I wrote a post last month about investing your yourself into your sound effects recordings. I suggested that pro equipment was mostly irrelevant. I felt it mattered less to the recording than the field recordist themselves. Infusing your personality, desires and motivations was a way, I suggested, to ensure your sounds were evocative and compelling. […]
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Recording Evocative Sound Effects: Why Pro Gear Doesn’t Matter
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 […]
Continue ReadingNine Tricks to Find Inspiration Again
Inspiration is mercurial. It can appear suddenly with a flash of insight. It can trickle away leaving you struggling for motivation. Perhaps you’ve worked months without a day off and you’re burned out. Maybe you want to shake yourself out of a rut. Maybe it’s been weeks since you’ve had a fresh, creative thought. As […]
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