As usual at summer solstance I recorded birds and ambiance in the nature reserve in Flói south of Iceland. Something I hope I will have an opportunity to do in coming years.
All three past years I have got almost the same weather. Variable, but no heavy rain or storm. It has been just perfect for all kinds of ambiance recording. And even though I have put the microphones almost at the same place every time, have I always detected some new sound or soundscape.
This year when I arrived to the bird watching shelter in the nature reserve the wind was too strong. But inside the shelter was a window covered with hundreds of humming gnats.
All batteries were ready for many hours of recording so I push on “Record” and vent out to the moors for sleep. Next three hours the wind slowly goes down.
Following recordings was made between midnight and half past two at 25th of June.
Earlier recording was made between 12 and 1am. Mostly gusts and gnats. Birds are barely audible.
The second recording was made around 2 am. Wind has go down and the birds have start to sing.
N.b. This is indoor recording so all birds sounds strange in this session.
After half past three I move the microphones to the field and start to record the birds in details. That will be publish in some parts in coming moths.
Friðland í Flóa 2012. 1. hluti.
Þriðja sumarið í röð mætti ég í friðland í Flóa til að taka upp fuglalíf og stemmningshljóð. Mætti ég í friðlandið um miðnætti þann 25. júní . Í fyrstu hentaði veðurlag og fuglalíf ekki til upptöku. En fremur en að gera ekki neitt kom ég hljóðnemum fyrir innandyra í fuglaskoðunarhúsinu, enda af nægu að taka þar. Sjálfur fór ég út og lagðist til svefns á milli þúfna. Þegar ég vaknaði hafði upptaka staðið yfir í rúma tvo tíma.
Þau hljóðrit sem hér koma voru tekin úr þessu tímabili með rúmu klukkutíma bili. Það fyrra er tekið upp fyrir klukkan eitt þar sem vindur og mýfluga leika stærstu hlutverkin. Í því síðara sem tekið var upp um klukkan tvö er vind farið að lægja og fuglalíf að færast í aukana.
Athugið að fuglahljóðin eru ekki eðlileg þar sem tekið er upp innandyra. Fuglahljóð berast því öll inn um opna glugga hússins.
1 am session.
Download mp3 file (192kbps / 26,8Mb)
2 am session.
Download mp3 file (192kbps / 28,2Mb)
Recorder: Sound Devices 744 (48Khz /24bit)
Mics: Rode NT1a (NOS setup)
Pix: Canon 30D (more pictures)
Listen to earlier recordings from nature reserve in Flói
HLJÓÐMYND - SOUNDIMAGE 
Hér í Kungluktuk og farinn að sofa yfir hljóð upptöku frá þér. Takk fyrir mig.
Verði þér að góðu félagi. Mér þótti lika gott að sofna við þetta í Flóanum. En bíddu bara. Í framhaldi af þessari upptöku koma nokkrar miklu betri úr Flóanum.
En mér sýnist að þú sért á enn betri stað. Á svæði sem aðeins mínir villtustu ferðadraumar hafa borið mig til
Wow, these are amazing! They sound so desolate and unearthly. The buzzing of the gnats, the vibrating of the shelter, the howling wind all create an intense soundscape. This might be one of your best.
Thanks Jay Dea.
I like you like it. I think I can do much better than this (or I think) 🙂
It takes me time to decide if I should put this on the web or not. But I thought this was good start for the other, but different recordings I made in this place over the night.
I really love them. I also love the fact that you went out so late at night to do these recordings, shows a lot of dedication.
I really love how the wind sounds from inside the shelter.
A nice mix of different sounds and ambience to catch in one recording!
Thanks Pontus.
The funny thing with recording like this is when I suppose to record nothing, I catch sometimes surprise recordings 🙂