A wonderful typical mid-summer soundscape of cicadas, and some katydids recorded on the edge of a small town in illinois. Towards the end of the recording you will hear a very cool doppler-effect as the truck passes from right to left. Recorded about 8:00 at night with my zoom h4-n recorder using it's internal microphones. I had the volume level set fairly high -- 80 -- so you will probably also hear the constant hum of the various central air conditioning units. .
A field recording of an actual fire in wood (branches, planks, etc)outdoors in summer. Recorded with a sony videocamera (mini-dv) and a separate stereo-mike, sony ecm-ms 907.
Green frogs singing, at night, on the shore of lake gervais in st-jean-de-matha. July 2017. Very close to a bay and a stream. Atv in the distance at 1m15s.
Another take on the crickets at night. A bit slower, and different friends join in the fun. In this one i walk around a bit to focus on different spots. H4n + rycotte windjammer.
Japanese street ambience: cicadas, passing some cars and a bicycle, recorded with iphone at a street of hachimanyama, residential area in tokyo, 2014/08/13/day.
The sound of a cicada can be deafening, but it can also be the perfect buzz to drown out the negative thinking in your head. It's loud, overpowering and sharp, and it's really weird that it comes from an insect.
This is the sound of a single cicada that i found resting in my outdoors furniture. I picked it up and it started making this sound. I used a zoom h6 field recorded with a xy mic.
Close-up recording of bees goin' about their business on a virginia creeper plant, with birdsong in the background. Recorded on 26th june 2021 in kolárovo, slovakia with a zoom h1n.
Crickets recorded on august night in mount sinai, n. Y. In an open expanse between two large oak trees. Recorded on a zoom h4n, 48khz 24 bit, high pass filter and noise reduction.
The sound of a street during a summer night. Mostly cars and crickets. Made by mixing a few cc0 sounds. Made for a visual novel: https://cybergnose-cafe. Itch. Io/artl.
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.
Frogs in a pound at night. Only a few at the biginig, more later. The a plane is tearing the air. France, summer 2012. Recorded with schoeps ab ortfrecorded on sounddevice 744t24 bits, 48khz, stereo.
This is part of a commercial summer firework display in the uk. There are bombette candles, crackle candles, tourbillion units and shells of various calibre, some of which contain crackling material. Analogue recording.
4 a. M. Just before dawn. Not light enough yet. I happened to wake not to be able to fall into a sleep again. Grabbed my at835st and a recorder, korg mr-1.
Distant siren from a fire truck which barrels by blaring its horn. A helicopter passes and the siren continues into the distance as the continuous chirp of early summer crickets rises.
Recorded on terrace using my phone's mic. Sounds of crickets is continuous throughout the clip. Chirp of birds is also audible occasionally. Recorded in the town of rawatbhata, rajasthan, india.
Natural sound, continuous. Engraved on matinhos pr, brazil. . 24 december de 2022. Engraved on a hot late afternoon, after a summer rain, on a small island, close to the rocks. Per wanelly gouveia.
4ch surround atmo recording of the terrace of a café on the freiheitsplatz (freedom square) in graz/austria. About 50-60 peole aged 20-40 are sitting at tables, drinking and talking in different languages, some of them ostensibly in austrian dialect german. . . In the background are the sounds of a peaceful european city in summer, with little traffic in the immediate vicinity. Recorded with a zoom h2these are the rear channels of a 4ch surround recording, mics set to 120° dispersion.
Sound of swallows during a summer day in south of france. Sound recorded with a zoom h4n pro and a rycote mini wind screen. Son d’hirondelles lors d’une journée d’été dans le sud de la france. Son enregistré avec un zoom h4n pro et une bonnette rycote mini wind screen. My sounds are licensed under the creative commons 0 license but it would be a pleasure for me to hear your work so doesn’t hesitate to comment or to send me a message with your work :).
Distressed cicada on the ground clicking or trilling very fast and loudly. The insect had dried and flown, apparently, but for some reason landed in the wrong area in the late afternoon on a very hot day.
This is a short "steady rain", recorded at the beautiful island fehmarn in germany in summer. Sometimes i find soothing sitting inside and listen to a nice recording of a steady rain :).
Recorded in the archeological site of palenque while working on the restoration of mayan architecture, this sound would be heard every morning before the site was open to the public (date: summer of 2018).
Recorded with a h2 zoom. An every night crowd @ admiralsbrücke in berlin kreuzberg speaking laughing shouting drinking. Recorded around midnight 22. 08. 2020.
Recorded with the uni mics on a tascam dr-100 on feb, 2012 on a road known as carretera austral in southern chile. Cleaned up some noise with izotope rx.
Insect sounds at midnight in a remote unplanted corn field, recorded on a sony himd minidisc recorder with a rode nt-4 stereo microphone fitted with a rycote windscreen.
A few minutes of heavyish rain which gently stops and the birds begin to sing again. Children in a neighbouring garden play and the wind is audible in the trees throughout. Recorded at 96khz 24bit. Free to use in anything.
