Name: Urban Siren by Miami Sound Recordist in Urban Sounds
Duration: 2 min 5 s
Description: Listening to traffic pass a Miami urban street corner, a jetliner flies overhead and a fire engine screeches past, an early experiment with binaural recording in urban Miami, Florida. June 2018. Luhd PM-01 Binaural Microphones placed in ears and Sound Devices Mix-Pre 3 recorder.

Urban Sounds

Spend the dawn laying in the woods near the mouth of the Mississippi River in northern Minnesota. Recorded using a Sound Devices MixPre6 digital audio recorder and two Sennheiser MKH20 omnidirectional microphones places in a homemade binaural housing.

Species you might be able to hear include: Gray Catbird, Wilson's Snipe, Ovenbird, White-throated Sparrow, American Woodcock, American Robin, Least Flycatcher, Common Yellowthroat, Veery, Song Sparrow, American Crow, Wood Duck, Mourning Warbler, Common Raven, Blue Jay, Winter Wren, Hairy Woodpecker, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Indigo Bunting, Blackburnian Warbler, Common Loon, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Black-and-white Warbler, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, and American Redstart.

Wear headphones for the best listening experience.

Enjoy!

This recording was made while working on the 'Voices of a Flyway' project. Recordings were made under permits issued by the park and for the purpose of science and education.

'Voices of a Flyway' Soundscapes: Dawn at the mouth of the Mississippi

4 Sep 2022

Last year I captured calls from two chatting adult Whooper Swans at the Bothnian coast. This year they were accompanied by two juveniles. One night the conversation between the swans was intense, it almost felt listening to a concerto.  

Umeå commune, Västerbotten County (63.39 N, 19.54 E)

Primo-EM172s

03_06.14

Whooper Swan concerto

Recording was done during two days of constant recording at a small forest beaver pond. Both microphones were hidden between the logs directly lying on the lodge. The beaver family consists of 2 parents, 2 young beavers born two years ago and still staying probably last year with parents, and of two newborns.  
This part of the recording was done early in a day at sunrise (May) when older beavers just returned after a night to youngsters (still drinking milk from their mother). Adults can be heard eating branches dragged inside the lodge. There are probably two youngsters there listening to the voices. They will soon start exploring the world with their family.

Beaver youngsters together with their family

30 May 2023

To get good recordings of birds you have to come close. On way of achieving this is to work with concealed microphones. It’s not easy to predict where the target bird/s will be, and I regularly fail in my attempts, but occasionally I succeed. I scouted a semi-open sandy area – a former tree seed orchard –  where I had encountered lekking Black Grouse last year, and hid a small stereo lavalier microphone overnight in the crown of an isolated small pine tree. One by one the Black Grouse males arrived in the late evening hours and immediately began displaying around the small pine tree.  

Umeå commune, Västerbotten County (63.39 N, 19.54 E)

Primo-EM172s

01_01.05

In the middle of the Black Grouse lekk

Some pretty active birds and insects, then rain onset in the cloud forest in Costa Rica.

Birdy Rain Onset in Cloud Forest, Costa Rica

Création sonore réalisée à partir d'une compilation d'enregistrements effectués lors d'un voyage au Maroc avec Théalie Dhellemmes fin mars 2023. Les ambiances ont été enregistrées au cours d'un itinéraire de Chefchaouen à Fès, en passant par Taza et Missour. A écouter au casque ou sur de bonnes enceintes stéréo pour profiter pleinement d'une écoute immersive de type binaural.
Remerciements à Théalie Dhellemmes, Amandine Viale, Chaïma Abagli, Olivier Fontaine, Mustapha Meziane, Martine, Laura, Antoine et Martin Pichard pour leurs contributions.

De Chefchaouen à Fès

Enregistrement d'une roselière, secteur Madine vers 2h30 du matin. 
Butor étoilé, Rainette verte , Rousserolle turdoïde, Blongios nain, Locustelle luscinioide, Rossignol philomèle, Coucou gris, Chouette hulotte, Phragmite des joncs etc... Mais aussi hélas sanglier dans la roselière ! 
Enregistrement en MS avec MKH 8060 + MKH 8030.

Etangs meusiens,  Butor étoilé, Rouserolle turdoïde etc..

Mixpre3 + Earsight Stereo Pair
24bit/48kHz

lake shore, tópart, Gemenc, Keselyűs - 2024-05-27

erdei pinty, common chaffinch - 2024-05-27

Close friends of mine live in northern Sweden and this dawn recording is from their garden. On the other side of the road, close to the lake, cows are grazing the meadows and a pair of Black-throated Loons call from time to time. Bees form the background sound as well.

Kläppsjö, Junsele. June 25, 2024
Zoom F3 + Clippy EM272

Dawn chorus with cowbells and loons

The rainy season arrived on time at our home in urban Miami this June, splattering off the roof onto the driveway, distant thunder rumbling around, and the overburdened rain gutters straining under the load.

Recorded with Sound Devices MixPre 3 mixer/recorder with Audio Technica AT4025 X/Y stereo microphone.

Rainy Season Begins

Listening to traffic pass a Miami urban street corner, a jetliner flies overhead and a fire engine screeches past, an early experiment with binaural recording in urban Miami, Florida. June 2018. Luhd PM-01 Binaural Microphones placed in ears and Sound Devices Mix-Pre 3 recorder.

Urban Siren

A far off night train whistles across a suburban pond as leopard frogs wake, their croaks overcoming the quiet evening in Mount Dora, Florida, December 2018. Recorded in XY stereo with Audio Technica BP4025 and Sound Devices MixPre3.

Night Train & Small Town Frogs

A heavy rain falls on a barn deep in the Ocala National Forest, playing  different notes: the tin roof far above, splatting on cement floor, hitting wooden walls and plunking off a metal gutter. Recorded in Fort McCoy, Florida, December 2018. Wide stereo field recorded in NOS with pair of Line Audio CM3 cardioid microphones feeding a Sound Devices MixPre 3 recorder.

Rain On A Tin Roof

I'm a Miami location sound recordist who will capture terrific tracks for your interview, commercial, documentary, reality show or news program. With more than 30 years telling compelling national and global stories, I’m a complete team member with a keen eye for production and a sharp ear for powerful sound.

And as a field recordist - working independently of a film crew - I’ve captured the subtle sounds of the natural world from a kayak, a manhood dance in Ethiopia and the action-packed soundscapes of China.

Urban Siren

Miami Sound Recordist

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