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Toads and frogs during the night in the desert (San Luis Potosi, Mexico)

Catorce, San Luis Potosí, México

A 30-minute field recording by Felix BLUME made in Mexico on 20 June 2019, in the night. Soundscape: rain, sea & waves and frogs & insects.

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Toads and frogs during the night in the desert (San Luis Potosi, Mexico)
30:00Public Domain Markby Felix BLUMEInternet Archive
30:00
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Recordist's notes

During the night close to a pound in the small community of Lavaderos (Desert of San Luis Potosi, Mexico), some toads and frogs are singing, happy to had some rain during the day.... after a few months very dry. Recorded by a AB setup with 2 B&K 4006 Microphones On a Sound Devices 633 recorder Original recording in Wave 96K 24bit Sound Ref MXF190620T15 GPS 23.592193 -101.114010 Recorded during the project "Desert's Light" by Félix Blume & Pierre Costard in June 2019

Written by Felix BLUME on radio aporee ::: maps.

Context

This recording was made away from larger towns, about 48 km from the nearest city in our gazetteer.

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

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