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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 […]

How to Sidestep the Field Recording Gear Gap

2018/06/13 Filed Under: Gear

Imagine: you are hiking at dusk and something makes you pause. In the distance, a haunting warble begins. It swells and spreads across the still lake. The bird cry grows, filling the wilderness with a mournful wail. Eventually the loon’s song diminishes into a fragile silence. You remained rooted in place, afraid that the slightest […]

Exploring The Field Recording Gear Gap

2018/02/14 Filed Under: Gear

Are you just beginning field recording? Unsure of what gear to use to start capturing sound effects beyond the studio? New field recordists face a common dilemma: is it best to buy cheap gear and begin recording now, or wait and invest in a superior kit later? It isn’t an easy question to answer. In […]

Recording Evocative Sound Effects: Why Pro Gear Doesn’t Matter

2011/04/12 Filed Under: Creativity

There are a lot of excellent recorders, preamps and microphones on the market. In the last two posts I’ve answered some reader requests for a list of gear I use. You can read about microphones and headphones here, and a recorder and preamp here. While writing those posts, I kept thinking about the role of […]

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 […]