In this blog post, Thomas Rex Beverly shares his experience with a wildfire field recording session in the Davis Mountains, West Texas. On this trip he recorded a pack of wild coyotes fleeing the area as the wall of flames scorched everything in its path. Listen to the haunting coyote calls and read Beverly's tips on how to record coyotes here. … [Read more...]
A Trip to “One Square Inch” with Field Recordist Thomas Rex Beverly
In this blog post, Thomas Rex Beverly shares parts of his recordings, tips about keeping gear dry and lessons learned from his trip to Hoh Rain Forest. One of the recordings is a thirty-five minute take of the natural silence from "One Square Inch". Listen to the recordings and read the full post on Beverly's blog here. … [Read more...]
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...]
News: The Anti-Antisocial Field Recording Method by Avosound
We've all been there: You travel to a new place (e.g. Yellowstone Nat'l Park) to capture its open atmospheres and unique animals (prairie dogs and buffalo), but every time you press record you are interrupted by human activity (motorcycles!). Whether recording new places across the world or just few hours away, we're often reminded we aren't the only ones on the planet—making … [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...]
Book Release: Earth Is A Solar Powered Jukebox
"Earth Is A Solar Powered Jukebox" is the title of Gordon Hempton's newly released book on Quiet Planet. Gordon Hempton, The Sound Tracker®, covers both science and art as we learn about how sound behaves in natural habitats and how this knowledge can be skillfully applied to produce award winning field recordings and compelling sound designs. [...] Novices and experts, alike, … [Read more...]
News: The Northwest Soundscapes Project Kickstarter
With his Kickstarter ending on 2 April, Andy Martin (Senior Sound Designer at Sucker Punch) will spend the next year capturing sounds from the last great untouched North American wilderness for The Northwest Soundscapes Project. The idea for the sound library transpired while recording birds and wildlife for Sucker Punch's inFAMOUS Second Son. The more time he … [Read more...]