Available Feb 24th at 10:00 am CST
DESCRIPTION:
- AMB42 Snapping Shrimp is a collection of clicking, popping, and crackling wildlife from the coral reef ecosystems of Hawaii and French Polynesia.
- I went exploring and recorded these soundscapes in February and October 2025. Please take a few minutes to slow down and deeply listen to the restorative sounds of the natural world.
BEHIND THE SCENES:
- 60 seconds of stories and sounds.
- Coming soon...
KEY FEATURES:
- The underwater electricity of snapping shrimp claw clicks
- Ambiences with snapping shrimp (and no other undersea wildlife)
- Rich ultrasonic energy up to 96 kHz
- Sparse ambiences
- Dense ambiences
- Close visceral clicks
- Distant cicada-like swarming noises
- Shallow water
- Deep water
- Hawaiian species
- French Polynesian species
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)
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3D – these recordings were made with a 3D-Cube of 8 hydros:
- 3D-Cube: 7 meters by 7 meters by 7 meters (LxWxH)
- Channel Layout: L (1),R (2),Ls (3),Rs (4),Ltf (5),Rtf (6),LTr (7),Rtr (8)
- All 3D files are delivered as 8-channel WAVs that can be mixed into the 3D format of your choice, for example, a 7.1.4 Atmos mix.

LIBRARY INFO:
| Stereo Specs: TBD GB – 96 kHz / 24-bit – TBD stereo WAV files – Approx. TBD hours total |
| 3D Specs: TBD GB - 96 kHz / 24-bit – TBD channel 3D WAV files – TBD hours total |
| Stereo + 3D Specs: TBD GB – TBD hours total |
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Metadata: Universal Category System, CSV, Soundminer, BWAV |
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Categories: TBD
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Location: Hawaii, February 2025 and French Polynesia, October 2025
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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. |
GEAR USED:
- Gladys hydrophones (x8)
- Cetacean Research CRT-90P hydrophones (x2)
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Ambient ASF-1 MKII hydrophones (x2)
- Zoom F3, F6, and F8n Pro