How to upgrade a Handheld Recorder for Sound Quality? (Zoom or other)
Intro [07/18/2017]Update on this article: new gears have been released since the writing of this article, like the zoom f4 and f8, and also the Sound Devices Mix-pre3 and Mix-pre 6; these provides nice sounding …
Ambisonics
Full-sphere immersion Ambisonics is the technique of sound transmission (capture and reproduction) in full sphere surround. In other words, it is meant to be a technique for reproducing a faithful three-dimensional sound image. It supports the horizontal …
New Ice Sound Effects Library : Thin Ice
Thin Ice is an assortment of special ice sounds.
Included, are cracking thin crust on lakes, debris of small ice chunks, squeak of crackles and fissures, impacts and icy crushes…
They are delivered unprocessed and ready to be incorporated or used for sound designing.
You can layered them, pitch them, deform them in any way.
Virtual Reality (VR)
Sensory Immersion “Virtual reality” (or immersive multimedia or computer simulated reality) typically refers to computer technology that simulates the physical presence. A user in an environment artificially generated by software, an environment with which the user …
Comparison: 5 Stereo Microphone Techniques (with Audio Samples)
Today, I decided to do something useful! 😉 I did a comparison of 5 common stereo microphone placement techniques. For this purpose I recorded city street ambience (semi-distant) in the city of Montreal. I was situated in …
HRTF
HRTF stands for “Head-Related Transfer Function“. HRTF is characterized by a mathematical transfer function of the changes made to sound waves through the body of a listener, mainly the head, the flag of ear and the …
3D / 360 / VR Audio Podcasts & Articles
We are at the dawn of a new era in media production. The immersive art of VR and AR has been on the rise the last few years. It has been a tremendously warmly welcomed new technology …
