How I Record Sound in Urban Environments
The urban environment presents unique challenges to field recording. Read how I've learned to embrace and adapt to recording subjects in cities full of unwanted noise.
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Nascar! LOUD!
I went to my first Nascar race last weekend. It was LOUD! People had warned me about this, but I don’t think I quite understood it until I was there.
Irish Coasts and Waterfalls
I just got back from a nice week long trip to Ireland. It was definitely a personal vacation, and while I didn’t intend to record much, I always had my PCM D100 along for the ride. I’m glad I did!
The Sounds of Chicago When the Cubs Win the World Series
I don’t have to much to say about this post other than it’s a very special time in Chicago right now. After 108 years, the Cubs are now world champions once again. After the top of the 10th, I set…
Lifting Michigan Avenue
One of the things Chicago is known for is it’s some what infamous river. The Chicago river (as beautiful as it is today) was once so sludged full of sewage and other waste that rats could run across the build-up on the…
Creating a Sound Effects Library – Lessons Learned
I’ve been running Collected Transients for almost a year now (wow!), and feel like it’s a good time to take a look back at my experiences in launching and running an independent SFX library so far. I’m going to try…
Grandpa’s Klaxon Horn
Every now and then when I visit my home town my Grandpa has some ideas of what might be fun to record. This weekend I went back and found out he had an old manual Klaxon horn in his basement.…
The Weirdos with Microphones
If you’re reading this post, chances are you’ve done some field recording. If you’ve done a lot of field recording, chances are you’ve had a few run ins with police, security, and the general public where they thought you were…
Lake Michigan Waves – Illinois Beach State Park
The weather was beyond perfect yesterday, so my girlfriend and I decided to make a trip up to Illinois Beach State Park for the day. It was our first time there, and we didn’t realize how huge it was. 4,160…
Collected Transients Launch – Sound Effects Libraries
I love recording things. Small things. Big things. Loud things. Quiet things. Close things. Distant things. ALL of the things. I love recording things so much that I’ve decided to share them with the world! Today, I officially launched Collected…