NEW BLOG POST – 3D Immersive Microphone Arrays. I experimented with 3D recording in 2025. Setups include various 4.0.4 and 4.0.2 arrays. Here's a blog post detailing what I did if you want to try any of these setups yourself: thomasrexbeverly.com/blogs/field-... #fieldrecording

Can you spot the drop rig? 2.5 hours left in my volcanic winds sound library release sale: thomasrexbeverly.com/collections/... #fieldrecording

Lava drop rig. Volcanic wind sound library. 24-hour release sale: thomasrexbeverly.com/collections/... #fieldrecording

I've wanted to record in lava flows for a very long time. Hear more of them in my volcanic winds sound library. 24-hour release sale: thomasrexbeverly.com/collections/... #fieldrecording

Lava flowers. These small bushes grow directly on the recent lava flows. Great spot for a tree-ears drop rig setup. Hear this spot in my new sound library. 24-hour release sale: thomasrexbeverly.com/collections/... #fieldrecording

I don't know how these small trees manage to grow right out of a lava flow. Isolated deciduous tree + rippling lava rocks + high winds = a eerie post apocalyptic air tones. 24-hour release sale. Listen here: thomasrexbeverly.com/collections/... #fieldrecording

What does wind whipping through a lava cave sound like? Listen in my new sound library. 24-hour release sale: thomasrexbeverly.com/collections/... #fieldrecording

14,000 ft volcanoes sticking up out of the Pacific Ocean make some wild weather. 24-hour release sale. Listen: thomasrexbeverly.com/collections/... #fieldrecording

Spectrogram demo for my new sound library of volcanic winds. 24-hour release sale. Explore the full library: thomasrexbeverly.com/collections/... #fieldrecording

New Sound Library – Hawaii: Wind. Volcanic winds from the Big Island. Here's 47 seconds of behind the scenes stories. Listen to the full library here: thomasrexbeverly.com/collections/.... 24-hour release sale. #fieldrecording

I have teamed up with Andy & George this holiday season to support nature conservation initiatives. We are offering large collections of sounds libraries and nature albums as prizes to encourage donations. 100% of the funds raised go to environmental causes: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/the...

This hammock is 225ft up in a Redwood tree. Hear what I found in the canopy: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/red... #fieldrecording #listening #fieldrecording #Redwoods

How to set up a drop rig in the Redwood canopy. Hear more: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/red... #fieldrecording #Redwoods

The mics blend in with the burn scars. Hear these Redwoods: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/red... #fieldrecording

More people have summited Mount Everest than have climbed into the canopy of an old-growth Redwood. Hear what I found up there: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/red... #fieldrecording #Redwoods

Camping in "tree-boat" hammocks at the top of a Redwood tree. Hear more in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/red... #fieldrecording #Redwoods

Setting up a 4.0.2 microphone array 225 ft up in an old growth Redwood. Hear more in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/red... #fieldrecording #listening #Redwoods

There are burn scars 100+ ft up this ancient Redwood from a wildfire in the 1830s. Hear this resonant natural cathedral in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/red... #fieldrecording #listening #Redwoods

NEW SOUND LIBRARY – Redwoods: Quiet Nature. Sparse, soothing soundscapes from the forest floor...and microphones placed at 100ft, 175ft, and 225ft up in the Redwood canopy. 24 hour release sale: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/red... #fieldrecording #Redwoods

I have teamed up with @andymartinsounds.com and @trexbeverly.bsky.social this holiday season to support conservation initiatives. We are offering over $45,000 worth of our field recording work as prizes to encourage donations: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/the...

Massive pile of 100 ft hydro cables. You've gotta get the hydros down that deep to get away from the surface wave sound. Hear whales sing: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/hum... #fieldrecording #humpbackwhales

To get a wide stereo image, the minimum spacing for omni microphones is about 40 cm. To get an equivalent stereo image with an omni hydrophone you need a minimum spacing of about 2 meters (because sound travels 4-5 times faster in water): thomasrexbeverly.com/products/hum...

Historically, most underwater recordings are made in mono. That works well for researchers. But stereo, quad, and 3D setups are possible...and the spatialization makes the listening experience SO MUCH BETTER. Here are a few setups I used in Hawaii. Listen here: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/haw...

The 100 ft quad snake went into this custom breakout box. Then the 4 colored hydro cables split out to the corners of the PVC pipe mount points. Hear the humpback whale George Gershfin that I recorded with this custom Gladys hydro array: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/hum... #fieldrecording #whales

I recorded with these Gladys hydros for so long that the copper grounding wire started to corrode. Hear the musical whales I recorded in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/hum... #humpbackwhales #whalesong #fieldrecording #listening

I made friends with some whales when I sunk this giant hydrophone array down 100 ft in Hawaii. Some musical greats swam by and sang: Frank Finatra, George Gershfin, Miles Wavis, and Fluke Ellington. Hear more whale music in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/hum... #whalesong

I now understand why the Roger Payne' s"Songs of the Humpback Whale" album sold 100,000 copies in the 1970s. These whales truly make music. 50 years later after that groundbreaking album, I've made some new recordings with modern hydros in a 3D array. Hear them: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/hum...

