Gear used: Sound Devices 702, Rode NTG3, 2x Oktava MK012, Oktava figure of 8 adapter, Oktava XY/ORTF adapter, 2x DPA 4061, Sony PCM-M10. Files are meta-tagged in Basehead Ultra.
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Water Flow took six months to create, and offers 90 BWAV files recorded in different locations. A huge part of this library is based on the recording sessions by (and in) rivers. Most recordings were done during the winter just before sunrise, to reduce the amount of unwanted sounds.
Almost all recordings are completely clear and free from any birds in the background.
The first location was river called Łyna, and there I’ve recorded a sound of water flowing at different speeds, along with the sound of a dam reducing the speed and height of the river’s flow. The second interesting part of this location was the amount of fallen trees in the water, causing the water to split. Because of this, there was a lot of sonically interesting places to record.
The second river is called Guber, and it’s much smaller than Łyna. I’ve picked this place because of the really subtle water streams, and something even more amazing, natural dams built by beavers. The amount of work these animals put to built those dams is incredible.
In addition to recorded rivers, this library also includes the sound of water dripping inside underground sewers. During one of my field recording trips I discovered a hatch. I could not resist to go inside, and what I discovered there was far beyond my expectations. I made a two small trips there to record it from different distances, with different microphones in mono and stereo.
Gear used: Sound Devices 702, Rode NTG3, 2x Oktava MK012, Oktava figure of 8 adapter, Oktava XY/ORTF adapter, 2x DPA 4061, Sony PCM-M10. Files are meta-tagged in Basehead Ultra.
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Luke Farroh –
This library is great for creating ambiances for scenes that have rivers, streams, or waterfalls in them. Nice distant airy recordings for realistic sounding ambiances along with great detail elements for close-up perspectives.
Jonathan Grover –
When looking for nature ambiences, I sometimes struggle to find one that feels “just right,” especially for things like river and water. This library is full of “just right” recordings. Just the right perspective, character, number of variations, stereo spread, minimal noise… I had a very very particular river sound in mind and was able to find exactly what I was looking for, amongst a collection of other great sounds. Definitely check this one out if you want some clean, crisp, natural sounding water in motion for your project.