Technology
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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…
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Alan Burbidge – The Sound Collector
Great video about the work of wildlife sound recordist Alan Burbidge. Although many of us think we rely mostly on our eyes to identify birds (and my mystery birds series seems to support that notion), I’ve often been told that…
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Recording Ultimate Foliage
Frank Bry has published a very nice post about the recording process of his newly released sfx library called Ultimate Foliage. I’ve been asked a few times, “You’re recording leaves? Why?” My short answer was because they are there. The…
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Make a Mic from Baking Soda & Cream of Tartar
Colin Cunningham at MakeZine has posted this great video on literally cooking up a contact microphone (rochelle salt crystals) from baking soda and cream of tartar. Piezoelectric materials are about as close to magic as you can get. They turn…
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Tim Nielsen’s Microphone Collection
Sound designer and recordist Tim Nielsen has written a great article for Designing Sound, talking about his addiction to microphones and sharing his thoughts about the following setups he uses: Schoeps MS Rig: CMC6XT Bodies with MK41 Mid and MK8…
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Alan Lamb Interview
Chris Watson interviews Alan Lamb for The Wire, BBC Radio 4. Download The Music of the Wires: wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson is captivated by the extraordinary sounds of the wind and the weather as they play on vast lengths…