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Calming noises from my backyard
The following recording was made in the summer of 2013. Enjoy 6 minutes of cricket chorus from my backyard, captured with an Olympus LS-3 and it’s built-in microphones. While technically not my best setup, it indeed is one of my favorite recordings from this year. Probably because it has been a quite stressful and sad…
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Vehicle parade on september 23th, 2023
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…
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Positive lightning strike (warning: loud content!)
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.
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Lonesome night bird
I like the sounds of the night. Enjoy this lonely call of a screech owl, Freshly captured right beside my bedroom window.
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Do you want a baby?
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…
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Testing my Sennheiser Ambeo Smart Headset
this is a binaural test recording using my new Sennheiser Ambeo smart headset and "just press record" app. I am quietly walking downstairs to get some snacks for the evening. You can hear the old wooden staircase of my house, also some backyard ambience along the way to the pantry room. It was quite windy…
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Midday ambience on may 18th, 2023
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.
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Am I a sheep or what?
Seems I should rename this category to animal farm. A short and partly successful conversation between me and a few hungry sheep in my uncle’s garden. Poor WhatsApp quality, I haven’t had the time to setup my actual recording app in this situation.