coffee | Chinatown (Binaural)

自作バイノーラルマイクで自然音を録音
ヘッドフォンを使って聞くと自然に包まれた感覚になります。
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Binaural Field Recordings

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