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With a few members of the Nature Sounds Society and since our original plan at Yosemite fell through, it was still closed, we tried our contact with a private picnic area nearby.

The area was very lush as you can see, we camped nearby. My mics overlooked a small agricultural pond. We were actually in a gated community with some really nice homes as well as ranches. There were cattle, roosters and dogs not too far away.

All in all it was surprisingly dense in sound, a first year bear cub was also seen.

~~~~~~~~~~~!WARNING, LOUD SOUND AT 60 SECONDS!~~~~~~~~~~~~

We are just heading into the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic surge here in California. I needed to get my new recording rig out locally to confirm that I can backpack it (yes), not damage it while traveling (yes) and fit all of my necessities (tent, sleeping bag, etc.) (probably). My backpack in the the far right middle of the photo.

The crackling you hear is from the power lines above, this is in Chico, California’s Bidwell Park and the city rumble is heavily rolled off the bottom end. One can hear park users in the distance. It is a quad recording so if you can figure out how to listen to four channels please enjoy the immersion

I recorded in the same place about 10 years ago as outlined here. That was stereo, this is a quad with a sub-cardioid (MKH 8090), into a SD MixPre10 II.

One of the first field recordings with my quad sub-cardioid array. There is a lot going on in this, listen for the fly-overs towards the end, see if you can hear the wings buzzing.

I put together throughout the last few months. The array is an Ambient “A-Ray” which allows great flexibility in mic placement. I am still figuring out how to transport it gracefully in the field.

Maryland Nature Recordists outing with Danny Meltzer, his recording can be found here.  This is based on a double MS recording, featuring Schoeps MK21 sub -cardioid  capsules. Download the wma file to listen.