How to Enhance Field Recordings with Story and Passion – Interview with Rob...
I’ve written in these pages that field recordings have great power to become more than simple data files. A thoughtful recordist can add personality, emotion, and meaning to the sound effects they...
View ArticleHow to Build an Irresistible Sound Library To Evade Competition
I remember precisely the moment when I began to think of field recording differently. I began to see sound effects as more than data files produced by metal and plastic in France, December 2002. At...
View ArticleCreating an Experience with Sound Effects – Interview with Frank Bry
How can you record great sound effects? Field recording well requires using gear properly, having a solid recording sensibility, and knowledge of acoustics and signal flow. However, as a listener,...
View ArticleFive Reasons Why A Sound Effect’s Name is Vital
A sound effect has a long lifespan. Its childhood begins with scouting. Its teen-aged years are when it is recorded. The college years are when its direction is shaped with mastering. The longest part...
View Article15 Tips for Naming Sound Effects
When you decide to share your library, your sound effects begin to exist outside of your control. They float around on networks and hard drives for other people to experience, and interpret. I enjoy...
View ArticleNew Airborne Website and Free Sound Effects
Those of you who follow my other blog on the Airborne Sound website already know some exciting news: I’ve relaunched the sound effects store there. To celebrate, I’m offering over 3 GB of free pro...
View ArticleSound Effects Article Roundup #4
Here are a handful of sound effects articles, websites, tutorials, field recordings, and free sound fx from the last while that I found interesting. Articles & Blog Posts A bit burnt out working in...
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Field Report: Honda Indy 2013 – Putting Analysis & Articulation to Work
Creative Field Recording Yesterday I shared some ideas on how to grow into recording complex sound effects. The idea was a three step process: Analyze. Articulate. Record. Today I’ll describe how I...
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Field Recording Lecture & The Impact of Your Ideas
Creative Field Recording I was recently involved with an exciting project: lecturing about field recording for Edinburgh Napier University. I worked with Napier’s Dr. Iain McGregor to talk about...
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Sound Effects Article Roundup #5
Creative Field Recording I finally polished off two major field recording gigs last week. After decompressing for a bit, I dove into my long list of sound articles gathered from Tweets, and various...
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