Quiet midnight campfire on the Oregon coast with waves and frogs in the background. Stereo recording, use headphones

Midnight campfire on the Oregon coast

Archival Ambiance Pt. I - Michigan (recordings made during the first two weeks of August in 2020)

Deep Woods Ambiance (Watershed Preserve Pond)
This single take recording was captured at the Addison Township Watershed Preserve, located in a remote part of rural southeast Michigan. This 229 acre nature preserve features four kettle lakes, wetlands, and hiking trails that snake through the forest and meadows. The Zoom H6 recorder was set up in a clearing near the pond and captured water spillover into a drain, creating a very calm atmosphere. There is also a unique bird call I am not sure of, please comment if you know what species this is. Filling out the rest of the frame are a variety of birds, crickets, flies/bees, and more to be discovered with a good pair of headphones. No editing besides (partial) fade in/out, and increased volume. I liked the way this soundscape drops the listener straight into the scenery without the complete fade in. Maintained and presented as an HD 96k WAV file.

Headphones recommended. Captured on Zoom H6 with stereo capsule. All sounds and artwork property of R.J. Stefanski 2021.

Archival Ambiance I

Deep Woods Ambiance (Watershed Preserve Pond with Birds and Crickets) Relaxing HD Field Recordings

This is a field recording of rainwater exiting a collection pipe found in the Otago Harbor, on the 29 of November 2022. This time the microphone was placed inside the pipe. The sound was captured with an Audio Technica BP4025 stereo microphone and Zoom F6 recorder. The sound was then mixed down using Apple Logic.

Inside the rainwater pipe, Dunedin

This is a field recording of ocean water lapping against a wharf pile, on the Otago Harbor (18 November 2022). The sound was captured with an Audio Technica BP4025 stereo microphone and Zoom F6 recorder. The sound was then mixed down using Apple Logic.

Water lapping against wharf

A quick, one take of the Barbershop Quartet from the New Tradition Chorus. They are Tenor: Steve Davis, Lead: Oliver Merrill, Bass: Jay Giallombardo, and Baritone: John Davis. Here they are recorded in true ORTF, [110º angled and middles of the capsules are 17cm apart] using 2 MXL V67N microphones being run into a H4N Zoom Portable Recorder. The quartet stood about 3-3.5ft away from the middle of the spacebar. Since it is true ORTF, you can hear where each singer is standing. Barbershop quartets usually stand Tenor-Lead-Bass-Baritone or the reverse.

Background of the singers: These are all champion barbershop singers in one fashion or another, Steve Davis a multi Illinois Barbershop District Champion with many quartets over the years, Oliver Merrill is the lead of the 2005 Collegiate Barbershop Quartet, Men In Black. In the open contest, Men In Black got as high as 7th place internationally. Jay Giallombardo is an International Quartet Gold Medalist for the 1979 quartet, Grandma's Boys where he sang Baritone. Jay is also one of the leading arrangers for the barbershop style and arranged many of Grandma's Boys' charts. John Davis sang lead in the Illinois District Champion Quartet, Chronicle (with Steve Davis) and has sung with Internationally competing quartet, Rush Street.

Sweet Adeline

Amazing Day is originally performed by Coldplay. 

Acoustic Guitars & Piano & Vocals : Baris Firat 
Mix & Mastering : Baris Firat

Recorded in BFM Studios, Naples IT

Amazing Day - Coldplay, Official Baris Firat Cover

Aaron, Connor, Thomas, Anthony, and Dakota play music in the basement. 

Interlude 1

Outside the wind is howling around the house, the rain is pouring down against the windows and thunder rumbles through the atmosphere, but you are inside and curled up next to the crackling fireplace just listening, observing and staring at the flames...

Enjoy listening to this ambient fireplace recording and let me know what you think of it :)

If you like to use this soundscape, you can contact me here:
http://www.virtual-fireplace.net/contact.html

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Crackling Fireplace with Thunder Rain and Howling Wind

Crackling Fireplace with Thunder Rain and Howling Wind Sounds

Webs (v1)

Oh Margret M

Brooklyn NYC + Detroit | Message directly for inquiries about sampling recordings, bookings, collaborations, or questions | Since releasing a series of diverse mixtapes in 2011, Stefanski has slowly turned his focus to his own ambient productions, often built entirely of original field recordings. He has released a wide array of original soundscapes ranging from brief, high-def clips of thunderstorms to extended sound collages, each project sharing a hazy, psychedelic glow. Before moving to Brooklyn, Stefanski curated the chill out room for infamous Detroit after-hours rave BAK DØR. After relocating he released an LP of short field recordinged ("20 X 2"), a podcast for an experimental NYC label (Metamorph) and an album for Bivouac's "60 Minute Cities" series. His relaxing rain soundscapes are some of the most popular on soundcloud, with one clip nearing 14 million streams as of late 2020. More recently Stefanski expanded his productions with visual components, including a new website which hosts the unique travelogue "The San Diego Tapes" and photography prints for sale.

~FEEL FREE to use my field recordings/original tracks in any of your own works, I only ask you cite me as a source and please send me a link of the finished product.  MESSAGE ME for questions, I won't see questions in comments.

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