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Fin whale **audible only with appropriate speakers**

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MBARI_MARS

October 5th, 2017

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Sound effects > Natural elements and explosions
36.71, -122.186
MARS hydrophone

This recording of fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) pulses is part of a series of recordings from an oceanic soundscape project using a deep-sea cabled observatory off the California coast. More information about this research project is available in a publication.

Thanks to Mark Fischer of Aguasonic Acoustics for processing the original recording. This processing included speeding up the recording by a factor of two.

The recording was made on 31 December 2015. © 2017 Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

You will need a subwoofer or good headphones to hear this low frequency sound.

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Balaenoptera-physalus
California
cetacean-acoustics
field-recording
fin-whale
hydrophone
marine-mammals
MBARI
Monterey-Bay
ocean-soundscape

Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

10:01.211

File size

110.1 MB

Sample rate

48000.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Stereo

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MBARI_MARS

11 months ago

Hello. If the question is "why", the answer would be that the original recordings have very low amplitude and a DC offset. If the question is "how", Mark can best answer what he did for this clip... but for listening we typically high-pass filter to remove the DC offset, low-pass filter if the focal sound is low frequency (like blue and fin whale calls), and then amplify.

K
Kasefaz

11 months ago

Hi! Great sound! Thanks for sharing and the information. I have a question, why was the original sound processed?

G
Glen-Maughan

3 years, 2 months ago

Hey I know Mark. He's a cool guy.

tlwmdbt

3 years, 10 months ago

Damn it, the lid of my teapot rattled from the bass. ♥

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