Product Description
This premium collection of sound effects was recorded over 3 years in the foothills and lowlands around the Southern Carpathian Mountains in Romania. This is the sound of the eastern and southeastern European countryside – meadows and hedgerows thrumming with the sound of insects and birds.
Recorded in a spatially-open, exciting and realistic-sounding quad-surround NOS-based format*, these are ultra-low-noise recordings of cinematic quality. They are fully ‘rotatable’ for next-level sound editing options or alternative perspectives. Also available in stereo version.
Key Features
- 20 wildlife-rich atmospheres
- detailed Soundminer and BWAV metadata including species lists
- available in quad (4.0) or stereo (2.0)
- ultra low-noise
- fully rotatable surround format for alternate perspectives (4.0 version only)
Featured Habitats
Lowland rural meadows, scrub edges and hedgerows.
Wildlife Vocalisations
Some of the many birds to be heard include turtle dove, golden oriole, blackcap, buzzard, jay and great-spotted woodpecker. The birds have a range which extends across southeastern Europe.
Technical
Sennheiser MKH8040 based 4.0 microphone setup recorded into Sonosax SX-R4+
Recording Characteristics
- Ultra-low-noise
- Carefully mastered to remove any unwanted artefacts whilst preserving low-frequency energy
- Spatially balanced to ensure a coherent and immersive image appropriate to the recording.
- Continuous, unedited and uninterrupted, preserving the natural rhythms of the biophony.
All sounds recorded by Nicholas Allan, a Jackson Hole and BAFTA-nominated sound designer who, along with his team, has created the natural soundtracks for countless natural history TV documentaries and feature films for National Geographic, BBC, Discovery, Animal Planet, Netflix and others.
Special thanks to: Christoph Promberger, Andrew Wilson and Jolanta Brdej-Allan.
* tracks 19 and 20 are recorded in double mid/side