Thomas Rex Beverly

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Sometimes a shark is swimming around behind you while you're recording reef sounds with hydros! Hear more underwater sounds from French Polynesia in my new sound library (24-hour release sale): thomasrexbeverly.com/products/sna... #fieldrecording #listening #coralreef

Snorkeling with my F3 in a modified Pelican case in French Polynesia. Thank god for 32bit float recording. Some of those clicks would have clipped by 40+ dB. Hear more in my new sound library Snapping Shrimp: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/sna... #fieldrecording #listening #coralreef

Snapping shrimp are the cicadas of the ocean when they really get going. Thousands of them clicking at the same time make an intense noisy chorus. Hear more in my new sound library from French Polynesia. 24-hour release sale: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/sna... #fieldrecording #listening #coralreef

Prepping my Ambient ASF-1 MKII hydrophones for a session in French Polynesia. The island of Moorea looked like Jurassic Park in the background. Hear some snapping shrimp from this session in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/sna... #fieldrecording #listening #coralreef

Behind the scenes stories and sounds from my new sound library: Snapping Shrimp. 24-hour release sale: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/sna... #fieldrecording #listening #coralreef

The key to making a 7m x 7m x 7m cube of hydrophones underwater is to use stereo cables (with 2 hydros on each cable). Then you can just run one cable to each corner of the large sailboat to setup a 3D hydrophone array. Hear the clicks of snapping shrimp: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/sna...

I recorded for the first time with the Ambient ASF-1 MKII hydrophone in French Polynesia. Hear some snapping shrimp I recorded with it in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/sna... #fieldrecording #listening #coralreefs

NEW SOUND LIBRARY – SD42 Snapping Shrimp. A tiny shrimp makes one of the loudest sounds in the animal kingdoms. Then thousands do it at the same and the water comes alive with electric energy. 24-hour release sale: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/sna...

1 hour and 29 minutes left in my new sound library release sale for Nature Roomtones: Volcanoes: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/nat... #fieldrecording

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Thanks for the kind words. Much appreciated :)

Swainson's Thrush. Recorded June 2019 in Lake Clark National Park, Alaska. Normal speed, then pitched down 2 octaves. #fieldrecording

Volcano soundscapes. 24-hour release sale. Hear them: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/nat... #fieldrecording

The airy tones of almost silent volcanic spaces. Hear more in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/nat... #fieldrecording

This little overhang in the lava field made a nice wind break for and A10 + LOM Usi + LEO20s. Hear the air tones I recorded in my new sound library. 24-hour release sale: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/nat... #fieldrecording

Little lava caves + light wind = volcanic air tone. Hear it in my new sound library. 24-hour release sale: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/nat... #fieldrecording

Behind the scenes stories and sounds my new volcanic air tone sound library. 24-hour release sale: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/nat... #fieldrecording

NEW SOUND LIBRARY – Nature Roomtones: Volcanoes. Air tones from lava caves and lava tubes. 24-hour release sale: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/nat... #fieldrecording

I usually record at 96K for ambiences. 192K if I am doing things like underwater recording where there are lots of ultrasonics.

That middle section of the clip where it really gets a beat going is neat :)

Coqui + deciduous wind. Big Island, Hawaii. Feb 2025.

Hear more in my new sound library. Hawaii: Quiet Nature. 24-hour release sale. thomasrexbeverly.com/products/haw... #fieldrecording

Lava field bush + light wind + Apapane. The rounded pedals of the bush give the wind a soothing tone. Apapane adds the music.

Hear more in my new sound library. Hawaii: Quiet Nature. 24-hour release sale: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/haw... #fieldrecording

2024 Redwoods Climbing Expedition Soundscapes from the tops of the tallest trees in the world. I climb one to listen.

Soundscapes from the tops of the tallest trees in the world. I climbed one to listen.

All the sounds, stories, behind the scenes documentaries are finished from my Redwoods Climbing Expedition. You can find everything in one blog post here: thomasrexbeverly.com/blogs/field-... #fieldrecording

Microphones are Sennheiser MKH8020s. iPhone video. Thanks for listening.

Extreme Weather Protection for Sennheiser 8000 Series & LOM Usi Microphones How to protect your microphones from wind and water during long duration nature recording sessions.

New Blog Post – Extreme Weather Protection for MKH8000 Series and LOM Usi Microphones. I get a lot of questions about how I protect my microphones from water and wind during long duration nature recording sessions: thomasrexbeverly.com/blogs/field-... #fieldrecording

Excellent spot in Hawaii to leave some microphones for 48 hours.

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These trees somehow grow straight out of the lava. Great spot for a pair of "tree-ears" mics to catch some of the musical calls of the Apapane as it perches on this isolated tree.

Hear more in my new sound library, Hawaii: Quiet Nature. 24-hour release sale: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/haw...

I don't usually get that excited about birdsong. But this one's got rhythm. Especially pitched down. He could be a rapper.

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The Apapane is a highly musical bird from Hawaii. Hear more in my new sound library. 24-hour release sale: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/haw... #fieldrecording