Active Audience captures the energy and atmosphere of real audiences in real events. From the thunderous roar of a packed bullring to the intimate applause of a small room in a hotel, this collection offers authentic crowd reactions that instantly add life and realism to any production.
- These recordings span different venue types – from stand-up comedy shows in bars to the opera, theatres, conferences in hotel rooms and music concerts in auditoriums – each with their unique acoustic character.
- For sports lovers, the collection goes even further. We captured football stadiums erupting with chants, horse racing crowds buzzing with anticipation at the hippodrome, bullrings filled with an unique cultural energy and even Le Tour de France or La Vuelta a España, where roadside fans cheer on the riders with passion and intensity.
- You will find lots of different kinds of reactions to shape your audience: applauses, cheering, laughing, whistling, big ooos and aaahs, and, a very important one, silence.
- Some takes include blended reactions of clapping, whistling, cheering and laughing that unfold organically.
- The editing process required a lot of time and care. Whenever it was possible, we kept long clean heads and tails. Any intrusive nearby claps, laughs or words, unless it’s specified in the filename, were removed.
- We have included a few takes of these rare quiet crowds before a show is about to start. It’s in those moments where everything comes to live and you might hear someone caughing, a chair creaking or some stage noises made by the artists.
- Each recording captures the authentic dynamics of real audiences, including the ebb and flow of energy, natural variations in crowd size, and the unique resonance of each space, whether that is interior or exterior.
- Perspectives: some of these spaces have been covered with two or three sets of microphones placed in different positions.
- Gear used: Sound Devices MixPre 6-II, Zoom F3, Zoom F8, Sennheiser 8040s and 30 in DMS, Sennheiser 8050 and 30 in MS decoded, Sennheiser 8040s in ORTF, LOM Usis in AB, Sony D100.
- UCS Compatible Metadata embedded. Fields included CatID, Category, Subcategory, FX Name, Filename, Description, BWDescription, Library, RecType, RecMedium, Microphone, Designer, Manufacturer, Keywords.
Product details
Number of Files: 269 Stereo WAV files & 15 Quad WAV files (254 files only stereo, 15 quad files decoded to stereo)
Size Unpacked: 8.65 GB
Sample Rate: 96 kHz / 24 bit
Total Duration: Approx. 240 minutes
File types: DecodedQuad (recorded in DMS and decoded to Quad), MS Decoded, ORTF & AB
Other Info: Embedded Soundminer and BWAV Metadata
License type: Single user, royalty-free. For a multi-user license, please contact us.
Keywords included:
Audience, Crowd, Applause, Laughter, Cheer, Talk, Murmur, Quiet, Interior, Exterior, Theatre, Bar, Hall, Hotel, Garden, Room, Racetrack, Hippodrome, Auditorium, Bullring, Bullfight, Opera, Concert, Football, Soccer, Stadium, Cycling, Tour, Sport, Comedy, France, Spain.
