Wow, August just flew! Here is the final post of the Rob Nokes special, with the answers to the questions made by the readers during this month. Hope you enjoyed this month, and get ready for September! :D Designing Sound Reader: How well do you take care of your microphones? Do you leave them out in the studio overnight or do you put them away the minute the recording … [Read more...]
Rob Nokes Special: The Work at SoundDogs.com
Here is an interview that Rob Nokes had some time ago, where he talks about the work on his sound effects company. Let's read: Question: What is the quality control for sounds available for the users and customers? Answer: A Sounddogs.com librarian will review the recordings and master them before they are imported in the web site for users to purchase and download. The … [Read more...]
Rob Nokes Special: Recording Water Sounds for "The Guardian"
The SFX recording challenge on The Guardian was that the action sequences took place below and above water. My goal was to deliver a SFX library that was thick, rich and accurate. We were able to create a fantastic water sound library thanks to the work by Alex Daniels, the stunt coordinator on the film. … [Read more...]
Rob Nokes Special: Guide to Recording Dogs
Untrained dogs can be very hard to record. Unlike trained dogs, they don’t know commands and are usually scared or uneasy when put in a different environment. Also, their reactions are hard to predict and most likely they will not perform as you want them to when the time for recording comes. In order to minimize these problems there are some things you can try doing: First of … [Read more...]
Rob Nokes Special: Recording in Vietnam
"We travelled to Vietnam to record for the Korean film “Nim-eun-meon-go-sae” a.k.a. "Sunny", a movie about a band who gets caught in the troubles of the war, you can learn more about it here. Vietnam seemed like a field recordist’s dreamland: cities lost in time, lots of nature and a slow paced lifestyle that would have interesting and unique sounds. Well, we did find those … [Read more...]
Rob Nokes Special: Guide to Recording Cars
Back in the day when I first started recording cars, we were using small DAT machines, the Sony TCD7 and back in those days DAT machines were very expensive, so we had maybe 2 DAT machines. We had to record sounds for this movie called The Chase, and it was all a car chase movie. So Greg and I set out to figure out how we could make big hollywood sounding cars and between the 2 … [Read more...]
Rob Nokes Special: Favorite Microphones and Recorders
The Deva-5 is the best type of recorder to use wherever possible, the recording quality and technical specifications are very good, however, when recording something that may be dangerous or difficult to get to it’s better to use a Zoom H4 handheld recorder. I also use a Korg MR-100 recorder. The Mics I like to work with are three Neumann 190i’s and two Neumann 191 is which I … [Read more...]