Frank Finatra. Crooner of the ocean. Hear more humpback whales in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/hum... #fieldrecording #whalesong #humpbackwhales #listening

Nat King Current seems like a fitting name for this humpback whale. Hear more whale vocals in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/hum... #fieldrecording #humpbackwhales #whales

Humpback whales make the most astonishing creature vocalizations I've ever recorded. Hear them in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/hum... #whalesong #humpbackwhales #fieldrecording

NEW SOUND LIBRARY – SD41 Humpback Whales. 24-hour release sale. I now understand why we sent humpback whalesong into interstellar space on Voyager. Damn, these whales can sing. Hear 1100 isolated humpback vocalizations in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/hum... #whalesong

Serious color coding on my custom Gladys hydrophone array. You are hearing humpback whales I recorded with it a few hours later. Hear more in my new whalesong library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/haw... #fieldrecording #humpbackwhales

Recording Humpback Whales in 3D – 8 Gladys hydros hanging from the boat to make a giant rectangular prism. These are (probably) the world's first 3D recordings of humpback whales. Hear more in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/haw... #fieldrecording #humpbackwhales

RECORDING WHALES IN 3D – Take my word for it. Don't try to build a PVC pipe frame, attach 8 hydrophones to it, and then sink it down 100 ft. It is almost impossible. But I made what are (probably) the world's first 3D recordings of humpback whales. Listen here: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/haw...

The whales I've been recording have beautiful musical voices, so I channeled my dad joke energy to come up with some names: Frank Finatra, George Gershfin, Miles Wavis, Reef Jarrett, Claude Debusea, Fluke Ellington, Louis Seastrong, Fluke Ellington. Hear them: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/haw...

Custom hydro array of Gladys Hydros. These are the top 4 hydros of an 8-channel underwater cube I build to make what are (probably) the first 3D recordings of humpback whales. Hear them: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/haw... #fieldrecording #humpbackwhales

The Breach Boys. Humpbacks love to jump their entire bodies out of the water and slam back into the surface. This is that sound. Hear more in my new sound library. 24-hour release sale: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/haw... #fieldrecording #humpbackwhales

NEW SOUND LIBRARY – Hawaii: Humpback Whales. These are probably the world's first 3D recordings of humpback whales. 7.5 hours. 122 GBs. I hope you enjoy listening: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/haw... #fieldrecording #humpbackwhales

My second attempt at a hydro drop rig. Got it to work with some fishing weights and floats so the hydros were up off the seafloor. Lovely snapping shrimp pops, parrot fish crunches, and humpback whales! Hear more in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/haw... #fieldrecording #whales

Underwater wonderland of coral reef animals and whales. Hear more in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/haw... #fieldrecording

Hydro drop rig. 24 hours of continuous stereo underwater recordings. Hear the fascinating sounds of coral reefs in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/haw... #fieldrecording

Modified Pelican Case + Zoom F3 + Battery + Two Gladys Hydros = Underwater drop rig! This one successfully recorded for about 24 hours. Hear the otherworldly sound of coral reefs in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/haw... #fieldrecording

Prepping my hydro drop rigs for underwater recording in Hawaii. Custom Pelican cases with Gladys DIY hydros. Hear them in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/haw... #fieldrecording

I got my first underwater drop rig to work! But the custom Pelican case leaked and I destroyed an F3, battery, and two hydros...but the microSD card survived! Hear these lively sea creatures in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/haw... #fieldrecording

NEW SOUND LIBRARY – Jump into a the miraculous ecosystem of sonic sea creatures. Thanks for listening: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/haw...

2 hours left in the release sale. Redwoods: Active Nature: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/red... #fieldrecording

Recording in the redwoods really puts things in perspective. Listen here: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/red... #fieldrecording #listening @sempervirensfund.bsky.social

Can you spot my mics at the top of this Redwood? Hear what I found in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/red... #fieldrecording #listening #redwoods @sempervirensfund.bsky.social

IRT Cross Cube of LEWITT LCT 540 S (x8) in the Redwoods. This rig is unparalleled for recording almost silent spaces in 3D. Here it in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/red... #fieldrecording #redwoods #listening

This rig is 70 meters up in a Redwood tree. Here these canopy perspectives in my new sound library Redwoods: Active Nature: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/red... #fieldrecording #redwoods @sempervirensfund.bsky.social