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Recording bats sound effects at Goa Lawah Temple in Bali, Indonesia

During our stay in Ubud, Bali we decided to go on a day excursion to the famous Lempuyang Temple in the east of Bali. We love staying with locals, and one of the family members of the home we were staying in took us to this 2,000 years old temple! Even though the weather wasn’t cooperating, we were able to still record some great sounds.

Lucky for us it was the offseason so there were even fewer people at the tourist hot spots. On our way back our guide mentioned the bat cave near Goa Lawah Temple where literally thousands of bats hang out! I had all my sound equipment with me so let’s go!

I was standing in front of the cave and couldn’t believe it, the walls were covered with sleeping, squeaking, and flying bats around the cave!

As a visitor, you are not allowed to walk on the stairs so I had to make the recording from down below! To get a better sound with less background sound from the street I used my tripod as a boom with my DPA 4060 microphones.