Short Church Bell Ring with Rural Ambience & Birds (High‑Resolution Snippet) Altenthann – 260303_001
Altenthann – Short Church Bell Ring with Rural Ambience & Birds (High‑Resolution Snippet)
UCS: AMBIENCE → RELIGIOUS (AMBRlgn / AMB)
This short high‑resolution excerpt captures the distinct Catholic church bell of the Bavarian village Altenthann (Regensburg District, Germany). Extracted from a longer ambience recording, the snippet focuses on a single clear bell‑ringing event, preserving the natural resonance, harmonic spread, and spatial decay characteristic of traditional cast‑bronze village bells.
Although isolated, the bell is embedded within the authentic rural ambience of the village:
gentle post‑rain quietness
distant birdsong from multiple species
soft, unobtrusive village background noise
clean sense of space and outdoor air
The microphone perspective maintains a natural feeling of distance and openness, providing a realistic portrayal of a bell ringing across a quiet rural settlement.
Recorded with a Zoom F3 and Immersive Soundscapes Earsight “The One” omnidirectional microphones, the session was captured in 32‑bit floating point, ensuring maximum dynamic range and detailed transient handling. Only normalization to –1 dBFS was applied; no EQ, no noise reduction, no filtering — preserving the original tonal balance of both bell and ambience.
This snippet is ideal for sound designers, film/documentary editors, ambience layering, and church/bell libraries.
⚙️ Technical Specs
Recorder: Zoom F3
Microphones: Earsight The One Omni
Technique: (same as ambience source) — natural stereo capture
Format: 32‑bit float (high‑resolution snippet)
Processing: normalization to –1 dBFS only; no HPF, no EQ
Location: Altenthann, Landkreis Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
Content: short bell ringing + rural ambience + birds
Type
Wave (.wav)
Duration
0:28.000
File size
10.4 MB
Sample rate
48000.0 Hz
Bit depth
32 bit
Channels
Stereo
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