66 Royalty-Free Audio Tracks for "Midwest"

This is a recording of a midwest backyard focusing on bird calls.

A typical midwest summer chorus of insects. Recorded in july using a rode ntg-2 mounted in a parabolic reflector going into my zoom h4n recorder.

Miscellaneous birdsong along hiking trail, upper midwest.

Recorded on phone, urban wetland, upper midwest.

Birds singing and chirping at dawn in the suburbs, a few cars passing in the distance. Noise is a bit high. Recorded with zoom h6 with ms mic. Caught many kinds of birds in the distance, too, including a duck and a rooster.

Uiowa - number one party school -h4n.

Congregation milling as soft organ plays in midwest church. Zoom h1 hand-held recorder.

A recording made, midday, on thursday december 8 2022 of a light, but very cold rain hitting the bare trees and the wet, brown leaves on the ground in a midwestern usa forest. Towards the end you'll be treated to a group of blue jays making a huge racket!other than that, no animal sounds at all. Just the slow, steady tip tip tap smack of raindrops falling from a cold-steel and gray sky. Recording made with sound devices mixpre-3 series ii, in 32 bit float mode. Left microphone- deity s mic 2sright microphone- sennheiser mkh 8020.

Stereo zoom h4 recording of a quiet autumn night in the midwest.

Stereo zoom h4 recording of a quiet autumn night in the midwest.

A happy country style song with various instruments.

Recorded thunder storm in midwest on 04-07-13 and got a few pretty good clean thunder claps.

Snare drum created by spt that works in any project on any daw.

A stereo recording of an open field in illinois in the summer. Lots of field birds, plus a lot of insects. This recording was made at 10:30am on sunday june 30th 2019. Equipment: sound devices mix-pre 6 left channel: sennheiser me66right channel: sennheiser mkh-416.

A short sample of a rusty antique mechanism i found in a salvage shop in the midwest. Reverberation added.

Just a little something i came up with not much else to say feel free to use for whatever!.

A very peaceful, melancholy soundscape i recorded on labor day weekend in some woods, about 20 feet from a popular lake in the midwest. There was a small cove in between my setup and several campers across the way. . . They undoubtedly were enjoying one last time with nature starting to change from summer to autumn. The main sound is that of insects, not sure what the species is, but, they have a beautiful, drowsy "tick-tick-tick" sound that repeats. . . To me, this sound signals the very subtle, almost imperceptible march towards the autumn equinox. I swear, the longer you listen to this captivating insect, you're drawn into, almost like a hypnosis state of reflection. . . A couple things to listen for:(1) around 1:13 a very low splash. (2) at 1:38 a lone goose honks. (3) starting at 2:30 some very low volume, muted camper conversations. (4) at 2:36 a louder splash. (5) 2:41 more beautiful, un-hurried muted camper conversations. No doubt talking about how they need to break camp and return to the real world, but the "tick-tick-tick" of the insects have a strong hold on them. No, stay a little while longer; have another cup of coffee, talk about your accomplishments over the past summer,. This was recorded around 10am on sunday morning, september 6th, 2020 in illinois. Mixpre-6 audio recorder and the sennheiser mkh 416 microphone. Enjoy this audio snap-shot of the natural world winding down summer!.

This is a mono recording of a busy checkout section of a supermarket here in the midwest.

A group of frogs in a small pond making all sorts of croaking sounds. Recorded with a zoom h4n in illinois, united states.

A typical early morning summer forest soundscape recorded on may 28th 2016 with the marantz pmd-661 and two sennheiser microphones for a true stereo recording.

Recorded on august 22nd 2020 using my sony pcm-10 recorder. An overnight recording going into early morning. A beautiful soundscape of a insect-laden overnight in a small midwest town. Fascinating to contemplate how, while us humans are sleeping soundly, preparing for our next day, nature, is performing this nightly chorus, under cover of darkness. Gentle, drowsy insects gently rocking the world. Washing over the world with the re-birth that night brings.

A peaceful, insect dominated recording of an open field surrounded by woods in the midwest. Equipment: zoom f3emc clippy 272 omni microphones. Recorded on august 24th 2022.

