The field recording that plays throughout the track was captured on 4/17/23 at 7:26 PM EDT (GMT-4). It is a single unedited omni recording that was taken beside a pond at dusk on a small farm in Milan, NY
The animals that can be heard throughout the field recording include (in approximate order of appearance): Spring Peeper, Canada Goose, Red Wing Blackbird, American Robin, Pickerel Frog, Wood Frog, Eastern Phoebe, Northern Leopard Frog, Song Sparrow. Many others were seen that evening but not heard. Many others still were there that evening but neither seen nor heard.
A myriad of analog and digital synthesizers were used to mimic the diversity of animals on the field recording including: Roland Juno 60, Roland Juno 106, Moog Little Phatty, Teenage Engineering Op-1, MicroKorg, ThumbJam iOS, Korg Polysix, and Slate and Ash Spectre among others. These were all processed using a wide array of Sound Toys and Valhalla Plug-ins as well as a number of guitar pedals including: Old Blood Noise BF-44 Reverse and Black Fountain V3, Strymon NightSky, Eventide H9, EarthQuaker Devices Avalanche Run, and Moog MF-108M