How We Record

A father-and-son field recording project · Central Europe · Updated July 2026

Every recording on this channel is a real outdoor capture from a specific place on a specific day. We drive out, set the rig, press record — and then leave it alone. Often the microphone simply stays in the forest overnight and listens. No music, no narration, no AI, and no "sweetening" in post.

The one-take rule

Source recordings are one continuous take — often 7 to 12 hours from a single location. If a recording is shorter, that is exactly how long the recorder ran. The only edits we allow ourselves on source takes are removing human speech or passing cars — cut out, never masked or replaced. Black-screen sleep versions are prepared from these real takes for overnight length.

Locations

Poland (Bieszczady, Karkonosze, Izery, Masurian Lakes, the Baltic coast, western borderland forests), the Slovak Tatras, Czech border hills and German borderlands. Every published recording states its region and date; weather for that day and place (temperature, precipitation, wind) is documented in the recording metadata.

Equipment

Zoom F3 — 32-bit float field recorder (no clipping, full dynamics)
Sennheiser MKE 600 and Rode NT1 — main microphones
Panasonic Lumix S5 — 4K scenic video
Insta360 Pro — 8K 360° VR soundscapes

Audio is published at up to 192 kHz / 32-bit float on source files.

Why we do it this way

This project is run by a father and his son, who is on the autism spectrum. Forests, mountain trails and the sound of running water are where he finds his greatest peace — the recording trips became our shared world. The honesty of the recordings is the point: a real night in a real forest, exactly as it happened.