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This summer I had a great time, spending vacations on an island in Croatia. Being close to the sea and having my recording gear with me, couldn’t end up different than recording it. And the (sea) food out there was absolutely delicious… Water is always very surprising sonically. Walking along the sea shore, which mostly was rocky, I found this great sound of water and air injecting between rocks, splashin

Some time ago I was out in the mountains for a weekend having great time with my family. And my mics too. Being very busy recently, supervising and designing sounds for a feature I didn’t have much free time left, but here is what I managed to record then. It was the first time when I took out my new mics – hydrophones and contact mics made by Jez Riley French. I have Aquarian H2a hydrophone which I liked

No, not Easter chicks. Over the last weekend I decided to get up early and taking the opportunity that there wasn’t traffic noise, record some new birds for my library. Cutting atmospheres I always like to be inspired and surprised by what I find in my library. And I don’t like using the same sounds over and over. Plus I think it’s not fair for films/directors. I managed to record a few different ec

Recently, having a weekend out in the mountains and scouting around with a microphone, I came across to this sound. From the distance it sounded like a quiet traffic noise, or distant train. When I moved closer to it, it came out that it was frogs mating in the pond. All the pond was full of spawn. I regretted that I didn’t take hydrophone with me, it could sound interesting from that perspective. Anyway, I wil

Recording in the New Year’s Day morning became my every year ritual. It’s the quietest day in the whole year. It could be called The Sound Recordist Day. It’s not easy to wake up early this day, but always when I go outside and hear how quiet it is, I know it will pay off. Last years I was focusing on recording atmospheres of the empty city. Yesterday I have seen large flock of pigeons on a square i

Following my previous post with the first part of sounds from vacations, here is the continuation. Arriving to new places I always enjoy complexity of acoustics. Reverberation between wooden cottages, reverb in the forest, in gorges, sound in the open air mountains top is interesting by its own. I love software reverbs, but reality is far more complex and interesting. Staying in the mountain village, few times I got

At first, sorry for long break on the blog. I had summer vacation first and after returning many things/projects needed my attention. In August, I spent two weeks in beautiful places, having recording kit with me of course. There is no better place to rest for me, than close to the nature. So we decided to go to the mountains. I learn, that being involved sound editor, every year my listening abilities evolves. I am

Recently I found out that I don’t have any good frogs sounds recorded by myself. Last time when I was in a forest nearby my home doing some mic tests (where I record throughout the year), I found out that frogs already started croaking. I planned to go there last saturday evening to record them. This was supposed to be a short trip to that spot. Fast and easy job. It is a perfect moment to record frogs, since t