At around 3 o’clock this morning, a huge branch broke off an old tree on my street and crashed into the roof of a house. The residents were not injured, but the roof was severely damaged. Of course I have a recording of the accident. Despite all the misfortune it was quite spectacular. Thanks to…

A car with frozen brakes drives by at a surprisingly high speed. Anyway, the noise doesn’t sound very healthy. Recorded january 9th at 1:05 pm

during the early morning hours of december 18th, 2023 farmers from everywhere in germany set out for a protest event in berlin against increasing fuel prices, causing traffic jams with their columns of hundrets of tractors. Here is a recording of approximately 12 tractors passing my house around 02:20 in the morning. Because of their…

Today a parade of vintage cars, tractors and fire trucks passed my house, and I took the opportunity to better adjust the microphone gain for louder content. Except for some horns and bassy music which simply exceded the microphones maximum sound level, I think I have successfully found an acceptable setting. If someone is curious…

I woke up by this formidable room shaker at 3:12 this morning. That’s where my rather poor equipment comes to it’s limitations, I definitely need better microphones and amplifiers to record such stuff. Luckily no damage has been caused.

I like the sounds of the night. Enjoy this lonely call of a screech owl, Freshly captured right beside my bedroom window.

Trust me, this will never ever be my first words to a nice woman, but I wish I could see your faces now. Here’s the fantastic recording of a white stork making a visit near the microphones. First you can hear the gliding flight, then the typical clatter noise. Oh and did you know that…

Enjoy a beautiful piece of midday ambience from my street microphones. This has been recorded during ascension day or father’s day here in germany, thats why the traffic is not as loud as usual.

Recorded in the morning of march 26th, 2023. This file has been requested. The author takes no responsibility for the following post, and any possible health injuries after listening to it. You have been warned. Further comments are not needed, the audio should be quite self-explanatory. 😁 Just a technical note: The file has been…

While you can hear many cranes in the early fall months here, the cries of wild geese fill the late autumn sky and usually mark the beginning of the cold season. It took a while to get a decent recording of their calls, but finally the winged gang did me the favour and flew over…