If you are trying to record lake ice without destroying your hydros, I'd recommend this DIY setup. Drill a hole, then thread the hydro through, then use a big piece of foam (with a slit cut in it), then bury the whole thing with lots of snow. The foam and the snow help keep the hole from re-freezing

2 hours left in the Finland: Lake Ice release sale. #fieldrecording

Above the ice = almost no sound. Below the ice, another world entirely. Hear more: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fin... #fieldrecording #Finland

Setting up hydros under the ice on Lake Inari in far northern Finland. Hear more in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fin... #fieldrecording #listening

Above the ice = nothingness. Below the ice with hydros, the ice comes alive. Hear more in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fin... #fieldrecording #Finland

Time to get more hydros stuck in lake ice. Hear what I captured in Finland: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fin... #fieldrecording

Lake coming alive in far northern Finland. Hear more in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fin... #fieldrecording

New Sound Library – Finland: Lake Ice. Living ice from far above the arctic circle. 24-hour release sale: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fin... #fieldrecording

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Wood burning stove sounds are wonderful. I really want one in my house. Here's one from a remote cabin in Finland...far above the arctic circle. Hear wildlife from outside the cabin in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fin... #fieldrecording #listening #nature #Finland

Lovely remote cabin. Far above the arctic circle. Hear what I recorded in Finland in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fin...

ORTreeF microphone array with two Lewitt LCT 540 S mics. Hear it: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fin...

I call this ORTreeF. Two Lewitt LCT 540 S mounts strapped to a tree to make a quasi-ORTF setup. Super portable and works quite well. Full blog post about how I built this coming soon. For now, you can hear some wildlife from this rig in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fin...

This wildlife is brave enough to survive the winter in northern Finland. Hear more in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fin... #fieldrecording #nature #listening

Polar wildlife. Sounding cheerful on a sunny day in northern Finland. Hear more in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fin... #fieldrecording #listening #nature #Finland

New Sound Library – Finland: Quiet Nature. 24-hour release sale: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fin... #fieldrecording #listening #nature

New Sound Library – Finland: Quiet Nature. Playful Ptarmigans, ravens, and other wildlife brave enough to survive a -30C winter in Lapland. I also figured out a much better way of using the Lewitt LCT 540 S mics in the field. I'm calling it "ORTreeF". Library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fin...

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I call this microphone array 3D Tree Ears. It worked well on an old Scots Pine in far northern Finland. Hear it: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fin... #fieldrecording #listening #Finland #nature

2026 Finland Expedition, behind the scenes. How to set up a 3D microphone array far above the arctic circle. Hear more: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fin... #fieldrecording

The subtle sounds of falling snow. It's almost imperceptible to the naked ear, but with the right microphone array it really comes alive. Hear more in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fin... #Finland #fieldrecording

Falling snow drop rig setup. Far northern Finland. March 2026. Hear it in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fin... #fieldrecording #listening #Finland

Setting up a 3D array of 8 microphones to record falling snow...far above the arctic circle. Hear it in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fin... #fieldrecording #listening #Finland

The almost silent sounds of falling snow. Hear it in my new sound library from far northern Finland: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fin... #fieldrecording #listening

I experimented with some 8 channel, 3D arrays in Finland for the first time. The falling snow sounds much louder in channels 1-4 (on the bottom) versus channels 5-8 (up higher). I hope you enjoy listening: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fin...

New Sound Library – AMB102 Finland: Falling Snow. Go 25 miles out onto a giant frozen lake in far northern Finland. Then find an ancient Scots Pine. Then add a 3D mic array. It makes for a lovely spot to record the almost silent sounds of falling snow: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fin...

A humpback whale making dewdrop and creaking door calls in French Polynesia. Hear more in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fre... #whalesong #humpbackwhales

Humpback whales trumpeting. Hear more in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fre...

Historically, most underwater recordings are made in mono. That works well for researchers. 3D setups are possible...and the spatialization makes the listening experience SO MUCH BETTER. I successfully made a 7m x 7m x 7m cube of 8 hydros in French Polynesia: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fre...

The island of Moorea in French Polynesia looks like Jurassic park. Hear the dinosaurs singing underwater in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fre... #fieldrecording #whalesong #listening #humpbackwhales

New Blog Post – 3D Immersive Hydrophone Arrays. Over the past 18 months, I've been developing 8 hydrophone arrays to make underwater recording in 3D. I successfully made (what are probably) the world's first 3D immersive recordings of humpback whales: thomasrexbeverly.com/blogs/field-...

If you use four, stereo cables that run to each corner of the boat. Then put two hydros on each cable (with a split-out for the top hydro). You can build a 7m x 7m x 7m cube of eight hydrophones for 3D whale recording. Hear more in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fre...

Subwoofer humpback sounds. Hear more in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fre... #fieldrecording #whalesong

Solo humpback echoes. French Polynesia (Oct 2025). Hear more in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fre... #fieldrecording #whalesong

NEW SOUND LIBRARY – French Polynesia: Humpback Whales. 3D immersive whale song sound library. 24-hour release sale: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fre... #fieldrecording #whalesong

49 minutes left in my new library release sale. Recorded Oct, 2025 in French Polynesia: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fre... #fieldrecording #naturesounds

1.5 hours left in the release sale for my new sound library from French Polynesia: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fre... #fieldrecording

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Do hydrophone recordings have to sound lo-fi, with no high frequencies? Nope. Underwater rain and snapping shrimp (with frequencies up to 96 kHZ). Hear more and read about the hydros I used: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fre... #fieldrecording #listening #naturesounds

Does rain make sound underwater? Definitely. Add some snapping shrimp and you have a really lovely combo. Recorded in French Polynesia, Oct 2025. Hear more: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fre... #fieldrecording #listening #naturesounds

Underwater rain + snapping shrimp. Neat soundscape combo. Hear more in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fre... #fieldrecording

Behind the scenes stories of how I recorded underwater rain in French Polynesia. Hear more: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fre... #fieldrecording #listening #naturesounds

Storms brewing in French Polynesia. Hear what I found: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fre... #fieldrecording

Rainclouds building in French Polynesia. Time to record some underwater rain with my hydros. Hear it: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fre... #fieldrecording #listening #naturesounds

I left a giant underwater cube of 8 hydrophones hanging from this catamaran in French Polynesia for several days. Some storms blew over and I was able to record underwater rain. The rain + electric pops of the snapping shrimp combine to create Blade Runner rain: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fre...

Underwater rain + snapping shrimp = Blade Runner rain. It is a beautiful, electric, sci-fi precipitation that I didn't know existed...until I happened to record it with a 3D hydro drop rig. 24-hour release sale: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/fre... #fieldrecording

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Dolphin clicks and coral reef sounds in French Polynesia. The key to recording in a 3D cube is using stereo cables. I put two Gladys hydros on each cable (with a splitter to keep the top hydro from banging). Works super well. Hear more: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/ult...

On a sailboat in French Polynesia recording dolphin clicks and whistles. Was a little spicy at night, but heard some neat sounds. Hear more: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/ult... #fieldrecording #dolphins

Being out on a sailboat in the dark...in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is pretty spicy. But that is the best time to avoid noise pollution from other boats. So I took my seasick meds and crossed my fingers. Hear what I found: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/ult... #fieldrecording