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Tawny Owls 3.wav

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Benboncan

May 2nd, 2009

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Sound effects > Animals
Owls

A stereo field-recording of two male Tawny owls (Strix aluco) hooting, one of which is relatively close mic'd. Rode NT-4+Dead Kitten > FEL battery pre-amp > Zoom H2 line in.

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bird
birds
field-recording
hoot
hooting
owl
owls
stereo
strix-aluco
tawny-owl
xy

Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

5:12.187

File size

52.5 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Stereo

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Wilhelm_Scops

7 years, 10 months ago

Thank you.

necrophilissimo

13 years ago

Owls make such fantastic sounds, I never tire of listening to them. Excellent work, both Benboncan and the tawnys :)

klankbeeld

13 years, 1 month ago

This was a very lucky shot. And what a quality. Super Ben..

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sleepCircle

15 years, 5 months ago

excellent. this is the perfect blend of natural and creepy, and the lack of background noise is terrific.

Benboncan

16 years, 3 months ago

No gating involved at all.

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