Canon 5D3 + EF100L macro lens      

Close-up of the edge of a 35mm film print. Every last bit of space is used for audio data: Left: Sony Dynamic Digital Sound (SDDS) Between sprocket holes: Dolby Digital Waveform pairs on the right: Analog optical sound Right dashed…

Using these EMF sensors: LOM Elektrosluch 3+ SOMA Ether LOM Priezor Much thanks to Benny for loaning me the Priezor I’m in the process of DIY building a pair of Priezors, thanks to LOM making their projects open source. Details…

I joined the waitlist 29th August 2021… Pre-ordered 17th March 2022, arrived today 8th July 2022. I know what I’m doing this weekend!! Someone asked me to make a demo of the Alesis Bitrman in use, so for a first…

kanpai! Urbanaut Kingsland Pils      

The screenshot is from a local website for connecting building contractors with available work. Quietly ignore = ghosting a work contact? A mis-translation?      

Much thanks to Benny!      

New HISSandaROAR Library is now released: SD053 WATER MODULATIONS A multitrack library exploring water, above & below surface (13.83GB as 659 x 24bit 96kHz WAV Files)    

First two Tamarillos are ripe, weirdly these two were outside. All the others are in my greenhouse and are still quite firm… Lots of good recipes here First I’ll try tamarillo crumble, then tamarillo muffins… and then maybe make chutney!…

SOMA Ether versus LOM Elektrosluch 3+

Ether just arrived so I am comparing it with the Elektrosluch 3+ (Ether feels like it has some heavy AGC?) I usually miss out with LOMs lack of a wait-list, but lucked in when they randomly had a pair of…

repost from 2012: “I stumbled across this recording in my library today & realised I hadn’t heard it in years – the creation date of the file is 4 October 1998, although that would be when I transferred the DAT…

A friend who lives up North won this at auction, and asked me to pick it up as the seller did not want to ship it… He described it as an underwater housing for his Bolex 16mm camera, so I…

This storm that has been relentless for a week now (with gale force winds, torrential rain & huge surf) has almost passed, so I went for a drive at lunchtime to survey the damage… which had mostly been cleaned up…

  it’s all relative…      

    ▶ Alarm Will Sound – Blue Calx – Aphex Twin (arr. C. Burhans)     ARVO PÄRT Sarah Was Ninety Years Old from JeroSJu on Vimeo. ▶ ARVO PÄRT – Sarah Was Ninety Years Old   slight speed…

I’ve been hunting for an article I read many years ago about sound for Malicks THIN RED LINE.. And I finally found it, but only thanks to the Wayback Machine! MixMag: The Delicacy of War And an excellent article on…

Very fiddly to get alignment right… Too much velocity or wrong position & the gong starts swaying & missing beats… Bit of gaffer tape on the beater to soften attack too…