Earth Experience presents the sounds of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in a variety of 60 audio tracks, each one spanning from 2 up to 9 minutes of natural soundscapes. These recordings offer a high-quality immersive sonic experience of the islands’ wild habitats and rich biodiversity. Capturing these habitats presented unique challenges such as restricted movements in the jungle, permits and the protected areas of isolated tribes.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands totally consist of 571 islands, of which 37 are inhabited. The islands were only populated by the mainland Indians in the mid-20th century. Before that, they were completely untouched and there were only 7 different groups of tribes living in the jungles and all of them were very unwelcoming to any incoming strangers from the outside world. All soundtracks are uncut, kept in the raw yet quality sound, and edited with minimal basic EQ. The sound library is compiled for sound designers, filmmakers, bioacoustic researchers, or any other nature enthusiasts.
Including a variety of undisturbed ecosystems:
- Tropical Rainforests: Diverse and rich tropical ambiences and endemic birdsongs set into an organized set of audio tracks. Captured in many different locations on different islands during dawn, morning, daytime, afternoon, dusk, and night.
- Ocean: From powerful ocean to soft waves hitting the rocks or mangroves, the variety of sea sounds differs significantly from one another.
- Mangroves: Sounds of mangrove mud popping to diverse and unique birds. The navigation and recording here were pretty intense as many crocodiles inhabit these areas with a long history and the presence of regular attacks on humans.
- Monsoon rain: As the monsoon arrives the rain is a daily event but as soon as it comes it also goes away, the sun comes back and with that jungle comes to life. After many weeks of moving soaked through the jungle and placing the microphones, many successful recordings were captured.
Endemic species such as:
Andaman Woodpecker, Andaman Wood Pigeon, Andaman Cuckoo Dove, Andaman Drongo, Andaman Boobook
Locations:
Middle Andaman, South Andaman, Little Andaman, Havelock Island
Recording equipment:
Sound Devices MixPre II
Nevaton MC 59 omnidirectional
Audio Technica shotgun
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