New Winter Forest Ambience Library Launched
Today I am proud of this achievement, the Winter Forest Library is now out! After a lot of editing work it is finally there!
a nomadic sonic journey around the world
Today I am proud of this achievement, the Winter Forest Library is now out! After a lot of editing work it is finally there!
Today session was all inside the boeing 737 cockpit. Recording buttons, machines, sounds, …
Today I dropped by the Canadian Grand Prix of Montreal. I found an interesting spot up high above the track from a road junction bridge. It was a great place to record a full spectrum of engines from the formula Read More …
I stumbled across this damaged building. It got destructed by a fire. Interesting finding on my biking way to a field recording.
Today I just needed some boost in the way I repair audio tracks. I just got the new Izotope audio editor rx6. I have to say I can almost do miracles with it. more to come….
I went around the Montreal by bicycle lately in search of nature, I found some interesting wetlands which were hosting migratory birds for the spring seasons.
These days I started recording little things, objects I have in my apartment and probably much more if I find interesting stuff. It is impressive to see how much things we can pile up over the years! I did find Read More …
Last January, I was excited to try the Telinga MK2 Kit in the northern forest! I used it along with a Sennheiser MKH8090. I took advantage of being in an uncrowded surrounding like this winter snowy forest. Although it was Read More …
Along with last year winter trip, I went few days this year near Saint Michel-des-Saints and saint-Zenon in the Laurentian forest. I went around snowy trails in traditional snowshoes I was able to record a lot of footsteps sounds in Read More …
Last year, at the end of February / Beginning of March, I did a trip in the northern forests of Montreal, Quebec. Near Rawdon, there are some great pieces of typical forest. This was the first part of a series Read More …
The wolf’s howl is a powerful strong sound of the animal kingdom. It is represented in many circumstances and is so typical of some mysterious and fantastic tales. For some time now I kept a deeply-grounded desire to be able to Read More …
One of my goal in going to Ecuador was to record sound of the Nature, the “pristine Nature”. What happened is that I was able to record ambiences of Ecuadorian villages, countries, cities, and also great pure nature sounds (but Read More …
Trying to organize and make sense of these more than 32h of recording. Some are 8 tracks, some 4 tracks and others 2 tracks. These got recorded through my 22 days trip in Ecuador. More work after the work…
Recording some ambiences in Miami Beach Between 2 flights. There is a wonderful sun out there. Honing my ninja stealth skills once again! I got some nice café ambience as I found one that has no music playing there. Lucky Read More …
I could record some roomtones in the room I had in Quito. This was in the Marescal Neighborhood, with a vivid nightlife going on at night which could be heard from distance. I captured different times of the day with birds Read More …
I have strolled around this beautiful mountain town of Otavalo as it offers some remarkable markets on weekends. I couldn’t go to Ecuador without recording these. I took my surround stealth setup and walked in and out the markets. First the usual Read More …
In the Cuyabeno Reserve you are not supposed to go on your own and it ia imposed to be accompanied by a guide. Somehow I managed to have a Canoe lent to me so I could explore some sounds around. Read More …
On top of the tower at Guacamayo Lodge. This morning dawn chorus at canopy level in the Amazon Rainforest. Captured in Quad Surround and Ambisonics with Sound Devices 788t. Situated in Cuyabeno Reserve, Ecuador
Going deep in the forest to find silence and purity… A little muddy stream… Crossing a Walking tree along the way…
Some beautiful water streams out there near El Reventador
Exploring this breathtaking scenery! In between the Andes mountain chain/ volcanos and the Amazon forest. I have been hiking the mountain a little. I have been recording some interesting ambiences (when cars were not passing by the nearby highway :-)). Read More …
I wandered around the streets of this small touristy village. It is a really interesting village that is threatened at all time by the neighbor volcano Tungurahua. I think I walked at least 7 times the same streets throughout all Read More …
It’s been few days I have troubles with my newly purchased NT-45-O microphone capsules from Rode. I recently bought 2 of them in an attempt to extend the possibilities with the NT5, and have them capture omnidirectionally. While one of Read More …
This morning I got a taxi ride until the entrance of the reserve at Laguna Cuicocha. I hiked up on the edge of the mountain encircling the Laguna. What a wonderful scenary! From up here it is possible to see Read More …
Before taking off to Ecuador , I carefully chose and packed my equipment and stuff. Here is a picture of those. Briefly, I brought 2x Sennheiser MKH8090 for ambiences along with 2x Rode NT5 with capsule NT45A. I packed a Read More …
At noon, I took a little time spent on top of the roof of the hostel at Cotacachi. Allowing to capture compelling and authentic Ecuadorian ambience. From distance I can hear announcing trucks, those truck that have speakers and navigate Read More …
Early this morning I got waken up by incredibly wonderful bird songs along with some roosters around the farm. I found it so a magical time, I was just opening my ears to the world and laid down still just Read More …
I have been blessed to find a traditional quechua family near the town of Cotacachi in the Andes of Ecuador. They were so nice, prepared meals and having a bed in their farm. I could record great room tones of Read More …
A post shared by Stéphane Fufa – Sound Explorer (@fufa_soundexplorer) on Apr 8, 2017 at 9:59am PDT I have been across an Alpaca farm. These are funny animals although they aren’t really noisy. I couldn’t capture any particular sound as Read More …
I got some unfortunate bad surprise when I powered on my Sound Devices 788t today. Neither the internal hard drive nor the compact Flash card was recognized. After few seconds, a screen showed “updating Firewire/USB software”. This really strange behaviour Read More …
Today is a little update from the coast on Canoa, Ecuador. I set up my gear gazing at the sea under the sunset. What a wonderful postcard moment. A magical time where mother nature give us its harmonious show! One Read More …
During the last three days, I have meandered through this incredible little fishing town. Situated on the pacific coast of Ecuador, the scenery with its extra-stretched beach of many kilometers and an omnipresent sun makes it a place from heaven where Read More …
One year ago I started the project ‘100 fountains‘. At that time I had already recorded a profusion of sounds throughout the city of Montreal. I was about to release a collection of ambiences from Montreal. As I re-listened the tracks Read More …