A late summer soundscape that is a favorite of mine. . Microphones set up in some mature woods about 60 feet from a large lake on labor day weekend. Most of the background is the insects, which are very obvious during this time of year. The swelling of their volume is nap-inducing (*at least to me in my opinion. )here is the midwest this swelling and subsiding of the insect wave tells me that summer is just about starting to go back downhill, after a feverish peak. Despite the covid-19 of the year, nature does not seem to have changed her soundscape. Life goes on in the forests. The birds, whose job of raising young is over, are still there. . . They're just resting and relaxing and listening to the insects as well i'm sure. Now of course you will hear a few prominent birds in this captured moment:(1) a great blue heron squawks out starting at 1:17 into this piece. (2) the alarm call of a red-headed woodpecker can be heard at 2:14. Other than that, just the insects singing their hearts out and the assortment of birds taking secondary place during this time of year. This was recorded on sunday september 6th 2020 at 8:30 in the morning in the forest in southern illinois. Equipment: zoom f4, microphone: sennheiser mkh 8060. Enjoy this audio snapshot of the subdued -- yet vibrant - sound color of late summer, finding comfort in the fact that, within four weeks, the colors of the leaves will be changing to oranges and reds and yellows. But, for now, there is still life to live in the insect and bird world.

A soothing soundscape of labor day weekend in the forests, near a lake, in the midwest. . . . . Recorded on september 6th 2020 using asound devices mixpre-6 and lom usi pro microphones. Enjoy!.

A wonderful spring day in the midwest woods resulted in this recording of a beautiful small creek, deep in the woods. . . Enjoy. . . You will also hear various birds from time to time. I used my h4n and its internal microphones. .

The summer tanager in the middle of heavy forest in the midwest. Other birds are heard in the background, but the prominent singer is the summer tanager. Recorded in may of 2017 with the marantz pmd661 using the beyerdynamic me58 microphone.

A busy, natural sound-scape of the midwest forest in early summer. Many of the birds you hear in this recording spend the winter 100s, perhaps thousands of miles to the south. Equipment: sound devices 702. Microphone: audiotechnica bp4025 stereo microphone. Enjoy.

O Come, O Come Emmanuel performed by the United States Army Band for the 59th Annual Midwest Clinic in 2005.

Recorded with a zoom h4n on a hot summer evening at a rural southeastern iowa property in the us midwest. Includes several varieties of insect drones, male and female bull frogs, and distant thunder from an approaching storm.

A group of frogs in a small pond making all sorts of croaking sounds. It sounds like a big frog orgy, with lots of loud, frantic frog noises. Recorded with a zoom h4n in illinois, united states.

A small creek deep in the forest in the midwest u-s-a. This was recorded on sunday may 6th, 2018 using the sound devices 702and the audiotechnica bp4025 stereo microphone. Nothing like the peaceful sound of a creek with the birds being active.

Over the Whale’s Acre performed by the United States Navy Band for the Midwest Clinic which was held online in December 2020. This work is an original composition of the band's own Chief Musician Andy Skaggs.

A peaceful recoding typical of early summer in the midwest. Recording done in the middle of a big field composed of alfalfa grass and milkweed. Recorded with marantz pmd661 using two matched stereo, samson co2 condenser microphones with my record volume on 7. Saturday may 23rd, 2015, around 6:00pm.

Once july hits in the midwest and the temperature and humidity climbs, the insects take over the sound symphony. This mesmerizing sound was recorded on friday july 17th, 2015 at ferne clyffe state park in johnson county illinois. I recorded this using a marantz pmd661 and rode ntg-2 shotgun microphone. .

A strong rainshower hitting an awning, with the gentle "shhhhhh. . . . " of the rain falling on the new, fresh green, pliable leaves of a sugar maple. Some good thunder as well in this recording. Recording made in april of 2017 at 6:00pm in the midwest. Gear used: sound devices 702 with audio technica bp4025 stereo microphone. Enjoy.

This recording features, what many would say is the most gorgeous bird-song in the midwest---the flute-like wood-thrush. Recording made in july in deep forst; a plane is lazily droning overhead, and the ever-present chorus of summer insects is heard. Made with zoom h4n using the internal microphones.

Dusk in the midwest during the summer is usually dominated by insects, but, the wood thrush often sings around dusk, making quite a unique natural soundscape. This wood thrush was recorded on may 26, 2012 at 7:45p. M. Using a rode ntg-2 microphone going into my handy zoom h4n recorder.

