A recent update of the Soundminer V5 metadata sound browser included a cool new feature: the ability to populate both sound effect categories and subcategories from a pre-defined list – with just a single click. The idea is incredibly helpful: instead of typing in field recording categories and subcategories one by one, it’s now possible […]
Continue Reading It's a running joke between my brother and I: he's always found himself living in places with too much noise and I'm trying to find places with a lot of it.
Continue Reading Why do field recordists capture sound effects? The last post revealed that many sound pros record audio for the chase: they gather sounds for a specific purpose, or to claim a technical achievement. They use their skill to preserve these sounds. And, for others, they gather audio to amplify their experience of the world around […]
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