Chronicles

  • Arctic Terns Attack

    Arctic Terns Attack

    Timothy Muirhead recently published a very cool post, featuring recordings of arctic terns, who not only made some great sounds but also attacked the recordist! As we explored the island we discovered (or rather were discovered by) a bird that…

  • Temporal Soundings

    Temporal Soundings

    [soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/maaheli/sibelius-sculpture-day-night”] Temporal Soundings was a unique 2 day workshop and overnight retreat that took place at Galleria Oksasenkatu 11 and the surrounding urban area in central Helsinki. The focus of the workshop was on the temporal aspects of sound recording…

  • Acoustic Ecology

    Acoustic Ecology

    La Cosa Preziosa has posted an article on her website highlighting the effects of inorganic man-made sounds. It does point out interesting differences to sounds we take for granted, especially those of us who live busy city lives. I find…

  • Under the Ice, Sounds of Whales and Seals

    Under the Ice, Sounds of Whales and Seals

    Delightful soundscape under the ice in the Arctic created by the sounds of whales and seals, captured by oceanographer Kate Stanfford using a hydrophone. You can look across a vast expanse of ice, all white and blue and cold, and…

  • Bats!

    Bats!

    credit Some great field reports and amazing recordings of bat sounds. Tim Prebble’s post on flying foxes recording in Samoa: Flying Foxes are a kind of nocturnal bat, found only in Samoa & Fiji. They feed primarily on fruit and…

  • Field Recording at a Wildlife Sanctuary with Holophone H2 Pro 7.1

    Field Recording at a Wildlife Sanctuary with Holophone H2 Pro 7.1

    A few weeks ago I went back to my home city Bombay (Mumbai) for a short 2-week visit after spending almost a year and half in Edinburgh, UK. I wanted to make most out of this visit by going on…