Altenthann – Midday Rural Village Ambience with Birds, Children, Distant Traffic & Aircraft Events (03 Mar 2026) - 260303_001

Altenthann – Midday Rural Village Ambience with Birds, Children, Distant Traffic & Aircraft Events (03 Mar 2026)

UCS Category: AMBIENCE
UCS Subcategory: RURAL
CatID / CatShort: AMBRurl / AMB

This field recording captures the midday ambience of the quiet rural village of Altenthann (93177, Regensburg District, Bavaria, Germany), recorded on 03 March 2026 between 13:30–14:30 CET.
The weather is mild and lightly sunny, shortly after a rain shower, creating a fresh and open acoustic environment typical for Bavarian countryside settlements.
The soundscape features a balanced mixture of natural and human elements, including:

Diverse birdsong from several species active after rainfall
Distant children playing, soft and atmospheric, characteristic for a midday village setting
Occasional construction/gardening workers audible at low intensity
Light, distant road noise consistent with a rural settlement
Soft overhead air traffic and very distant passenger aircraft

Two significant aerial events punctuate the ambience:

03:00 — A distinctly audible low‑altitude aircraft, likely a small helicopter, passing over the village
27:45 — A large military aircraft flying overhead, producing a pronounced, broadband low‑frequency presence with strong spatial motion

The recording maintains a calm, rural character throughout, with an unobtrusive balance between natural sounds and subtle human activity.
Captured with a Zoom F3 and Immersive Soundscape EARSIGHT “The One” omnidirectional microphones, using a Comica windshield and no Jecklin Disc, the stereo field remains naturally open and diffuse.
Recorded at 48 kHz / 32‑bit float and converted to 24‑bit PCM, the take has been processed minimally:

Gentle high‑pass filter
Normalization to –1 dBFS
Otherwise fully RAW and unaltered

This ambience is ideal for:

rural establishing shots
documentary and naturalistic backgrounds
post‑rain environmental beds
aviation layering
open‑space ambience design for film, TV, games, VR

⚙️ Technical Specs

Recorder: Zoom F3
Microphones: Immersive Soundscapes – EARSIGHT The One (Omni)
Wind Protection: Comica windshield
Stereo Technique: Dual‑omni (no Jecklin Disc)
Format: 48 kHz • recorded in 32‑bit float → converted to 24‑bit PCM
Processing: HPF + normalization (–1 dBFS), otherwise RAW
Location: Altenthann (93177), Landkreis Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
Date & Time: 03 March 2026 · 13:30–14:30 CET
Environment: rural village midday ambience, children, birds, distant workers, traffic, aircraft events