Resources

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, Roundup

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 […]

Pro Sound News Website “Designing Sound” Enters Hibernation

2018/12/05 Filed Under: Resources, Websites

Sound design and field recording fans awoke Monday to a sad announcement. Editors Jack Menhorn and Shaun Farley wrote they are putting the pro sound news website into “hibernation.”

Ambisonic Field Recording Resources

2017/03/30 Filed Under: Resources, Technique

What are Ambisonic recordings? What microphones are used to capture these sound effects? What software is needed to use them? Where can you find Ambisonic field recordings? This month’s series was designed to answer those questions. We’ve learned a lot about Ambisonics during the past month. We began by reviewing the basics. Then, a handful […]