Earther.com recently published an article on how Acoustic Ecologist Gordon Hempton recreated the Sounds from the writings of naturalist and environmental philosopher John Muir. You can read the full story and listen to the sounds here. … [Read more...]
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In the Field with Gordon Hempton
I’ve heard some really great things in the past about the Wild Eyes recording workshop. Our own Luca Fusi did a write up about his experience. We’ve also recently heard about other similar workshops in South Africa and Australia. While it’s great to see the availability of these, my schedule is so unpredictable that it’s hard to commit to attending one. I started this year … [Read more...]
Recording Life and Nature: an interview with Gordon Hempton
With more than 30 years of professional activity, Gordon Hempton has dedicated most of his life to listen and record the sounds of nature, an endangered soundscape that he has sworn to protect as a recordist and an activist. Part of his life work has been made available for the rest of the sound community since 2012 trough the now very popular Quiet Planet sound libraries. … [Read more...]
Gordon Hempton on Designing Rain and Thunderstorms
Gordon has followed up his last post on rain and thunder with a look at how to make use of those recordings. All around us we witness the transformative power of weather. Storm-lashed seas shape coastlines. Winds blow sands into dunes. Rivers carve out valleys and canyons. When the weather changes, we notice. Should we hear a single raindrop, we instinctively listen for … [Read more...]
Gordon Hempton – Recording Rain and Thunder…plus a bonus
Gordon Hempton has a new post up on his blog about recording rain and thunder that is well worth checking out: Winds may be among the most difficult nature sounds to record, but Thunder & Rain are surely among the most risky. A microphone amid a thunderstorm is for all practical purposes a lightning rod. Here, I will draw upon three decades of experience recording in one … [Read more...]
Tips on Recording and Using Wind from Gordon Hempton
If you haven't heard of Gordon Hempton before...aka The Soundtracker, documentary subject, author of One Square Inch of Silence, field recordist...we'll be remedying that this week. We'll be posting an interview with the man himself later this week. For now, why not check out some of his thoughts on recording wind and decoding its characteristics based on the time of day and … [Read more...]
Into the Wild: A Postmortem on a Wildlife Recording Trip with Jason Wolford
Jason Wolford, Senior Audio Designer and recording enthusiast, recently participated in the Introduction to Wildlife Sound Recording program hosted by the Wildeye International School of Wildlife Film-making. This incredible opportunity takes individuals that are interested in the sound recording of wildlife and environments and transports them to a remote location where they … [Read more...]