Daniel Ottini is a Canadian Electronic musician, sound designer, and field recordist whose work explores the intersection between sound, art, and music. His work has won competitions and has been featured on college/internet radio, podcasts, film and video, video games, the Web, compilations, and as demonstration audio for music hardware and software companies. Daniel has made significant contributions to the compilations "Haunted Garden," Vol. 2 and "Narrow Escape," Vol. 4, including the tracks "Nightcrawler" and "Room 1501.
The sound of lake waves on a rocky shore (on a particularly turbulent day), recorded using three microphones (a hydrophone and a cardioid stereo pair (in ORTF configuration) to capture both the ambience and the action of the waves against the rocks. Water, Lakes
Recorded with a three-microphone set-up at 24 Bit/96kHz, these recordings capture the low end “grunt” and stereo ambience of a Toro gas-powered snowblower during start-up, operation, and shut-down. A full recording and/or individual files capture these various stages. Mechanical,
Antique steamship whistle (single blast) as the ship leaves port. The recording captures the sound of the whistle within its ambient environment and contains some reverberation and very faint background noise. Alternate versions have had background noise attenuated and reverberation reduced. Industrial,
A short stereo recording of a walk across a frozen pond on the Bruce Trail in Ontario, Canada, featuring the sound of footsteps in the snow/ice (moving left to right). The low howl of the wind can also be heard in the background. Water, Lakes
A looped, binaural recording of an Industrial Air Conditioner; the recording has been "performed" in that the binaural microphone has been panned physically by the recordist. This results in a natural panning between left and right channels which keeps the sound interesting and non-static. Mechanical,
Binaural recordings of an Olympic sized swimming pool from the viewing area - sounds include: (unintelligible) conversation, water lapping, the diving board, swimmers splashing. The 2nd set of "Diving Board" recordings feature the sound of the diving board more prominently. Ambience,
Three recordings of Match/Candle flames being extinguished by water, increasing in intensity from first to last. The first recording is that of a match, the next two a candle. Recorded underwater with a hydrophone. Water, Sizzle
Several Flying Saucer flybys (including panning) as well as hovering; this item has a very "50's" sci-fi feel and is suitable for projecting that vibe, or for use in animation where a more whimsical suggestion of Alien spacecraft is desired. Cartoon, Fly-bys
A short recording of nature ambience featuring the sounds of a small river, birds, and insects; the stems of the bird/insect and water recordings are available as separate tracks. Note that the tail end of the recording features some brief background noise of a bird of a different sort! Nature,
