Recordings of Grey Seal pups in the dunes by Horsey beach, Norfolk, UK – December 2012. These seals are about 3 to 5 weeks old; 3 weeks after they are born, their mother leaves them and they crawl from the beach into the dunes to shelter against the wind whilst they wait to shed their […]
In early September 2012, me and two other sound recordists/game audio folk (Andy Riley & Augie Restivo) went to visit a friend of mine who had recently installed a bee hive into his garden. We were armed to the teeth; our total gear list consisted of 10 microphones and 4 recorders. We all felt slightly […]
Sounds recorded in various locations in Bolivia: the Amazon, the Amazonian wetlands and the barren mountain lakes near the Uyuni salt planes. You can either just have listen to the playlist below, or read on for a little more detail and context.
In this post, I want to show a little sound design demo I have done utilising material from the awesome new Boom Library release, Creatures. I was a beta tester for this library. As the name of the library suggests, it’s intended to create Creature vox with, and that’s exactly what I’ve done. The purpose […]
Old, large and small engines and pumps, and multiple tesla coils in various shapes and sizes… all in one day! Overload of good stuff to record… Have a listen here.
Today, I made a little trip to the beach. Earlier in the morning I had received two hydrophones in the post that I ordered from Jez riley French, and I was eager to try them out. I’ve never owned or used hydrophones before, so this was all purely an experiment. I pretty much plugged the […]