A few people have asked me what contact mic I use – mine is a Trance Inducer and they custom built it with a longer cable between the preamp & the mic for me. To explain briefly – a ‘normal’…
The Four Legged choir
Last week I did an interview with Kirsten Johnstone from Radio New Zealand National for the show Musical Chairs – I have to confess I prefer being on the other end of a microphone but it was fun & I…
Ambience – Neils Beach
I love recording ambiences in nature & living in New Zealand there is really no excuse not to spend quality time seeing & hearing the diverse environment we live in. Unlike many countries, no matter where you are in New…
Ambient swimming pool
Next on the ambience recording list was an environment with large pipes (when you see the film you will see why) & a few emails later we were off to Kilbirnie Pool First stop was the subterraneum filtration room pictured…
Violence with DPA mics
Theres an ‘interesting’ article about foley supervisor Alex Jospeh’s work recording violence sounds for Hannibal Rising using DPA microphones. The full article is available on the DPA site
I.D. the sound #002
One for the locals this time – a distinctly New Zealand sound: download
I.D. the sound #001 – solution
Ok, maybe it was too hard… promise the next one will be easier! people were close when they said sticky tape but it was in fact: packing tape! Not sticky packing tape, but the textured plastic kind people use to…
backup
In this digital world you are only as good as your data & the difference between backup & archive slowly becomes crucial…. but if only we got paid by the file! I went to do a backup using Folder Syncronizer…