At the lower end of the price spectrum, field recording equipment will yield relatively similar results. A few dB of self noise won’t make a huge difference if the recordist hasn’t mastered the other tools of the trade, the ones that can’t be bought. Let’s examine some lesser known but rather more important tools that are sure to improve your field recording practice.
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Introduction to Freestyle field recording
Freestyle field recording is a flexible approach to recording nature and wildlife sounds outside of the studio or any controlled environment, developed by George Vlad. While traditional methods are prescriptive and rigid, Freestyle field recording encourages deliberate experimentation and a very organic workflow.
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Presenting at the House of Lords - Cholmondeley Room
Listening session at the House of Lords in Westminster
I recently received an invitation to play some of my soundscapes and to tell stories about conservation. While there’s nothing unusual about that, the setting was definitely novel for me.
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Pearl-spotted owlet - Glaucidium perlatum in the African bush
A collection of Owl sounds
Owls are awesome and worth learning about. What better place to start than a curated selection of owl recordings, captured by your favourite wildlife sound recordist!
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The 2025 Soundscape Fund
How can field recording make a difference for conservation and environmental causes? I get this question a lot, and one of the answers is here. Once a year I team up with Thomas Rex Beverly and Andy Martin to raise money for environmental NGOs.
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GV x Google for Sound Matters
Over the past year I had the immense pleasure of working with Google again on Phase 2 of the Sound Matters project. I am finally back in the studio and I can talk a little bit about our work.
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Defining and redefining terms in field recording
Field recording isn’t a very new discipline but it’s not been around for as long as photography or other arts. Consequently there is still a lot of room for innovation and creativity, and a lot of common concepts can be very vaguely defined. Let’s take a look at some of these.
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Enjoy the long read!
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