Available November 17th

DESCRIPTION: 

The humpback soundscapes in French Polynesia are wildly different from the ones I recorded in Hawaii. On the Big Island, it was a giant bay full of an extremely dense chorus of 20 to 50 whales. In French Polynesia, it was one solo humpback echoing to infinity.

I truly believe that the humpbacks pick their singing locations based on the acoustics of the underwater topography. In French Polynesia, that looked like finding giant underwater canyons that echoed like cathedrals, or the tips of peninsulas so that the sound would echo in both directions around the island and be heard by as many females as possible. At least that’s what I was imagining when laying on the deck of a sailboat in the dark in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, listening to the magical underwater soundscapes of these massive whales...and counting the shooting stars.

That’s a wrap on my 150th sound library from the natural world, and I hope you enjoy listening. I’ll talk to you again soon.

BEHIND THE SCENES:

• Read the full story in the Hawaii & French Polynesia Expeditions
• For more technical info – 3D Immersive Hydrophone Arrays

KEY FEATURES:

• Short humpback vocal clips for sound design. 
• Solo humpbacks echoing to infinity
• Small pods of 1-3 humpbacks
• Deep subwoofer-thumping calls
• Trumpeting
• Whistles & grunts
• Dewdrops
• Close & distant perspectives
• Need ambiences? Go here – French Polynesia: Humpback Whales

SPECTROGRAM DEMO:

• A compilation of my favorite sounds from this collection.
• Coming soon

FILE LIST:

• Click "View larger version" in the bottom right corner of the File List below to open in a new tab for easier viewing. This works best on a desktop computer. 
• View spectrograms for each track, search, and filter in the Airtable spreadsheet. 

FILE TYPES:

• Stereo – AB (7 meter spacing)

LIBRARY INFO:

GEAR USED:

• Gladys Hydrophones x2
• Zoom F8n Pro