Over the past few articles we’ve looked at common field recording, mastering, and sound library curation mistakes. They’re all easy errors to make. They’re often overlooked. Just the same, it’s important to do whatever can be done to keep them to a minimum. The previous post shared tips for fixing errors with sound library approach […]
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Common Mistakes and How to Fix Them: Sound Library Curation Part 1
You’ve flown to the other side of the globe with microphone in hand. You’ve trekked through bustling cities in the heat with heavy gear strapped to your back. And then, you notice it: the TVs and radios have fallen away. You realize you’re immersed in the sound of a completely new place. All field recordists […]
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Creating Flexible Sound FX: Trading Metadata Between Soundminer and Basehead
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 […]
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Metadata App News: Soundly, Basehead, Soundminer, Sounddogs, & Resonic
Field recordists often spend a dozen hours to successfully capture just a few scant minutes of audio. But what is such a hard-won recording worth, if that sound can’t be found afterwards? That’s why embedding accurate, unique, and descriptive sound fx metadata is an essential skill for field recordists. To get this done, they use […]
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Slating Metadata in the Cloud
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.
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Soundly Releases v2.1: New Metadata, Revised SRC, Easier Searching, More
Free metadata app Soundly continues to impress with their latest release, Soundly 2.1. Not long ago the folks at Soundly offered version 2.0 with a revamped design, online store, workflow, Pro Tools spotting, and shortcuts. It also added cloud support for library sharing, and more sounds for its in-app library. That was in October, 2017. […]
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