Tim Duck Profiles Resource Management have written up a great article/post about the work they did in managing the wireless (RF) spectrum for the massive Fire Fight Concert for National Bushfire Relief at ANZ Stadium in Sydney in 2020. The article gives some good insight into the challenges of dealing with many wireless channels in a high … Read more Wireless Spectrum Management for Fire Fight 2020 Concert
Simon Hayes has written a fantastic article for the Production Sound and Video Journal from IATSE 695 about the challenges of the modern film/drama production sound team, including the use of multiple cameras and expectations around wireless equipment etc. It is an excellent read for anyone involved with sound or producing for drama films and … Read more The Modern Production Sound Team
I few months ago I had the pleasure of presenting the inaugural Australian Wildlife Sound Recording Group online seminar. I presented about the use of wildlife sound in screen media, and the recording of the Zoom meeting is on YouTube now. Please note that audio quality on Zoom recordings is mono and a bit limited … Read more Wildlife Sound in Screen Media
I love Steve Albini’s approach to teaching sound subjects, and here is a good video from his Electrical Audio YouTube channel explaining tom drum tuning approaches.
Essa Hansen, a Sound Designer at Skywalker Sound, has written an article discussing what she has learnt about writing from her sound design work, referencing Walter Murch’s ideas about embodied sound and encoded sound. It is worth a read if you are interested in either sound design or creative writing, and you can read the … Read more Writing and Sound Design
SAE have developed a computer based simulation for an Audient ASP4816 mixer which looks like it could be a useful tool for teaching people signal flow for audio mixers. Check out details at:
Yuri Suzuki, The Design Museum and Roland have created the 808303.studio, which is a free online music creation tool based on the TR-808 drum machine and TB-303 bass synthesiser. It’s a fun way to spend some time creating some beats: https://808303.studio/
Sound on Sound Magazine has posted up an article that includes some great info and images about the history of recording orchestras. Check out the great first image! https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/recording-orchestra
I’ve been a member of the Australian Wildlife Sound Recording Group (AWSRG) since early 2019 and as part of the group’s way of adapting to the current COVID times the AWSRG will be presenting some monthly seminars over Zoom. I have the honour of presenting the first one on 20 October which will be about … Read more AWSRG Online Seminar
Back in March I made a series of videos that discuss different approaches and techniques to field recording. The videos tie in with a sound design task that uses these sounds, but the sound design specific videos are for my students at Canberra Institute of Technology only. The field recording videos are aimed at people … Read more Intro to Field Recording Techniques Videos