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  • New Recorders: Olympus LS-100 and Tascam DR-100mkII

    New Recorders: Olympus LS-100 and Tascam DR-100mkII

    Olympus and Tascam have announced new and interesting additions to their catalog of portable recorders. Here are the official specs Olympus LS-100 24 Bit/ 96 KHZ Linear PCM Recording 90-degree directional, stereo condenser microphones Frequency range of 20 Hz to…

  • Workshop with Chris Watson & JrF

    Wild Eye will be conducting a field recording workshop with Chris Watson and Jez riley French in December this year and September and November next year at the  Norfolk, UK. This two-day course aims to teach you the skills necessary…

  • Sounds of the London Wetland Centre

    Sounds of the London Wetland Centre

    It’s good to hear news about Chris Watson’s new sound installation which is about recreating the sounds of the London Wetland Centre (recorded through hydrophones under water) in a three dimensional listening space. It’s definitely something to look out for…

  • New Tascam DR-40 4-Channel Recorder

    New Tascam DR-40 4-Channel Recorder

    Tascam has released the new DR-40, a portable recorder with two built-in mics and two xlr/trs ins for external microphones, plus tons of interesting features and flexible battery options. Also features the lowest price in this range of recorders: $199.…

  • Roland R-26, New 6-Channel Portable Recorder

    Roland R-26, New 6-Channel Portable Recorder

    Roland has announced the R-26, a new portable recorder that features four buil-in mics (two directional in XY and two omnis at sides) and also two XLR/TRS (with phantom power of +48V) and one stereo 1/8″ (with plugin power) connections. This unit…

  • The Field Reporter, Blog Focused on Reviews of Field Recording Based Music and Sound Works

    The Field Reporter, Blog Focused on Reviews of Field Recording Based Music and Sound Works

    The Field Reporter is a blog intended to publish exclusive reviews of works that involve the use of field recordings (raw or processed)  in their creative process; the reviews are written by artists, curators and label managers that are closely engaged with this…