Binaural recording of Pine forest ambiance, with birds singing (and fluttering near the mics!), wind on trees, and buzzing insects. Between 1 min and 1:30 an airplane overheads. This was done with a pair of Soundman OKM mics (covered with a DIY wind screen) placed at each side of a tree trunk, and plugged into an iRiver H120 recorder. The rig was then left unattended. The 16-bit original was high-pass filtered and most hiss from mics removed. Uncompressed sample also available (20071104.forest.04.binaural.wav). Great stereo image and presence, my favourite forest sample ever.
Type
Mp3 (.mp3)
Duration
10:46.653
File size
13.5 MB
Sample rate
44100.0 Hz
Bitrate
175 kbps
Channels
Stereo
Comments
17 years, 9 months ago
This is worthy of more comments... I guess when people sit down and listen to this they must be so lost in nature they forget to comment or something, heh. It's really nice.
17 years, 9 months ago
It's fantastic! Really great work, mate.
17 years, 9 months ago
it's simply beautiful !
17 years, 9 months ago
Thank you for the kind words. What amazes (and delights) me is that the equipment used to get it costs about 1/10 of the other, cumbersome pro rig I often carry around. Love the concept...
17 years, 9 months ago
I think you are right to consider it your favourite forest recording - great sounds and superb quality. Anyone who has tried to do this will recognise how hard it is. Well done. We are not worthy!
