Room Tone Trailer
Ah room tone – some love it, and then some think it is unnecessary. I won’t get into the debate right now and my thoughts, but I can empathise with the recordist in this amusing (but dark) trailer for “Room Tone”…
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Book Review – Beneath the Boom Pole by Patrushkha Mierzwa
Beneath the Boom Pole: The Art & Science of Boom Operating for Movies & TV is the 2nd book written by veteran production sound professional Patrushkha Mierzwa. Whereas the author’s first book focused on the role of the Sound Utility / Utility Sound Technician (UST), this recent release focuses on the more widely known Boom … Read more Book Review – Beneath the Boom Pole by Patrushkha Mierzwa
Exporting from DaVinci Resolve to Pro Tools
Andrew Macht and Jeremiah Kuehne have recently shared a PDF doc they have been working on with some instructions for how to export files from DaVinci Resolve for working on audio post in Pro Tools. The key AAF export stuff is on pages 14-16. Access the PDF via the link below.
Wireless Antenna Positioning
Positioning of antennae for wireless audio systems can make a huge difference to the outcomes when using wireless microphones and similar systems. This includes spacing of diversity antennae as well as some other best practices around polarisation and some other factors. Shure have some great information about this on their website at: https://www.shure.com/en-US/performance-production/louder/all-about-wireless-antenna-positioning-best-practices
Mass Files
Last month I contributed to a project by a visual artist working in Zurich called Veronika Spierenburg. Spierenburg engaged sound recordists to undertake field recording in cities that were currently under various stages of “lockdown” due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From Veronika’s briefing: Now, cities breathe for themselves. City pitches are reset; an extraordinary crisis … Read more Mass Files
Field Recording Technical Introduction Course
I recently produced a series of simple short videos of me discussing various field recording techniques. I haven’t put them online yet, but I plan to do so in the near future (although I’m not planning on making them freely available to the public). My videos are aimed at people who have some basic existing … Read more Field Recording Technical Introduction Course
Hydrophone Shoot-out
Last month I attended the Australian Wildlife Sound Recording Group’s Workshop which was held near Smiths Lake in NSW, Australia. It was a great week of sharing knowledge and experiences. A couple of the sessions that we did focused on hydrophones, and I was fortunate enough to be allowed to borrow a few different hydrophones … Read more Hydrophone Shoot-out
More on Loudness Standards
I have blogged about loudness for the web and mobile devices before (Mixing Levels for Mobile Devices and Online Music Loudness), and things are slowly starting to become a bit more standardised. The AES Technical Council released a recommendation paper late last year which is fairly in line with stuff I have previously included in my blog, … Read more More on Loudness Standards
Frogs of Meroo National Park
I got a little time to go out for some field recording the other weekend around the Burrill Lake area (just south of Ulladulla) on the south coast of NSW, where I found a great sounding patch of frogs in the Meroo National Park. I stumbled across them almost by luck during the afternoon, and … Read more Frogs of Meroo National Park
Plug-in Vector Matrix
Someone recently posted a link to a guest contribution by Charles Maynes on the Designing Sound website from a few years ago where he shows a simple but effective way of setting up a plug-in vector matrix in Pro Tools HD using a surround bus. Check it out at: http://designingsound.org/2013/01/a-plug-in-vector-matrix/