Waiting in a Filipino bank (binaural, please use headset for 3D effects).
Atmosphere while waiting in a bank of Calapan city (Oriental Mindoro, Philippines), with the counters slightly on the left.
Recorded in August 2025 with a Zoom H5studio and Immersive Soundscapes EarSight Binaural microphones.
Fade in/out and high pass filter at 60Hz -6dB/oct applied in Audacity.
(If you want to use this sound as a mono audio file, you may have to delete one channel to avoid phase issues).
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Wave (.wav)
Duration
6:34.949
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108.5 MB
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48000.0 Hz
Bit depth
24 bit
Channels
Stereo
Comments
1 week, 4 days ago
Well, I suppose cicadas probably scream louder when they’ve lost their notbanks, don’t you think so ? ;-)
Just kidding;..
However and more seriously, I think there are different species of cicadas, each with their own sounds, and as you mentioned, I think their stridulation may vary according to the time and weather. This is probably why you can still hear some of them from time to time.
1 week, 4 days ago
Strangely, I can sometimes hear cicadas - it depends on their frequency. Apparently they can sound different depending on different factors; time of day, light, temperature, brood dynamics..
.. whether they lost a banknote.
1 week, 4 days ago
So, now, the question is : what about a banknote falling out of a cicada’s wallet ? ;-)
1 week, 4 days ago
I could hear a banknote fall out of someone's wallet at 100 metres.
1 week, 4 days ago
Right Colin !
Your ears may not be the best at earing cicadas, but
they're still very sharp for banknote counting machines ! ;-)
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