SoundsField recordingsFrequenciesDecibelsInstrumentsGlossaryToolsLearn
  1. Home
  2. Field recordings
  3. United Kingdom
  4. Great Malvern
  5. Dawn, 6-6-21, Malvern, UK - 4am – Great Malvern
Field recording · United Kingdom

Dawn, 6-6-21, Malvern, UK - 4am

Malvern Hills, Worcestershire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

A 43-minute field recording by david.j.pitt made in Great Malvern, United Kingdom on 9 June 2021, in the night. Soundscape: wind, birdsong & dawn chorus and streets & traffic.

Listen

Dawn, 6-6-21, Malvern, UK - 4am
43:05
Spectrogram of Dawn, 6-6-21, Malvern, UK - 4am
Spectrogram of the full recording (time left to right, frequency bottom to top), generated by the Internet Archive.

Tip: press play to see the sound's live frequency spectrum in blue over the waveform.

Recordist's notes

Again recorded from 4am but this time the microphone rig is on the other side of the roof facing west towards the Malvern Hills a few hundred yards away and rising to around 1000 feet at this point. The roof has another feature facing the right hand mic which seems to produce an effect visible on the computer. At 9'47" my neighbour about 30 yards away across the road comes out to collect his milk and says "Morning Birdies" which stops all the most local bird calls for a time. Around 23'00 I think that is the Muntjac trying to make itself heard.This is another experiment with overnight recordings of longer duration. MixPre 6 II with 2 x Sennheiser MKH 8020s in a home made wind baffle. 32bit x 48k

Written by david.j.pitt on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Great Malvern is a town of about 36,770 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 145 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Sound Devices recorders and Sennheiser MKH microphones. Professional location recorders (702, 722, MixPre series) with very quiet preamps.

Recorded nearby

More by david.j.pitt

More wind recordings

Sources & credits