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Sound 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...
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4 Tips to Help Break Into Pro Sound
For most sound pros, finding work is a regular challenge. It’s easier if you become the first option for a handful of production managers or sound supervisors. Perhaps you find steady work at a...
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Bringing Sound Effects to Your Community – Interview with Shaun Farley
A sound effect may last minutes, or mere seconds. Its life has a longer arc, however. It begins with research, and then, after many hours and countless steps, ends by sharing it with listeners and...
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Why Slating Sound Effects is Vital – The Basics, and Beyond
I recorded the Honda Indy a few weeks ago. There was a lot of downtime between races. As I stood waiting in the blistering summer sun, I found myself thinking about how important slating is to field...
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A Sound Effects Slating Checklist
Slating. It’s a small step during field recording. It lasts no longer than twenty seconds. It simply lists what you’re about to record, and how. That seems basic, doesn’t it? However, slating plays an...
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5 Tools To Help You Slate Sound Effects
Over the past two weeks I’ve been writing about slating field recordings. The first week I explained how to slate, and some ideas why it’s done. Last week I shared a checklist for slating sound...
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Helping Field Recordists Share Libraries – Q & A with Asbjoern Andersen of A...
Much of the appeal of field recording comes from how the craft changes. One day you’ll be crawling under a car lashing microphones to its chassis. The next you may be wrangling puppies to record dog...
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Field Recording Lecture & The Impact of Your Ideas
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 capturing sound effects beyond...
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Field Recording Community List
In a recent blog post, I described my experience lecturing for Edinburgh Napier University. At the end of the post I shared a thought I had: field recording strengthens when recordists exchange ideas....
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How to Record Gun Sound Effects – A List of Resources
I remember firing my first gun. It was a fully-automatic AK–47. I was in the desert east of San Diego recording weapons for an HBO show called Generation Kill. The gun was owned by an elite soldier...
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