Good friday bells of the Berne Cathedral (Berner Münster), recorded from the square in front of the church on 2 April 2021 with a pair of Audio Technica AT4049b mics on a MixPre-6 recorder.

Berner Münster: Glockengeläut am Karfreitag

Pentecost Saturday bells of the Berne Cathedral (Berner Münster), recorded from the square in front of the church on 22 May 2021 with a pair of Røde NT-5 mics - omni capsules - on a MixPre-6 recorder. 48kHz / 16bit (original 96kHz / 24bit)

Berner Münster: Glocken am Pfingstsamstag

Once again in the forest near where I live. Birds, distant cowbells, distant traffic, helicopter ... Recorded @ 48kHz/24bit using MixPre-6 and a pair of Røde NT-5 mics with omni capsules in A-B rig (approx. 70cm apart). No post processing except lifting the volume to -12dB.

Riederewald 2021 05 23

Sunday morning - garden - strong wind - distant bells - birds and crickets.
AT8022 stereo mic on Tascam DR-05X (48kHz/24bit)
Low cut in post due to wind rumble (maybe I have to invest in better protection...)

Garden atmosphere with distant bells

Large conehead 
Recorded August 2021, near Berne, Switzerland
Sennheiser MKE600 mic & Sounddevices MixPre-6 recorder
192kHz / 48bit, downsampled to 48kHz
First 15 seconds original recording, followed by 15 seconds in 1/32 of the speed.

Ruspolia Nitidula

Once again distant bells, recorded in the evening this time, 2022-01-15
AT8022 stereo mic on MixPre-6 recorder, 48kHz/24bit, low cut and level increased in post

Abendglocken

Recorded in April 2022 using a Tascam DR-05X (simply held in hand, internal mics with windshields, 48hKz/24bits)

Train on Hungerford Bridge (London)

Windy day in a Swiss forest
Tascam DR-05X with ethafoam disc

Windy day in the forest

Waves on a rocky coast in Capo Testa, Sardegna.
Recorded using an EM172 stereo clippy mic on a Tascam DR-05X.

Waves in Sardegna 2022 07 22

In the forest after the rain - drops falling from trees - birds, insects, human noises...
Recorded with a pair of (very underrated and low noise)Audio Technica AE5100 mics on a MixPre-6 recorder, 48kHz / 24bits

Riederewald 2023-05-15

Short comparison between the internal uni mics on the Tascam DR-100mkIII and an Audio Technica AT8022 stereo mic on a MixPre-6. 
AT8022 first, then it switches every 10-12 seconds to the Tascam and back. Yes, the Tascam has much more self noise, but does a good job anyway. Beside the cleaner audio, the AT8022 sounds more '3D-ish' in my opinion.

AT8022 vs DR-100mkIII

Nice rain atmosphere - Tascam DR-100mkIII, internal 'uni' mics, 48kHz/24bits, no post processing except lifting the gain a bit

Rain in the garden...

Rain, recorded in my garden with two different mics. Little excerpts (it's not a continuous recording) to compare. It switches between 'Mic A' and 'Mic B' every five seconds. Which one sounds better?

Rain - compare and guess the mics

Clock tick tack - recorders with integrated mics - some seconds each - order as shown on the picture:
1 & 4 = Sony > 2 & 5 = 07X > 3 & 6 = 100mk3 - two passes - 48kHz/24bits - DR-100mk3 with 'uni' mics

Noise floor comparison

Some frogs in a pound - Worblaufen / Bern
Audio Technica AT8022 stereo mic on Tascam DR-100mk3
48kHz / 24bit - low cut in post

2024 - 05 - 01 Worblaufen - Frogs

Passing freight train, simultaneously recorded with a pair of Audio-Technica AT4051b (ORTF) on a MixPre-6 and a Tascam DR-05X recorder (using a ethafoam disc to get a wider stereo effect)

Freight Train Tascam DR-05X (mod)

Trains, recorded with an Audio Technica AT8022 stereo microphone and a MixPre-6 recorder. No processing. There is a bike too ...

Trains passing by  - 20190811

Mic / recorder comparison: blackbird singing in the morning in front of my house, first recorded with a Tascam DR-05X recorder (0:00-2:04), second with AT8022 microphone on MixPre-6 recorder (2:04-end). It was not the same day but the same place. No modifications except matching the recording levels. Of course the combination AT8022 / MixPre delivers a higher quality, but the Tascam does a good job too, no?

Blackbird Tascam MixPre

Interesting wind-sounds by a traffic sign... AT8022 stereo mic, battery powered on Tascam DR-05X

Windmusic

Thunderstorm (excerpt), recorded from the balcony of my holiday flat in Caslano (Ticino, Switzerland).
Most impressive thunderclaps at 1:12 and 2:29.
Recorded with EM172 stereo clippy mic on Tascam DR-05X recorder, 48kHz/24bit.
Note: the photo is a mood picture and is neither taken by me nor it's from the recorded thunderstorm.

Oliver

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