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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.
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Barn swallows in wrong direction
Here is an older recording I made in 2013. In the warm months the open garage of my house always is a home for barn swallows. In this year however the cracy birds decided to explore other open rooms of the house and give their squabs a flying lesson in the upper corridor. Naturally we…
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A drop too much
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…
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New topic, new microphones
As you can see I’ve decided to slightly rename the blog’s topic. This allows me to throw other random sounds at you while my outside mics are bored and couldn’t capture any interesting sounds in the cold breeze. Expect radio sounds, musical creations maybe, and of course more microphone content made with various recording devices…
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Wild geese, recorded in the late afternoon of december 27th, 2022
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…
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National warning day in germany (part 2 of 2)
Here is a more interesting warning day recording. This has been taken from a live stream in the southwest of germany, and consists of four parts. First you will hear the usual swelling tone, but this time from a digital siren. The second part is a spoken message at 15 minutes past the hour in…
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National warning day in germany (part 1 of 2)
to test the emergency facilities in germany, a national test alarm was sent out on december 8th, 2022 arround 11 o’clock am. The alarm consisted of siren warnings, radio and television messages, as well as app and cell broadcast alarms, causing supported phones to make a horribly loud noise. I’m posting two recordings from this…