This recording contains a large sample of winds blowing through Death Valley. During the first half hour of the recording the microphone clips a large number of times due to heavy winds blowing over the microphone. An interesting sound in this recording is what sounds to be a sprinkler spraying consistently throughout the recording and at one point clips the microphone due to its proximity. As the sprinkler sprayers further away, the sound starts to blend in to the sound of the winds blowing around some dried up shrubbery. It turns into a wonderful blend of white noise-esque frequencies engulfing the sonic environment.

This recording contains only the sounds of gravel and sand crunching underneath slow footsteps. The crunching has virtually no reverberance which makes the texture of the sounds very dry and rich. The source of the sound is also very close to the microphone.

This recording contains only the sounds of gravel and sand crunching underneath slow footsteps. The crunching has virtually no reverberance which makes the texture of the sounds very dry and rich. The source of the sound is also very close to the microphone.

This recording contains only the sounds of gravel and sand crunching underneath slow footsteps. The crunching has virtually no reverberance which makes the texture of the sounds very dry and rich. The source of the sound is also very close to the microphone.

This recording contains a wind sound scape with plenty of wildlife activity. Sporadically throughout, new birds chime in to the recording and gives their unique calls for a few minutes at a time. Needless to say the wind overpowers most of the bird calls as most of the birds are usually off in to the distance. There a couple of instances in where wildlife movement becomes audible. This events are quite brief however, but they depict the dry dessert landscape.

This is a short file that contains the sounds of zippers being zipped up very close, or perhaps even on to the microphone. This event creates a really interesting textural sound. It’s not wildlife related, but still interesting to listen to!