Books

A New Field Recording Book: Gordon Hempton’s “Earth is a Solar Powered Jukebox”

2016/11/30 Filed Under: Books, Resources

Imagine: soothing waves creeping onto a beach, then retreating with a sandy hiss. Hear distant thunder rippling as it rolls over a mountain. Imagine quiet, evening rain pattering on fallen autumn leaves. Wilderness field recordings are some of the most loved sound effects. The sound of nature has a universal appeal. However, nature field recordings […]

A Mission to Capture Vanishing Sound FX

2016/01/06 Filed Under: Books, Resources

Imagine you walk into work one day and discover you’ve been assigned to edit a television series based in the 1970s. The picture hasn’t arrived yet, so you spend the morning browsing your sound effect libraries. Will you have the proper police sirens, telephone sounds, or vehicle clips suitable for the period? I had been […]

Field Recording Book Round Up

2015/04/15 Filed Under: Books, Resources, Roundup

Field recording is a unique craft. It is practiced under very specific circumstances: field recording captures real sound effects beyond the controlled environment of a sound studio. That makes field recording tricky to learn. I have mentioned in the past that some schools touch upon field recording in film and recording courses (article one, article […]

Print Version of Field Recording Book Now Available!

2012/12/11 Filed Under: Books, Updates

I’m very happy to announce that a print version of Field Recording: from Research to Wrap – An Introduction to Gathering Sound Effects is now available. It’s published by my imprint, Airborne Publications, and printed by Amazon.com. It’s sold directly from their Web shops in America, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. Find it via […]