Recording in winter seems like a lost cause. At least for nature/field recording. The animals have mostly left the scene for warmer climates, leaving the area with barely a few birds to record. Good luck locating those in Canada.

All we are left with are empty woods with barely a sound, or water in all its forms.

We all want sounds to be as clear and crisp as possible. Just for that, I got myself a Zoom F3, compact, 32bit float recording, the works. It could do with combo inputs, but I can live with XLR-only as well.

Then comes the placement of the rig. Since it doesn’t come with mics, it’s necessary to get some. Then a small tripod/stand of some sort, the cables and you’re off to the races.

Last time I presented you with some Dominican Republic ambience. Now it’s the time for the birds to speak. The last time I saw an egret in the wild was in Manitoba, a few years ago. Getting close to them was near impossible. Their eyesight seems much better than mine. They usually were on their way out before I even spotted them.

A little while ago, I went on a small one-week vacation (don’t we all like that to be months, not weeks?) to the Dominican Republic.

The last few weeks have been busy. Not in the least with preparations for a little vacation. Two years ago, we spent a week in the Dominican Republic. While some people will balk at the idea of “all-inclusive”, it’s hard to beat in terms of rest and recuperation.

So while I was there, I obviously wanted to record the ambience in the early morning. Even at 6 AM, there were already a lot of people about.