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.
Insects at midnight recorded in a remote rural area on a sony himd minidisc recorded using a rode nt-4 stereo microphone covered with a rycote windscreen.
Recorded with sony stereo mic and md portable recorder (sharp) in the mountain of pendeli, se of athens during dusk in july. Multiple insect songs (grasshoppers, crickets) and the city ambient noise in the background.
A very summer sound: a large bee buzzing by the microphones. This is a carpenter bee, commonly referred to as a bumblebee in the united states. Recording can stand for most any buzzing insect, though.
A summer field in illinois featuring many birds, insects and the rush of wind. Recording made on sunday june 6th, 2016 at 11:45am on a mostly sunny day with temps in the upper 70s. Equipment used; marantz pmd661 and two sennheiser me66 microphones. Original recording made in stereo.
A recording made in july around 7:00 at night near a huge man-made lake. The ever-present insects are there, but overshadowed by the peepers. 13 seconds in a dog barks off in the distance and the echo is just incredible. 24 seconds into the recording is the classic call of the red-wing blackbird. Made with samson c0-2 stereo microphones feeding a zoom h4n recorder.
Sometimes you really need to get away to peace & quiet. This recording, made with my handy zoom h4-n and its built-in stereo microphones, was made in perhaps the quietest time of the morning -- that magical time between 3am and 4:30am when the birds even are still asleep. Made in a backyard of a town of about 7-thousand people.
An insect i'm pretty sure was a bee was curious about a newspaper so i dropped my zoom h1n nearby and it took an interest. A fairly loud bird was chirping nearby.
Late afternoon recording on a hot indian summer day by a meadow, with crickets and birds. Recorded in 32bit float on a zoom f6, and a ms-stereo setup with one sennheiser mkh 416 shotgun, and a ambient ate 308 "emesser" in a røde blimp.
A bee is flewing in the microphones,then other one. Listen to all the little shocksbirds, some voicesile de groix, brittany, france, 2021. Recorded with schopes msrecorded on sounddevice 633stereo wave, 24 bits, 48khz.
Son de cigales en provence. Son enregistré avec un zoom h4n pro et une bonnette rycote mini wind screen. Sound of cicadas in provence. Sound recorded with a zoom h4n pro and a 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 :).
A binaural field-recording of the tea's riverside( pontevedra, spain). Sample rate: 96khz. Equipment: soundman okm ii classic/studio solo and tascam dr-100 mkiii. A raw recording (non edited).
This audio was recorded with my phone at a tropical island at night. It contains sounds of crickets, a nightbird, frogs, wind, dog barks and people talking.
Son de cigales en provence. Son enregistré avec un zoom h4n pro et une bonnette rycote mini wind screen. Sound of cicadas in provence. Sound recorded with a zoom h4n pro and a 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 :).
