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The Ambience of Switzerland

Posted onJanuary 30, 2020May 11, 2020AuthorStephaneFufa2 Comments

Switzerland– More than just a country Welcome back! Today I will be talking about the country with the world’s most famous inventions. I will be talking about my experience in Switzerland. After my rendezvous in Iceland in March 2018, I Read More …

CategoriesTravel Diary EntryTagscountryside, switzerland

Clock Time!

Posted onMay 2, 2018AuthorStephane FufaLeave a comment

Recording clocks in the most well-known region of the world for its clocks and watches! There great kind of clocks of all sorts! in Morteau, la fond-de-chaux, et LeLocle!

CategoriesUncategorizedTagsclock, La fond de chaux, Lelocle, Morteau, Swiss, switzerland, time, watch

Incognito in Basel, Switzerland

Posted onMay 1, 2018AuthorStephane FufaLeave a comment

I still have been in stealth mode in the city of Basel (in French: Bâle),  few hours there but great city. Some cafe ambiences… and also exterior places

CategoriesUncategorizedTagsBasel, Cafe, city, Crowd, Stealth, switzerland

Perfect Swiss Soundscape

Posted onApril 29, 2018AuthorStephane FufaLeave a comment

What is the soundscape you have in mind whenever one speaks about Switzerland?  I think I got this one. Not easily though. but with few days of meandering in the inner country. Visual landscapes are more easy to capture than Read More …

CategoriesUncategorizedTagsbalanced, perfect, soundscape, switzerland

Recording water stream from inside the wooden bridge

Posted onApril 29, 2018AuthorStephane FufaLeave a comment

It is particularly interesting to hear the sound inflected by an architecture structure. The wood allows to resonate in a different way!

CategoriesUncategorizedTagsbridge, river, switzerland, wood

Obsessed with Swiss Rivers!

Posted onApril 28, 2018AuthorStephane FufaLeave a comment

Over the days, I got obsessed with rivers! There are so many from the mountains! And they all sound different!  

CategoriesUncategorizedTagsflow, mountain, nature, river, rivers, stream, Swiss, switzerland, water, waterfall

Quad / Double Stereo Config

Posted onApril 25, 2018April 25, 2018AuthorStephane FufaLeave a comment

I have been testing out my config in the Switzerland country around Interlaken. I put in place an ORTF Stereo with Sennheiser MKH8090, coupled with a stereo pair of DPA 4060 spaced omnis. All connected to Sound Devices MixPre-6. I Read More …

CategoriesUncategorizedTagsambience, Atmosphere, double stereo, quad, soundscape, switzerland

Happy Earth Day From Switzerland

Posted onApril 22, 2018AuthorStephane FufaLeave a comment

CategoriesUncategorizedTagsearth day, landscape, soundscape, switzerland

Ambiences in Bern and around

Posted onApril 17, 2018AuthorStephane FufaLeave a comment

Wandering  around this beautiful Unesco heritage site. Bern is really a nice place. The atmosphere is really interesting with the market and tramway. I also have been to the Roman city of Avenches and its Roman amphitheatre ruins. I took Read More …

CategoriesUncategorizedTagsambience, bern, city, switzerland

Geneva ambiences

Posted onApril 14, 2018April 14, 2018AuthorStephane FufaLeave a comment

For few days, I recorded some ambiences in the cosmopolitan city of Geneva, Switzerland! The main spoken language in this part of Switzerland is French! And the city has a wide mixture of ethnicity. I was impressed by the United Read More …

CategoriesUncategorizedTagsambience, city, cosmopolitan, Geneva, switzerland

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Take a slow, immersive journey through Kenya’s Masai Mara, from the first light of dawn through the shifting energy of the day and into the quiet atmosphere of night. This 2-hour soundscape condenses a full day in the savanna into one continuous and deeply engaging listening experience.

[The Concept & Disclaimer]
As a field recordist, I am always listening not just for individual sounds, but for how a place evolves over time. The Masai Mara is constantly changing, from the dense activity of dawn, to the more open and restrained daytime environment, to the textured and atmospheric world that emerges after dusk.

This piece follows that natural progression. It is not a loop, but a carefully shaped timeline built from a real day in the Mara, compressed into a focused 2-hour format while remaining faithful to the environment. I also cleaned the recording to remove intrusive low-frequency rumble, wind blasts, and unwanted human noise, allowing the natural soundscape to come through clearly.

[The Audio Experience]
🎧 Headphones highly recommended!

This soundscape is designed for deep, immersive listening. It opens with a pre-dawn scene, where you can hear mostly big mammals (like hyenas, hippos,...) still haunting the last breath of the night. Then comes a slow waking-up and rich dawn, when birds and wildlife define the space, activities modulate and increase throughout the sunrise;  then gradually move through the subtle shifts of the day before settling into the more continuous and calming textures of night (with distant lions' roar). 

There is a plethora of species present in this piece, and it is hard for me to list them all (I might update this description with a more precise count and names of species). 

The goal is to preserve the natural rhythm of the savanna and reflect its circadian cycle, while keeping the experience smooth, coherent, and easy to stay with over time.

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[Recording Notes]🎙️
Location: Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Time: Dawn to night, condensed into 2 hours
Format: Stereo
Microphones: Sennheiser MKH 8090 (stereo pair) & MicBooster Clippy
Post-processing: Carefully cleaned, minimal processing, no loop

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Photos by Stephane Fufa Dufour & Sam Kim
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All audio in this project are original work. Please do not copy, re-upload, or redistribute this content without permission. If you are interested in using these recordings for your own projects, I am happy to discuss licensing.
Masai Mara Soundscape | Dawn to Night African Savanna (2 Hours Nature Ambience)
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