If you follow me on Bluesky or Instagram, you might’ve seen me post stories or videos on some random sound design things I’m working on. Recently, I began gathering these videos on a more permanent home, my Youtube channel. I’ve…
Every year, the same thing happens. On a Thursday, I’m at the studio. I’m being productive, of course… definitely not playing ping pong… when I hear a loud roar shake the entire building. After a few seconds of confusion, it…
I have two primary purposes for recording sound effects: I think most of the time I’m recording… it’s that first option. I either have an idea for a library or one in progress, and I‘m recording with a very clear…
Do you, like I used to, have a folder “template” that has a subfolder structure that you copy/paste/rename for each field recording session? Well, without rambling more than I already do in the video below, I wrote a simple tool…
Over the years I’ve found one of the easiest ways to motivate me into giving 110% on an idea, is telling me my idea won’t work. It’s not that it makes me mad. It (usually) doesn’t. I think it comes…
The urban environment presents unique challenges to field recording. Read how I've learned to embrace and adapt to recording subjects in cities full of unwanted noise.
It’s been a while! I haven’t been terribly active online in the audio world for a while now. Partially from a desire to unplug, but largely because audio work has kept me very busy lately! Since my last post (June…
A long time ago I ran into a situation in a session at my work where I needed to dial a code on a phone patch, but couldn’t easily enter the code. I was connected to a phone conference via…
Around a month ago I quite literally woke up and realized I wasn’t happy, as cheesy as that sounds. That was about as hard to type as it was to say out loud to myself or anyone else. I’m sure…
My grandparents kept just about everything. They kept pictures. They kept trinkets. They kept coffee cups, little figurines, and toys. They kept important things and seemingly meaningless things… They kept memories. It’s not something I appreciated anytime I went over…
I’ve been doing a lot of flying lately for a sound effects library I’m working on. It’s been a nice change of pace; Using my library sales to fund these trips, rather than spending it on gear and props. However,…
I went to my first Nascar race last weekend. It was LOUD! People had warned me about this, but I don’t think I quite understood it until I was there.