The South Downs’ natural sound effects feature pristine ambient recordings from secluded locations across England’s chalk hills, capturing peaceful meadows and untouched landscapes in remarkable clarity.
The South Downs in England is a huge range (260sq miles) of Chalk hills that covers a large amount of the southern coast of the UK. Known for it’s beautiful open fields and rolling hills, it’s a picturesque location that has influenced many, from painters to film makers.
This library has been a pet project of mine for a while now, since there are so many unknown pockets in the south downs far away from any roads, towns and people. I have been seeking these places out and capturing the pure sound these places provide.
This is Volume 1 of what I hope will be a fruitful project, as I want to capture the South Downs throughout the seasons. What you’ll find here is a selection of tracks that you will hopefully enjoy using and listening to as much as I did recording them.
The main setup for this collection was a pair of DPA4060‘s running into a Shure FP24 (the original analogue Mix Pre, when Sound Devices originally released it, they used Shure to distribute it across the UK).
I also had with me a Sony M10 which is featured in a couple of tracks where the small size was needed to get into nooks and crannies.
All files are .wav recorded at 96khz 24bit.
