66 Royalty-Free Audio Tracks for "Midwest"

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

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

Uiowa - number one party school -h4n.

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.

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

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.

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!.

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

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.

A happy country style song with various instruments.

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.

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

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.

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.

Miscellaneous birdsong along hiking trail, upper midwest.

Recorded on phone, urban wetland, upper midwest.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. .

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.

A fascinating recording of a warm, humid mid august day in the midwest. This recording was made on sunday august 11th, 2019 near a popular dog park in a small southern illinois town. In addition to the gentle droning of the insects, and occassional birds, you will hear some dogs barking at various times toward the end of the piece. I personally love the tremendous echo on this recording. Equipment used: sounddevices mixpre-6. Microphones: left channel, sennheiser mkh416right channel, rode ntg-2.

A recording of the peaceful mid-autumn woods here in the midwest usa. I recorded this on november 15 2022 using a sony pcm d-100. In the northern hemisphere now, days now are much shorter, and much colder. Which means all of our energetic summer warblers and other migrants have long gone south, and are no doubt lounging around in a palm tree or something just gorging on insects. Here is the midwest woods? sure the summer birds are gone, but, the beauty of this season is that now you can hear the birds that never leave us. No matter how brutal the winter is, the blue jays, the black-capped chickadees, the many species of woodpeckers and the belted kingfishers never leave. This creates a different, but beautiful soundscape in the woods. For this particular recording, since i've found through years of roaming the woods, birds have a tendancy to be near water, i placed the recorder on a creekbank about 15 feet from a shallow creek. Now of course i could have gotten closer to the creek but by now the entire woods is a carpet of leaves -- this very slow-moving creek included. Which means the leaves had accumulated on thevery still creek water itself and i was concerned if i stepped on the leaves--thinking it was solid ground underneath, i would instead be "treated" to an ice cold pair of shoes and socks!. Among the highlights of this recording are:00:00:00 starting off with the loud blue jays1:56 black-capped chickadees with their active musical trills3:55 the very large and very loud pileated woodpeckers8:41--8:56 then again starting at 10:05 and running through10:40 the beautiful belted kingfisher with it's staccato-likerasp. Enjoy this beautiful mid autumn woods soundscape in the midwest usa.

Imagine a warm, damp-humid august evening in the midwest. It's about 8pm and you're in a mowed path which is 10 feet wide. On either side of you, are two fields of tall -- 9 feet --- corn standing like green, thick grassy sentinels. This is where i was when i recorded this hypnotic sound-scape on saturday night august 9th 2014. I made this recording with my marantz pmd661 (modified by oade brothers electronics)in stereo using twin, matched samson co2 microphones mounted on my tripod about 5 feet above the ground. My record volume was 6 1/2.