GENERAL INFO:
- 2% for the Environment – two percent of the price of this library is donated to an environmental cause, as an “artist royalty” for the planet!
- Carbon Neutral Travel – carbon offset credits were purchased to offset my field recording travel.
- Value Added Tax – EU Customers Only.
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DESCRIPTION:
- High Desert Thunderstorms has the vast, beautiful crackling of Southwestern summer thunderstorms. These powerful storms travel for miles in all directions with rumbles that feel physically and emotionally immersive. Plus, you receive many types of Texan storms with rainstorms, dry thunder, echoing thunderclaps, and much more. If you need storm ambiences that ripple across barren valleys, listen to High Desert Thunderstorms
DEMO – Dry Thunder 1, Wet Thunder, and Rain and Thunderstorm Ambiences
FEATURES:
- Hand-picked sounds from over 20 summer thunderstorms
- Four-part library: Dry Thunder 1, Dry Thunder 2, Wet Thunder, and Rain and Thunderstorm Ambiences
- Thunder echoing in mountain valleys
- Unraveling explosions as close as 2,000 feet
- Sub-bass growls as far away as 20 miles
- Approaching and fading storm cells
- Descriptors: close, distant, rippling, rolling, growling, rumbling, unraveling, sonic boom, Zeus, and sub-bass
- Multiple microphone perspectives for a variety of stereo images and uses
- Release date: Dry Thunder 1, Wet Thunder, and Rain and Thunderstorm Ambiences – 11/01/2016
- Release date: Dry Thunder 2 – 5/01/2019
DRY THUNDER 1
- Isolated rain-free thunderclaps from nearby supercells
- Thunder with wind in summer grass
- Clips ranging from 7 to 44 seconds
- MKH50 and 30 – MS recordings
- DPA4060 – AB recordings
DRY THUNDER 2
- New Content – Available 5/1/2019
- Isolated rain-free thunderclaps from nearby supercells
- 15 dry thunder clips
- Long rippling booms
- Unraveling echoes bouncing between mountains
- MKH8040 – ORTF recordings
WET THUNDER
- Isolated thunderclaps with rain
- Heavy, medium, and light rain
- Clips ranging from 10 to 64 seconds
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM AMBIENCES
- Dry and Wet thunderstorm ambiences, including thunderclaps
- Heavy, medium, and light rain without thunder
- Metal rooftops, storm drains, small hail stones
- Clips ranging from 1 to 20 minutes
FULL LIBRARY:
- Dry Thunder 1, Dry Thunder 2, Wet Thunder, and Rain and Thunderstorm Ambiences are included.
FILE LIST:
GEAR USED:
- Sennheiser MKH 50/30 MS pair
- Sennheiser MKH8040 in ORTF
- Mid/Side recordings decoded to LR stereo
- DPA 4060 A/B pair
- Sound Devices 702
- Rycote AG MS Blimp
- Rycote ORTF Blimp
LIBRARY INFO:
| Full Library Specs: 10 GB – 192 kHz / 24-bit – 149 decoded stereo WAV files – 149+ sounds – Approx. 143 min total |
| Dry Thunder 1: 690 MB - 192 kHz / 24-bit - 26 files decoded stereo WAV files, 26+ sounds – Approx. 10 min total |
| Dry Thunder 2: 454 MB - 192 kHz / 24-bit - 15 files stereo WAV files, 15+ sounds – Approx. 7 min total |
| Wet Thunder: 2.37 GB - 192 kHz / 24-bit - 67 decoded stereo WAV files, 67+ sounds – Approx. 34 min total |
| Rain and Thunderstorm Ambiences: 6.47 GB - 192 kHz / 24-bit - 31 decoded stereo WAV files, 31+ sounds – Approx. 93 min total |
| Metadata: CSV, Soundminer, BWAV, Text Markers |
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Categories: Environments, Weather
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Location: Davis Mountains, Texas
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| Mastering: read my Field Recording Mastering Rules for more info. |
| Delivery: Instant - blazingly-fast - digital download |
| License type: Single user, royalty-free - for a multi-user license, click here |
| Sound Library Guarantee: If you're unhappy with my field recordings in any way, I'll give you store credit equal to the cost of the sound library. Read the full details – here. |
If you have a little more time to listen, please check out some full-length SFX clips while watching a time lapse video of the summer storms!
