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Common Mistakes and How to Fix Them: Specific Field Recording Tips

2019/05/15 Filed Under: Technique

The last post began a series exploring common field recording, mastering, and sound library curation mistakes. It shares common yet easily overlooked stumbling blocks for beginners and sound pros alike, and how to fix them. Today’s post takes another look at field recording foibles: common errors that plague even the veteran sound artists in the […]

Common Mistakes and How to Fix Them: Field Recording Basics

2019/05/01 Filed Under: Technique

You hold an triple A-tier microphone in your hand. An audio recorder with whisper-quiet preamps is by your side. Perhaps you’re deep in a jungle with modern noise miles away. Maybe you’ve arranged a block of dry ice for ideal squeaks and hisses. Every checklist item is ticked. You’re ready to create inspiring sounds and […]

Best Posts of 2018

2019/04/24 Filed Under: Roundup

Every year roundup posts from the year before. They include articles that received good feedback, personal favourites I’ve enjoyed writing, or posts I feel have shared new ideas about field recording, sharing sound, or organizing clip collections. It’s a few months into 2019. So, it’s time to continue the tradition with a look back on […]

Roundup: A Sound Effect Blog Articles

2019/04/10 Filed Under: Articles

The A Sound Effect website began as a free portal that shared links to independent sound libraries. Since then, the popular indie sfx website has grown considerably. It now distributes sound libraries, features a blog, game audio jobs, an events calendar, and more. The blog showcases hundreds of sound libraries, interviews with pros, tutorials, and […]

Roundup: Soundsnap Blog Articles

2019/04/03 Filed Under: Articles, Roundup

Many of you will be familiar with sound shop website Soundsnap. I’ve worked with the team there from time to time in various ways almost since Soundsnap’s inception in 2007. In 2016, they launched an industry blog for audio pros and video editors with interviews, tutorials, and more. I wrote a handful of articles for […]

Creating Flexible Sound FX: Trading Metadata Between Soundminer and Basehead

2019/03/27 Filed Under: Curation

Field recordists need to stomp out dozens of problems in the wild: buzzing fridges, off-stage chatter, gear quirks, and much more. For those gathering sounds worldwide, there are other challenges, too. Asking directions to a state park to record birdsong isn’t easy if you don’t share a common language. I’ve picked up some language as […]