Wild Soundscapes: Discovering the Voice of the Natural World, Revised Edition
In another publication, Jakob von Uexküll, a behavioral physiologist of the early twentieth century, referred to the notion of sensory niches in general.
Bernie Krause • Wild Soundscapes: Discovering the Voice of the Natural World, Revised Edition
An ecotone is an area of progression between one type of habitat and another: from meadow to forest, for example, or coral reef to open ocean.
Bernie Krause • Wild Soundscapes: Discovering the Voice of the Natural World, Revised Edition
World Forum for Acoustic Ecology. More recently, the International Society of Ecoacoustics, which convened for the first time in June 2014 in Paris, changed the focus of that inquiry to the narrower concept of soundscape ecology.
Bernie Krause • Wild Soundscapes: Discovering the Voice of the Natural World, Revised Edition
the sound recordist has a great deal to consider with regard to the quality and outcome of the final recorded product and is, in essence, functioning with the insight and abilities of an artist.
Bernie Krause • Wild Soundscapes: Discovering the Voice of the Natural World, Revised Edition
noise level being chief among the culprits bringing about anxiety, panic, hyper-sensitivity and general nervous tension.
Bernie Krause • Wild Soundscapes: Discovering the Voice of the Natural World, Revised Edition
In a paper in 1977 on birdsong, Peter Marler and Kenneth Marten suggested the possibility that creatures vocalize in some (yet to be understood) relationship to one another.
Bernie Krause • Wild Soundscapes: Discovering the Voice of the Natural World, Revised Edition
Perception Space—The Final Frontier,” by Lars Chittka and Axel Brockmann, PLoS Biology 3 (2005), no.
Bernie Krause • Wild Soundscapes: Discovering the Voice of the Natural World, Revised Edition
Part of the discovery of wild soundscapes is discovering what specific types of habitats resonate with you.
Bernie Krause • Wild Soundscapes: Discovering the Voice of the Natural World, Revised Edition
Then speak into it in a conversational voice with the microphone pointing at your mouth from arm’s length. Set the input level control so that the meter peaks at about –12dB on its scale.
Bernie Krause • Wild Soundscapes: Discovering the Voice of the Natural World, Revised Edition
Whether you’re listening mindfully or recording, you may need fifteen minutes or more to determine the collective signature sounds that sufficiently define a site.