The Royal School of Arts in Gent, Belgium, is holding six full days of listening technique and research this February and March. Elias Vervecken (sound recordist and foley artist) and Els Viaene (sound artist and field recordist) will each lead a three day workshop on listening, focusing on different relationships to the environment. Starting from the point of silence, Elias … [Read more...]
As Bobby Darin said, “If I Could Talk to the Animals…”
Might want to be careful if you're going to try recording this critter! We use animal sounds all the time in sound design. Whether it be the twenty some-odd creatures that went into the sound of the Velociraptor in Jurassic Park, or the Elephant bray used in the destruction of the Titanic, they seem to find their way into every situation...sooner or later. This month, we've … [Read more...]
Echo Collective: Fields – Pro Hockey Ambiences
Guest Contribution by René Coronado I’m very proud to announce the launch of the new sister site to echo | collective - echo | collective: fields! The fields project will take me out of the comfortable confines of the studio and have me in the real world gathering ambiences and other sounds in high res surround. We launched with three libraries: pro hockey … [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...]
Short Film On Sound Recording
This great short film on sound and the experiences of a sound designer Justin Boyd comes via the Audible Worlds forum. There is fantastic attention to detail here in terms of both the recordings and the process. The film also demonstrates the very personal relationship that we all have to the sound environment, and the individual ways in which sound designers and recordists … [Read more...]
What Is ‘The Most Beautiful Sound In The World’?
BeautifulNow and The Sound Agency are accepting entries for the 'The Most Beautiful Sound in the World'. Anything that encourages people to stop and think about the ecology of sound is a good thing in my book, which is one of the particular appeals of this competition. Simply record your sound, photograph it, and explain why you think it's the most beautiful sound in the … [Read more...]
Kinokophone – Art & Field Recording
Kinokophone is an art collective with sound at it's heart, producing interesting and unique sound installations and listening experiences. Both Amanda Belantara and Jon Tipler were kind enough to spare some time to talk about their work currently taking place on both sides of the Atlantic. … [Read more...]