When the Client Wants “Light” Sound Design
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…
How I Record Sound in Urban Environments
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.
The ol’ “It’s been a while!”
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…
I Built a Very Specific VST3 Plugin and Forgot About It – Now You Can Have It!
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…
When Passion Becomes Destructive
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…
Schoenhut Toy Piano
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…
Flying Solo With Recording Gear – Mistakes and Successes
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,…
Nascar! LOUD!
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.
Building an Acoustic Diffuser
I’ve been slowly building up my home studio over the years. I’ve purchased speakers, monitors, televisions, computer parts, keyboards, interfaces… all that fun stuff. However when it comes to some things, I look at the price and just get angry.
Recording Red Hot Ball Bearings (Without Burning Down Your House)
How in the world did Thermal Flux come to be? Good question. Sometimes identifying the origin of a library is difficult for me to narrow down to specifics. For Thermal Flux, I can narrow it down to one video: I…
Irish Coasts and Waterfalls
I just got back from a nice week long trip to Ireland. It was definitely a personal vacation, and while I didn’t intend to record much, I always had my PCM D100 along for the ride. I’m glad I did!
The Sounds of Chicago When the Cubs Win the World Series
I don’t have to much to say about this post other than it’s a very special time in Chicago right now. After 108 years, the Cubs are now world champions once again. After the top of the 10th, I set…