Four tracks through a first-order ambisonic microphone, processed using SPARTA in Reaper and rendered to binaural:

Track 1: Wind in the trees. Ironwood tree to the left, palm tree to the right, creaky wooden fence to the right, crickets in front.

Track 2: Rocky beach, ~8-10m back from the water. Three people walk by, right to left, behind the mic.

Track 3: Rocky beach, ~5-8m back from the water. Birds in the trees on all sides.

Track 4: Rocky beach, ~2m from water on the sides. Walking in a circle jingling keys to test HF response and imaging.

Ambisonic Testing

Rough surf on a stony beach on the south side of Kiholo Bay on the Big Island of Hawaii.

1st order ambisonic decoded to LCR, mixed down to stereo.

Kiholo Bay South - Stony Beach - Close

Binaural stereo mix-down of a 1st order Ambisonic recording from inside a toilet. "Forward" is down into the toilet."

Toilet Flush

Underwater recording of humpback whales off the coast of the Big Island in 2024. The hydrophone used for this was an earlier prototype of the Gladys hydrophone designed by Jules Ryckebusch and available from JLI Electronics

Humpback Whale Song Mixed Hawaii Kohala 2024 Tom B

An underwater recording of bubbles being emitted from sidewalk chalk as it's immersed in water. The hydrophone used is an early prototype of the Gladys hydrophone developed by Jules Ryckebusch and now available from JLI Electronics.

Sidewalk Chalk Bubbling Squealing Screaming Howling Underwater Tom B

Recording of ocean waves advancing onto and receeding off of a stony beach, made using a hydrophone buried in the stones. The hydrophone used for this is an early prototype of the Gladys hydrophone developed by Jules Ryckebusch and now available from JLI Electronics.

Ocean Waves On Coarse Sand Beach Gentle Periodic Buried Hydrophone Tom B

Underwater recording of the splash from a rock being tossed into a pond. The hydrophone used for this is an early prototype of the Gladys hydrophone developed by Jules Ryckebusch and now available from JLI Electronics.

Rock Splash In Pond Sploosh Tom B

Stereo recording of coqui frogs and insects in a eucalyptus forest on the Big Island of Hawaii with occasional dinosaur calls and accompanying reverberance

Jurassic Frogs

Honeycreepers and other birds calling in the Upper Waiakea Forest Reserve on the Big Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, USA.

More wind in the trees than I would've liked, but the birds were quite active.

Upper Waiakea Forest Reserve Honeycreepers 03 - 2017

A stereo ambient recording of the nighttime transition from birdsong to frog calls in a mature eucalyptus forest on the Big Island of Hawaii. With occasional cow.

The recording was made with an SASS with EM-172 capsules.

From Birds To Frogs With Occasional Cow

Stereo contact recording of someone writing on a chalkboard followed with the board being erased.

Writing On A Chalk Board

A deep "bong" sound from a series of contact microphone tests. 1 second lead-in, full tail, normalized to 0dB.

Bong 04

Recording of the wave action and reverberation inside a broken deep water pipeline.

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