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Gordon Hempton on Designing Rain and Thunderstorms

December 9, 2013 by Shaun Farley

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

November 25, 2013 by Shaun Farley

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...]

Frank Bry on Rain Recording, North Country Rain HD Library Available

August 10, 2011 by Miguel Isaza

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/27519835[/vimeo] The Recordist has released North Country Rain HD, a new sfx library loaded with rain sounds recorded by Frank Bry over the last 5 years. This new collection contains 38 24-bit/96khz incredible rain sound effects from North Idaho. Recorded on the ranch and other locations including farms, forests, concrete floors, pavement, fields of … [Read more...]

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