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How to Avoid Noise when Recording Nature Sounds – Interview with Thomas Rex Beverly

2018/09/05 Filed Under: Technique

It’s a strange paradox. The most beautiful natural landscapes can produce an insurmountable problem for field recordists: noise. Yes, visiting tundra, grasslands, or moors provide stunning vistas. As we’ve seen in previous articles in this series, many of these places are quiet. They push field recording gear to its limits. The result? The tranquility of […]

How to Avoid Noise when Recording Nature Sounds – Interview with George Vlad

2018/08/29 Filed Under: Technique

The previous post posed a vital question: how can a nature sound recordist avoid noisy field recordings? As we saw in that article, struggling with noise is as difficult as it is common. George Vlad has travelled across Africa and Europe recording the sound of forests, deserts, wetlands, and more. He shares his field recordings […]

How to Record Quiet Nature Sounds: The Threat of Noise

2018/08/22 Filed Under: Technique

It’s one of the greatest challenges for new field recordists: how do you record high-quality nature sounds? More people are wondering. Compared to only a decade earlier, field recording has become more accessible. Once the realm of thousands of dollars of kit requirements, field recording gear now can be bought for as little as $100. […]

How to Sidestep the Field Recording Gear Gap – Alternative Gear Hacks

2018/08/08 Filed Under: Gear

Want to get the most bang out of your field recording buck? Would you rather delay shelling out thousands of dollars for late-career elite sound gear? The last post shared ideas for improving existing kits to help grow skills, expand technique, and capture better sound without breaking the bank. That article followed firm guidelines to […]

How to Sidestep the Field Recording Gear Gap – Equipment Hacks

2018/07/18 Filed Under: Gear

How can you improve your field recording equipment? What’s the best way to choose better sound recording gear? Do you want to advance from recording chaotic city sounds to capturing crisp wilderness atmospheres? Want to know the most sensible choice to get the job done? It’s not easy for people new to field recording to […]

Slating Metadata in the Cloud

2018/07/11 Filed Under: Curation

Last week I saw news website Designing Sound highlight an article from 2015. In that post, sound designer and field recordist Stosh Tuszynski of Web shop Collected Transients identified a disconnect between recording sounds, detailing them on location, and transferring that info into sound library metadata.