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Earth Garden: Field Recordings Around the World

60 points by alentodorov 8mo ago

yhjc2692 7mo ago
Woah this is so cool - awesome job!!
celpgoescheeew 7mo ago
nice idea, but almost all sound clips are rain.
RagnarD 7mo ago
Curious why the large majority of the clips are about water. If that's spontaneous, maybe it's interesting psychologically.
- alentodorov 7mo ago
  there's just more of them. the freesound api-based parser searches for tags related to nature•
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- a1o 7mo ago
  If you walk very early in the morning looking for something to capture while everyone is asleep, chances are the water bodies (ocean, river, lake, ..) are somewhere you know that you can plan to go to, and also they are reliably in the same place - so if say you forgot and took dead batteries, your cable failed or you got the wrong mic, you can try again on the next day. Capturing other things may be harder - a bird may not be there, the wind may change from day to day and so on. Water is usually satisfying to hear and a good subject to experiment and explore when you are beginning in field recording.
tsylba 7mo ago
It's funny and beautiful because I recognized the sounds from my country but less so those from other places, which obviously might be a bias due to me seeing where the pointer is at any moment but can also simply be explained as different geography and biomes would produce different sounds. Even a river will be mold differently and have a peculiar acoustic, which I never really think about until now and find fascinating.
bvan 7mo ago
Around the world in soundscapes.. great idea.
1e1a 7mo ago
This is awesome! It would be great if there were more sound clips — maybe someone could make an app that lets anyone capture and upload GPS-tagged recordings. Moderation could be an issue though.
- alentodorov 7mo ago
  freesound.org is the perfect place to upload these. i'm using their api to scan new sounds that are geotagged and put them on the map
pierrec 7mo ago
If what you want is the sounds of nature around the world, I can't recommend Gordon Hampton's work enough!
- alentodorov 7mo ago
  noted

60 points by alentodorov 8mo ago

yhjc2692 7mo ago

Woah this is so cool - awesome job!!

celpgoescheeew 7mo ago

nice idea, but almost all sound clips are rain.

RagnarD 7mo ago

Curious why the large majority of the clips are about water. If that's spontaneous, maybe it's interesting psychologically.

alentodorov 7mo ago
there's just more of them. the freesound api-based parser searches for tags related to nature•
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a1o 7mo ago
If you walk very early in the morning looking for something to capture while everyone is asleep, chances are the water bodies (ocean, river, lake, ..) are somewhere you know that you can plan to go to, and also they are reliably in the same place - so if say you forgot and took dead batteries, your cable failed or you got the wrong mic, you can try again on the next day. Capturing other things may be harder - a bird may not be there, the wind may change from day to day and so on. Water is usually satisfying to hear and a good subject to experiment and explore when you are beginning in field recording.

tsylba 7mo ago

It's funny and beautiful because I recognized the sounds from my country but less so those from other places, which obviously might be a bias due to me seeing where the pointer is at any moment but can also simply be explained as different geography and biomes would produce different sounds. Even a river will be mold differently and have a peculiar acoustic, which I never really think about until now and find fascinating.

bvan 7mo ago

Around the world in soundscapes.. great idea.

1e1a 7mo ago

This is awesome! It would be great if there were more sound clips — maybe someone could make an app that lets anyone capture and upload GPS-tagged recordings. Moderation could be an issue though.

alentodorov 7mo ago
freesound.org is the perfect place to upload these. i'm using their api to scan new sounds that are geotagged and put them on the map

pierrec 7mo ago

If what you want is the sounds of nature around the world, I can't recommend Gordon Hampton's work enough!

alentodorov 7mo ago
noted