Lately I've been hard at work in the studio, doing game audio and getting through the seemingly endless backlog of recordings. I've also been planning not one but five different trips over the next five months. Needless to say I'm stoked and I can't wait to share more about this.

I've also recently released a couple of vehicle libraries, Cargo Trucks and Junk Cars. I plan more recording sessions and I will update these two collections later this year. If you haven't checked them, make sure you do. They're quite unlike all the other vehicle libraries out there.

As a consequence of my presence on Facebook, Twitter and Reddit in field recording-related discussions, I'm getting more and more questions regarding gear. This determined me to add a gear page to the website, complete with photos and short comments. Photographing the equipment took the better part of one day, and writing the content took another half day. I really like how it came out and I welcome any questions and/or critique. Check it out!

For my next library I'm going through recordings I made last year in the Carpathian Mountains. Yes, it's another surround ambience library, with a twist though. I won't say more for now, but I'm working hard to get it done by sometime next week. Until then I can share some of the gems I've discovered in the recordings from my two trips to Romania last year:

Field recording tools of the trade

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.