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Heavy Thunder Strike - no Rain - QUADRO.wav

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BlueDelta

November 6th, 2018

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Sound effects > Natural elements and explosions
Billigheim, Kreis Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

4-channel HQ record of a sudden and heavy thunderstrike (nearly) without rain in the afternoon of a hot summerday.
The recording equipment was prepared for recording thunder, so there is no distortion, no compression or (auto)gain reduction done by a limiter in the Zoom F8, means the whole dynamic is still there and will be audible by a adequate monitor/audio equipment. ;-)
The sound was not edited or otherwise enhanced with effects.

This file can be used as a intro followed by my other track (link below), which has soft rain at the beginning, before the thunder comes... ;-
https://freesound.org/people/BlueDelta/sounds/367222/

The 4 channels are recorded in IRT-cross technique (Microphone distance 25cm) so it is a 360° (4x90°) record.
http://irt-cross.mozello.de
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Used recording gear:
ZOOM F8
4 x Rode NT1 (without "A" = the black ones)

CH1 = FL
CH2 = FR
CH3 = RL
CH4 = RR

The Download-file is a PolyWAV.
If you need to split the file (e.g. to make a stereo file), you can use the easy to use
"Wave Agent Beta"(free)
from Sound Devices for example.
https://www.sounddevices.com/product/wave-agent/

Comments about this atmo-record are welcome! ;-)
...and you can help others to find this sound easier by (star)rating this track.

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4-channel
Ambiance
ATMO
clap
Field-recording
Fieldrecording
HQ
IRT-cross
Nature
no-Rain
quadro
rolling-Thunder
Thunder
THUNDER
Thunderclap
Thunderstrike

Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

1:02.001

File size

34.1 MB

Sample rate

48000.0 Hz

Bit depth

24 bit

Channels

4

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bourzoua

1 year, 6 months ago

Awesome! THANK YOU!

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timcolwell

1 year, 7 months ago

Excellent!

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Frederic_Lab698

1 year, 7 months ago

Fr, the one of the best recording of a thunder strike I never found, thank you !!

freemaster2

1 year, 8 months ago

Thanks

J
justchris86

1 year, 10 months ago

This is so epic

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