Digital technology has been a help for many types of creative work, including field recording — but it also brings new challenges, as the computer technology involved intrudes more and more into your workflow. An audio recorder is a computer, with its own operating system and user interface; and though we might try to ignore that fact, sooner or later we will be faced with menus asking about compression modes, bit depths, and so on.
This set of articles is going to try to de-mystify the technical aspects of field recording, so that non-technical people can get past the nuts and bolts to concentrate on what matters — the art and craft of field recording.
The main content here is a series of video tutorials on field recording. These are pitched at a beginner level, and focusing on the technical aspects in particular. So here is the course itself:
The Field Ramblings page has a set of slightly haphazard articles on various topics related to field recording. These don't really fit into the video course, but might be useful to some folks. The main topics are:
The Gear Musings page collects together a few bits I've written about various pieces of equipment I've used. Don't expect any comprehensive reviews here, but there might be some snippets of information that could be useful. The main subjects are:
In case anyone's curious about how this happened...
