Northern Mediterranean soundscapes – Adriatic sea

Beach ambiance in summer. In urban (city) and in rural (islands, remote) areas.

Sounds of boats, fisherman boat on the sea during fishing, in port, near, mid and far distance (field)…

Room tones of boats, ships, ferryboat etc. Ambiance of boats in a voyage, stationary, in port, on the open sea…Sounds of sea and seaside in Nature Park and National Park. The unique sound of world-famous Zadar’s Sea Organ (Croatia, Europe)…

Distinctive soundscapes of the north Mediterranean like: seaside and beaches; harbor and small port ambiances; soundscapes of small villages near the sea – church bells etc.; Sounds and ambiances of touristic destinations-restaurant ambiences, café ambiences etc.; Soundscapes and recordings of market on open, fish market-fishmonger’s, people, crowd, children, seagulls in flight following fishing vessel, ship horn, soundscapes of shipyard, harbor and cranes, workers shout, etc.

Biophony sounds of most common animals from the littoral region are here too. Cicadas in summer, crickets, donkey, seagulls, European shag, swallows, pigeons,…

Some recordings are nocturnal recorded in urban and rural area. Check the sound list for full info.

On the recordings recorded in restaurants, beaches, café… you can hear many European languages like: Croatian, German, Slovenian, Italian, etc.
The recordings are generally very long. In fact, many can be used in music production or as a background sounds (sound art, museum installations, etc.).
Here is nearly 19 GB, or 11 hours of recorded material almost completely in 24/96 sound quality.

Metadata tagged with a detailed description of mic positioning and equipment used.