I’ve had the Sony PCM A10 handheld recorder for a little over a year and I even got a second one before my recent trip to Borneo. Does this make it an excellent device, worth spending your money on? Probably not, but read on to find out what it excels at.
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Sony PCM D10 handheld recorder
Sony PCM D10 long term review
I’ve had the Sony PCM D10 handheld recorder for a little over a year. I initially thought this was the long-awaited D100 replacement with additional features like XLR input and USB-C connectivity. This wasn’t really the case, but is it still worth getting?
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Interview for Creative Field Recording
I was recently intereviewed by Paul Virostek for Creative Field Recording. We talked about gear selection for long distance expeditions, focusing when there’s too much to record, dealing with harsh conditions in remote locations, general fieldcraft and even photography.
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Sound Devices Mixpre II review
In late 2019 Sound Devices released the second generation Mixpre recorders and I was one of the first recordists to test one. Are the new Mixpres worth buying? Here's my review of these devices after having used the Mixpre 6 II and 10 II on a couple of field recording expeditions.
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Sound recording in Borneo - expedition report
People generally spend the holidays visiting family, buying presents, taking a break from work and maybe going on a relaxing vacation. This is what passed through my mind as I was speeding up a hill deep in the Bornean rainforest with a hungry Orangutan chasing our small group.
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Free sound effects - Mindful Audio freebies 2019
Get two hours of free high quality nature and wildlife sound effects from remote parts of the world. These are only available for a limited time and cannot be found anywhere else.
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Sound recording in the Amazon rainforest - expedition report
Sweat bees, spiders, snakes, heat, humidity. These are not the things I travelled halfway around the world for, but nonetheless encountered on my trip to Eastern Peru earlier this year. I also found exquisite soundscapes, beautiful wildlife and sadly logging and cattle ranching. Read on to find out more about my adventures in the Amazon rainforest.
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Elephants at Langoue Bai
Sound recording expedition to the Congo rainforest
It’s November 2018 and I’m in Libreville, Gabon’s capital, joined by my good friend and fellow sound recordist Stijn Demeulenaere. Over the following month we will travel over two thousand miles, hike in the rainforest, be charged at by gorillas, swarmed on by bees and other insects, cross rivers on logs and most importantly, we will record so much natural soundscapes that it will take us months or years to go through it all.
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