I went to a local common Northern Raven Corvus corax roost. Unexpectedly, it started rainingand it was also very windy. I was a little undecided whether I should perhaps abort the session,but then decided to continue recording that rather rough setting.In the end, I liked the combination of everything much more than a clear recording… Continue reading Roost
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European Fire-bellied Toad X summer thunderstorm
June 2022There is not much to say about European Fire-bellied Toads Bombina bombina and thunderstorms.Both are among the most exciting noise sources in nature and for this reason are iconic subjects inFieldrecording like the AB stereo format used here. Here we go.
Leipzig thunderstorm
September 2021Recording sound of a thunderstorm is not an easy thing to do if you value a sound thatis not colored by the reflections of a building or muffled a shelter. There are just too fewdry thunderstorms in the Northern Hemisphere, unfortunately.Tonight there was a really exceptionally long and intense thunderstorm in Leipzig.Since my apartment… Continue reading Leipzig thunderstorm
Windmill
September 2020 A binaural mix consisting of a wind energy plant surround sound recording and a simultaneously with two geophones recorded windmill. PFR17138, 200826, wind energy plant/windmill, Germany
First Light
January 2020 Since Marc Namblard released his “Chants of Frozen Lakes” album, I have become more aware of this phenomenon. Ice, in a lake or river bed gets squeezed by changes in temperature and thus produces a wide range of sounds. At the beginning of January I spontaneously had the opportunity to record this phenomenon.… Continue reading First Light
Brandenburg thunderstorm
September 2019 Normally I do not deploy autonomous recording units, except for scientific monitoring. Why? For me, the best part of sound recording is listening during the recording process (actually, of course, a recording would not have to be done at all to do so). I was in a marsh area in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern to do… Continue reading Brandenburg thunderstorm
Backyard Thunderstorm
July 2017 A thunderstorm recorded in my backyard in Leipzig’s city centre. PFR13191, thunder, rain, police car, traffic, Leipzig-South Sennheiser MKH30/8020