I like these very much - particularly the frogs. Thank you for sharing!
Ray...
On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Daan Hendriks <>wrote:
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> Hello all,
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> About a year ago I spent a few weeks in Bolivia, where I recorded lots of
> various ambient and wildlife sounds, mostly in the Amazon. I finally found
> the time to put a selection of these recordings online.
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> My gear consisted of Sennheiser MKH8040+MKH30 in MS configuration,
> recording at 96khz/24 bit into a Tascam DR680, and a Sony D50. I recorded
> mostly with the D50 as I had only limited time, so usually the recordings
> were unplanned and on the spot, during hikes. I made a lot of mistakes and
> almost entirely screwed up some recordings, but it was a good learning
> experience - it was the first time for me that I visited the Amazon, let
> alone try to record there.
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> The bigger kit (the MKHs) was used whenever I had either some proper time
> to walk around for the sole purpose of recording, or when I picked a spot
> to I record overnight. I did a fair few dusk to down recordings (about 12
> hours each) but as it turns out, there was hardly any interesting sounds at
> night in the Amazon. Or at least not at the places I picked. Maybe it also
> had something to do with the time of the year (December), I'm not sure.
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> So, all of the recordings listed below were made either at dawn, daytime,
> or dusk, and in almost all occasions as I was hiking. Hope you enjoy! For
> me it was a fantastic experience, and I will certainly do more of these
> kind of exotic recording trips in the future - just need a little bit of
> money and some time ..
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> Part 1 - Frogs
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> http://daanhendriks.co.uk/blog/recordings-from-the-bolivian-amazon-part-1-frogs
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> Part 2 - Birds 01
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> http://daanhendriks.co.uk/blog/recordings-from-the-bolivian-amazon-part-2-birds-01
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> Part 3 - Birds 02
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> http://daanhendriks.co.uk/blog/recordings-from-the-bolivian-amazon-part-3-birds-02
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> Part 4 - Wild pigs and howler monkeys
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> http://daanhendriks.co.uk/blog/recordings-from-the-bolivian-amazon-part-4-wild-pigs-and-howler-monkeys
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