Desolation Soundscapes Compact contains 31 audio tracks of concentrated silence as stereo version from the Desolation Soundscapes Library and is available in reduced 24 Bit / 48 kHz resolution.
These recordings were made in some of the most remote areas of the world and are part of the Mountain Soundscapes collection. Although these recordings technically contain nothing, their timbre adds force and expression to to a scene. Nothingness is a powerful sound with many variations. When used properly, the Desolation Soundscapes convey infinity and vastness, yet at the same time they can also signify constriction and quietude. Desolation is the background color of a scene, the basic color of its acoustic image. Desolation is the sound horizon.
Desolation Soundscapes Compact is an Avosound product.
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I often used the set for "AGA", a film that ran in the competition of the Berlinale in 2018 and was shot in Yakutia / Siberia in the permafrost area. The different natural "timbres" in the Desolation Sounds helped me a lot dramaturgically, to create scene after scene with static atmospheres. The absence of birds in the Desolation Set is very helpful not only for extreme film situations. Thank you!
Sebastian Schmidt, Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer
All tracks in the Desolation Soundscapes Compact sound archive are also individually available for download. You can preview all the tracks in mp3 quality in the Avosound Online Sound Archive and then order and download them instantly.
In addition to the mp3 preview, all sounds in the Avosound Online Sound Archive feature a waveform and spectrum monitor that provide visual information about the recording. Please click here to browse the Archive.
The following three sounds from the Desolation Soundscapes sound archive demonstrate how different the atmospheric quality of silence can be. Silence is, of course, almost inaudible. But in quiet scenes, the atmospheres contained in Desolation Soundscapes can be used to add depth, calmness, vastness and silence.
The following recording was made on the mist-shrouded lake Albigna in Switzerland (at an altitude of 2,300 metres above sea level). Water elements are a big part of the recording.
The Desolation Soundscapes compact sound archive is the stereo version of the Desolation Soundscapes sound archive and exclusively contains stereo recordings in compact 24 Bit / 48 kHz quality. Please visit the High Definition and Surround Sound pages for additional information. Read more about the Desolation Soundscapes sound archive…
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