To some degree, the craft of field recording has become easier in the past decade. Technology has become so refined that recording any sound with reasonably good quality is a simple matter of flicking a switch and pressing a button. Is your cat groaning strangely? Hear a thunderstorm approaching? Both can be captured with very […]
Continue Reading Field recording is often thought only as audio itself. It can be more, though. Many field recordists add context to the sound they capture to bring more meaning to just the audio alone. One elegant example is the World Sounds website. The home to field recordist Colin Hunter’s international soundscapes, World Sounds pairs pristine field […]
Continue Reading Flight times and making connections. Baggage allowance. Security check. Jet lag. There are enough hassles with travel itself. Compound that by adding audio recorders, microphones, memory cards, and powering strategies, and it would be understandable for any field recordist to want to keep things simple while capturing world sounds and field recording. Pablo Valverde has […]
Continue Reading I first learned about field recordist Stéphane Fufa Dufour through his Sound Explorer blog. Stéphane has been a relentless traveller. In the last two years alone he has recorded sound effects in 25 countries, carrying an impressive selection of gear. I was curious how using a comprehensive kit on such a long journey affected what […]
Continue Reading Last year I travelled through Thailand, Bali, The Philippines, and Taiwan. My goal? To track down and record sounds unique to the people and places there. While that was been my most recent trip, I’ve actually been across North America, Europe, and Asia off and on over the last 20 years, recording as I go. […]
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