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[Mojave_Desert_Night]
Thu, 22 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000
Location: Mojave Desert Preserve
GPS: 0 0
Altitude: 0
Author: Garth Paine
Mic: Zoom H2N
This recording exhibits the silent landscape of the Mojave Desert at night. Very minimal sonic events happen during this recording, the most notable of which being an airplane flying overhead. Sporadically throughout the recording small birds begin chirping and at a couple points near the end of the recording, larger birds flapping their wings become an brief sonic characteristic to the recording.
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00:08:28.458 [wind] [nature] [strong] [gust] Unique sounding gust of wind
[DeathValley_Night_Coyotes01]
Thu, 22 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000
Location: Death Valley National Park
GPS: 0 0
Altitude: 0
Author: Garth Paine
Mic: Zoom H2N
This recording contains a large, windy soundscape. There are many instances where the microphone was bumped by surrounded objects being blown from a gust of wind. During these gusts of wind there are rich textures from dried shrubbery, creaking twigs and dry branches. This recording also contains sporadic bird calls and chirping, however they mostly remain in the distance. The most notable sonic element to this recording is the consistent sound of the microphone moving due to the winds.
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00:02:46.817 [gust] [wind]
00:08:36.681 [wildlife] [bird] [call] [crunching] [gravel] [gust] [wind]
00:08:58.809 [dried] [shrubbery] [pop] [bump] [gust] [wind]
00:18:55.229 [gust] [wind] [dried] [leaves] [shrubbery] [distant] [bird] [call] [chirp] [movement]
01:20:39.487 [wind] [gust] [breeze] [dried] [shrubbery] [branch] [leaves] [distant] [bird] [call] [creaking]
[MOJAVE-2014_05_16-20_14]
Fri, 16 May 2014 20:14:00 +0000
Location: Mojave Desert Preserve
GPS: 0 0
Altitude: 0
Author: Garth Paine
Mic: Soundfield sps200 (ambiA); Schoeps MK4 MK8 (ms)
This file contains a large, evolving soundscape of crickets chirping. About 3/4 through the recording there is a fairly dense sonic field of crickets chirping which create a nice immersive environment. There is a short instance where an airplane flies over the scene as well as some nice sounding breezes, but the majority of the recording is the crickets chirping together. The recording is marked at 8:36PM.
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00:14:26.264 [brief] [large] [gusts] [wind] [blowing] [close] [microphone]
[OrganPipeCactus_March16_2ch_Dawn]
Sun, 16 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000
Location: Organ Pipe Cactus National Park
GPS: 0 0
Altitude: 0
Author: Leah Barclay
Mic: Zoom H6
This recording contains a massive sample of wind fluctuating through the landscape and cacti. There are some very strong winds which cause the microphone to clip at times, and there also some very peaceful wind samples that blow around dried leaves, sticks and cacti spines creating an interesting sonic texture. There are also a few instances about halfway through the recording when a wonderful songbird belts out a few tunes.
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01:06:58.670 [wind] [nature] [strong] [winds] [mild] [winds] [breeze] [howling] [wind] [gusts] [of] [wind] Wind
[ORGAN_PIPE-2014_03_15-16_23]
Sat, 15 Mar 2014 16:23:00 +0000
Location: Organ Pipe Cactus National Park
GPS: 0 0
Altitude: 0
Author: Garth Paine
Mic: Soundfield sps200 (ambiA); Schoeps MK4 MK8 (ms)
This recording has consistent wind, bugs, and birds, but has a lot of unique bird calls throughout the entire piece.
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00:25:01.999 [wind] [gust] [nature] [leaves] [rustling] [leaves] [breeze] [dried] [leaves] Wind remains consistent throughout the entire recording and acts as a white noise. Leaves can be heard rustling around.
00:03:32.161 [wind] [gust] [nature] [rustling] [leaves] [dried] [shrubbery]
00:19:48.524 [wind] [nature] [rustling] [leaves] [gust] [dried] [shrubbery]
[ORGAN_PIPE-2014_03_15-13_25]
Sat, 15 Mar 2014 13:25:00 +0000
Location: Organ Pipe Cactus National Park
GPS: 0 0
Altitude: 0
Author: Garth Paine
Mic: Soundfield sps200 (ambiA); Schoeps MK4 MK8 (ms)
This track was recorded on March 15, 2014 at 1:27 PM with an ambisonic mic in the middle of an organ pipe cactus. This is a recording in ambisonic A format and MS Schoeps. This recording is mostly wind with faint bird chirping scattered throughout. There is human movement and talking at the beginning as the author sets the scene. There are both large gusts of wind and deep rumbles of wind that sound as if it is thunder, or wind brushing against a microphone.
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00:25:02.000 [consistent] [winds] [large] [gust] [breeze] [heavy] [wind] This recording contains consistent winds that vary in size, strength and proximity to the microphone
[BEAVER_CREEK-2014_03_12-11_55]
Wed, 12 Mar 2014 11:55:00 +0000
Location: Beaver Creek Biosphere reserve
GPS: 0 0
Altitude: 0
Author: Garth Paine
Mic: Soundfield sps200 (ambiA); Schoeps MK4 MK8 (ms)
This file contains plenty of breeze-filled moments as well as a plethora of microphone clicks. There are four instances when an airplane flies through the scene. The first instance is quite noticeable, whereas the second instance, the plane is at a further distance and it is merely recognized as a humming that fluctuates in proximity and sounds very similar to a motorcycle or vehicle of some sort. During the third and fourth instances, perhaps the same one as the previous two, there is a long gust of wind that is consistent for a little more than two minutes. This breeze and plane create an interesting atmosphere while the breeze passes very closely to the microphones.