A sunday morning soundscape recorded in july of 2017 in a small town in the midwest. Insects dominate, with a window-unit air conditioner in the background. The spike toward the end of the audio file is a very talkative crow. Enjoy. Made with the fantastic sound devices 702 and the rode ntg-2 shotgun microphone.

A recording of some strong winds blustering through a beautiful, yellow-leaved hickory tree in the midwest usa. Recorded in stereo using a sound devices 702 and microphones used are:channel 1 neumann km184channel 2 rode nt5. I was lucky to be able to capture this beautiful, sentimental sound of the wind through clattering leaves, without the accompanying wind roar.

The desolate, yet peaceful sound of leaves rushing across asphalt and wind in mid-december of 2016. Far off, in echo-land, wind-chimes add a touch of melancholy. Recorded in a small midwest town at 4:30 in the morning on december 11th, 2016 using the sound-devices 702 and two sennheiser mkh66 microphones. Stereo.

Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen ("I am Lost to the World") from Rückert-Lieder by Gustav Mahler as performed by the United States Navy Concert Band for the 2020 Midwest Clinic held in December 2020. Featured are Chief Musicians Susan Kavinski, soprano, and Richard Reed, English horn.

The 13-year periodical cicadas in the midwest. In this recording i was lucky enough to have some forest birds also sing throughout the steady drone. Recording made with marantz pmd661 (**with beefed up and extra quiet pre-amplifiers by oade brothers electronics), running samson co-2 matched true stereo microphones. My original recording was made at the highest bit rate allowable on my machine -- 98khz.

I've been meaning to try and capture that magical, melancholy feeling of the late summer and early fall of the midwest woods. This was recorded in the shawnee forest in southern illinois on saturday september 28th, 2019. Equipment used: zoom f4microphones: lom usi pro omnissennheiser mkh 416sennheiser me66. Enjoy the soundscape filled with plenty of birds---but, birds that stay here during the winter.

A summertime recording in an extremely rural location near the nebraska/kansas border in the middle of the united states. This is totally free to use however you'd like and no need to give attribution. But if you feel like saying "thanks" by sending a few dollars my way i'll allow it :). Paypal: billgrip@gmail. Comvenmo: @bill-grip.

A simple, peaceful recording of a small patch of woods in the middle of a university city in the midwest. . . You'll hear the gentle, constant " whoosh " of the constant wind. And, occasionally, some birds. The day was mild, for the day it was recorded on february 11th, 2015, and very very bright. Recorded with the marantz pmd661 using stereo samson co-2 stereo microphoneson a tripod in a little clearing in the woods. .

Well, the pond area still had a layer of ice on it, but the birds were getting chatty anyways. Spring may eventually crack around here…. You can hear a freeway in the background, just pretend it's a river, m'kay?. Recorded march 20, 2014 near chicago. I achieved great detail with equalization, but it’s uploaded here au natural so you can do as you like. Cheers!.

The typical sound of the late summer insect chorus here in the midwest. From about mid-july to early october the sounds of insects dominate. . . Recorded about 5:00 in the morning in the backyard of a small town using my zoom h4n recorder and the internal microphones. For this recording i used the highest bit-rate possible -- 96 kbps ---- to get the best quality. .

A recording of strong spring wind gusts through a stand of mature, tall white pines in a midwest forest. I used my handy zoom h4n recorder, and i used my rode nt2 shotgun microphone, cable-tied to a sapling. No kidding, i forgot my sturdy tripod, so i improvised using some bungee cords that i carry with me, tied the shotgun to a sapling and this is what i recorded.

A peaceful medium-sized creek in the midwest. At 41 seconds into the recording, in the left channel you will faintly hear some walkers casually strolling by on this brisk 35 degree day. Then, at 1:45 into the recording, some light bird callsadd to this peaceful recording. Recording made in the shawnee national forest in southern illinois in late december of 2018. Equipment: sony pcm d100.

Here in the midwest one sure sign that winter "has left the building" is when the neo-tropical migrants arrive in the forests to gorge themselves on the multitude of insects, and to raise a family. One of my favorite bird-songs is this "zipper" sounding call of the northern parula. Perhaps you have heard this very unique call while out in the woods. I recorded this with my zoom h4n recorder, using its internal stereo microphones. This sound was recorded around 7am on april 29th 2013.