• Creative Challenge II: Brainstorming

    Welcome to the second installment of “The Creative Challenge,” a series on overcoming creative roadblocks. The Problem Brainstorming is a very popular way of coming up with a new idea. However, I’ve realized that participants are often too critical of thoughts and ideas too early…

  • The Making of Chuck Russom FX Dogs Library

    The Making of Chuck Russom FX Dogs Library

    Sound designer and recordist Chuck Russom is releasing a new sound effects library today, packed with 158 sounds recorded from 14 different dogs. We invited him to do an exclusive article about the making of the library and how he recorded the dogs. The Making…

  • Field Recording Resources, Selected by The Wire

    The Wire has published a very cool selection of resources for field recording, including fantastic books and online resources. They’re also announcing an interesting event: The Spanish sound artist Francisco Lopez has talked about the potential of field recordings to produce “acousmatic broadband sound environments of…

  • iZotope Announces RX 2

    iZotope has announced the release of the second version of its audio repair suite, RX, introducing amazing new features and improvements that demonstrate why is one of the best software solutions for noise reduction tasks today. New Features in RX Standard New Denoiser Algorithms – New…

  • The Misadventures of Charles Maynes

    Remember yesterday’s post? We have more cool accident stories today! Our friend Chuck Russom has invited Charles Maynes to write a post on his blog, where he recounts several misadventures and injuries from recording different kinds of sounds. He ends giving very good advice. “First…