This is actually something I wrote up a couple of years ago when I upgraded my digital portable recorder from a Zoom H4n to a Tascam DR-680. It just touches on my experiences with both these bits of gear, mainly regarding noise performance, and also about interfacing them with an external field mixer… The Zoom … Read more Using a Sound Devices 442 with a Zoom H4n or Tascam DR-680
I plan on working on a few things where one or two Black Magic Cinema Cameras (BMCC) are to be used in the near future, so I have got hold of one of the cameras to test out audio on it. A lot of video people seem quite excited about these cameras – they are … Read more Sound to Camera – Black Magic Cinema Camera
I went and checked out the Soundbyte session at AFTRS yesterday that was presented by the ASSG (Australian Screen Sound Guild). These events are a great opportunity for audio professionals in the film and media industry to share information. Last night’s presentation was from a panel of 4 people involved with some stage of the … Read more AFTRS Soundbyte – Sound for Lifestyle and Reality TV
I’ve had to do a bit of VO (voice over) recording and editing for some games lately that will end up as apps for iPads etc. The work has got me thinking about levels again, and what is the right “standard” to use. Unfortunately there isn’t really a proper standard to adhere to as such, … Read more Mixing levels for mobile devices
There is an interesting article that I recently came back across (it was written over 5 years ago) about sensible recording levels and the use of VU style metering when recording here: http://www.massivemastering.com/blog/index_files/Proper_Audio_Recording_Levels.php The crux of it is that it is much more important to your sounds to work with your analogue gear (preamps mostly) … Read more Proper Recording Levels
I’ve had a bit of a play with ambisonics since I picked up an Oktava 4D surround microphone for toying around with. I really got the mic to do some surround atmos recordings but occasionally it lets me down as it seems to be very prone to getting condensation in the capsules which cause noise. … Read more Some Ambisonic Resources
Pro Tools 101 will be running again in Canberra starting in October in case anyone is interested. http://cit.edu.au/study/courses/music_pro_tools_101_statement_of_attainment
I’ve been using a Tascam DR680 field recorder for a while now, for location sound, recording gigs and general mucking about and field recording. It’s a handy unit with 6 mic pres and up to 8 channel recording to SD card. There are plenty of people using these units and plenty of reviews out there … Read more Tascam DR680 as combo field mixer and recorder
Here’s another resource I’ve been digging lately. Just catching up on episodes of Tonebenders podcast: http://www.tonebenders.net/ It covers sound design and field recording discussion and has some interesting guests and reviews.
Duncan from Infidel Studios put me on to some interesting reading about speakers from Australian speaker designer Ralph Waters. Some interesting reading for audio types: http://www.homeentertainment.com.au/speakers.html