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00:08:40.555 [large] [gust] [wind] [rustling] [luggage]
00:13:11.764 [wind] [soundscape] [numerous] [breezes] [small] [gusts] [wind]
[BEAVER_CREEK-2014_03_11-19_54]
Tue, 11 Mar 2014 19:54:00 +0000
Location: Beaver Creek Biosphere reserve
GPS: 0 0
Altitude: 0
Author: Garth Paine
Mic: Soundfield sps200 (ambiA); Schoeps MK4 MK8 (ms)
This file contains short instances when a metal gate clanks together, or squeaks just a little bit. At two points it sounds like an airplane is passing by very, very far away; it is hard to differentiate the sound of the planes with large gusts of wind.
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00:21:36.000 [breeze] [gust] [wind] [nature]
[BEAVER_CREEK-2014_03_11-19_29]
Tue, 11 Mar 2014 19:29:00 +0000
Location: Beaver Creek Biosphere reserve
GPS: 0 0
Altitude: 0
Author: Garth Paine
Mic: Soundfield sps200 (ambiA); Schoeps MK4 MK8 (ms)
This recording contains quite a few instances of metal, close by the microphone, clanks together or squeaks, creating a very eerie environment as the wind continues to blow in the distance. A description of the setting is given at the beginning of the recording; it is 8:30PM on the 3rd day of the Listen(n) Project Field Trip on March 11th. The gates to Dripping Spring Road have been locked so the team could not go up the road to record. There are freeways on both sides of the microphone so one can hear rumble from cars everywhere. Towards the end of the recording there are a number of vehicles that become audible and at one instance a car drives up very close to the site of recording, makes a three point turn and turns back down the road.
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00:21:28.604 [nature] [gust] [wind] [metal] [gate] [clanking]
[BEAVER_CREEK-2014_03_09-18_40]
Sun, 09 Mar 2014 18:40:00 +0000
Location: Beaver Creek Biosphere reserve
GPS: 0 0
Altitude: 0
Author: Garth Paine
Mic: Soundfield sps200 (ambiA); Schoeps MK4 MK8 (ms)
This file does not contain much other than a continuous wind scape with no other human or wildlife interactions. The wind is very much off in the distance, but there are two instances when a large gust of wind grazes the microphone and creates a very deep, subwoofer friendly bass tone.
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00:00:25.101 [nature] [wind] [breeze] [small] [gust]
00:01:43.678 [subwoofer] [nature] [wind] [gust]
00:01:53.900 [subwoofer] [nature] [wind] [gust]
[BEAVER_CREEK-2014_03_09-18_39]
Sun, 09 Mar 2014 18:39:00 +0000
Location: Beaver Creek Biosphere reserve
GPS: 0 0
Altitude: 0
Author: Garth Paine
Mic: Soundfield sps200 (ambiA); Schoeps MK4 MK8 (ms)
This file does not contain much other than continuous wind sounds and one gust of wind around the 1 minute mark. There is a description at the beginning of the recording stating the time, 6:40 PM.
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00:01:10.242 [nature] [wind] [gust]
[BEAVER_CREEK-2014_03_09-18_17]
Sun, 09 Mar 2014 18:17:00 +0000
Location: Beaver Creek Biosphere reserve
GPS: 0 0
Altitude: 0
Author: Garth Paine
Mic: Soundfield sps200 (ambiA); Schoeps MK4 MK8 (ms)
This was recorded at 6:18 PM on 9 March as the sun was going down. The file contains a good amount of birds (and at some points insects) chirping and calling. Almost all of the bird sounds are very far off in the distance and have a small characteristics to their timbre. However, the bird sounds do move around in the stereo field at some points and create an interesting sense of space. There are also some nice gusts of wind throughout the recording as well as very, very faint sounds of cars that are virtually inaudible without proper headphones.
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00:01:39.500 [gust] [wind] [nature]
00:10:49.000 [gust] [nature] [wind] [breeze]
00:11:29.500 [faint] [gusts] [nature] [wind] two gusts of wind, still quite faint sounding
00:12:55.130 [faint] [strong] [gust] [nature] [wind] faint, continuous sounds of wind and a strong gust of wind around 11:58
[BEAVER_CREEK-2014_03_09-18_06]
Sun, 09 Mar 2014 18:06:00 +0000
Location: Beaver Creek Biosphere reserve
GPS: 0 0
Altitude: 0
Author: Garth Paine
Mic: Soundfield sps200 (ambiA); Schoeps MK4 MK8 (ms)
This file contains a few instances of birds chirping far off in the distance and there are also some lovely wind sounds sporadically within the recording. The majority of the recording is silent while the last three minutes contain sounds of the microphone being adjusted.
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00:02:52.500 [chirping] [birds] [wind] [gust] The spacial perimeters of the mic set up are tested