AES-SF Day 2 part 1 – Avid Pro Tools 9
So for the second day of AES, I focused mainly on Avid and Portable recorders. Let’s talk about Avid first. So ProTools 9 and tons of new fancy interfaces. This has probably been the most talked about...
View ArticleAES-SF Day 2 Part 2 – Portable Recorders
So I’m really getting tired of answering the question “What’s the best handheld recorder” or “Which one should I get” or whatever permutation of that question gets asked. It’s not that I don’t like...
View ArticleSanken CSS-5 Self-Noise Testing
Someone commented on this video the other day asking how the CSS-5 performed in quiet situations, more specifically the difference between the self-noise in “Normal” and “Wide” modes on the mic. I’ve...
View ArticleNew Library Coming Soon: LFE Effects
So it’s been a good few months since I’ve released a library. I am planning the release of 3 – 4 more by the end of the summer – so keep your eyes out! The first one that will be released (hopefully...
View ArticleOur 5-Day SFX Recording Road Trip Extravaganza!
Last week was a VERY productive week for us here at HartFX. I had a wonderful response to the 192k article I posted (thanks!), plus the HartFX crew (Johnny and I) took a 5-day road trip up to South...
View ArticleRoad Trip Special: Recording the Yamaha R1
Last Monday was our first full day in Greenville, SC. We didn’t have many big plans that day, just location scouting, organizing gear, building rigs, and a few other housekeeping activities on the...
View ArticleRoad Trip Special: Falls Park Recordings
On the second full day of our trip, after we did the garage recordings and picked up our fireworks stash, we headed over to Downtown Greenville, where there you can find tons of waterfalls in Falls...
View ArticleCome on Irene
This past week, Hurricane Irene brushed up against the coast of Florida. There were a few small spin-off storms and whatnot, but it pretty much missed Florida altogether. I still wanted to head to the...
View ArticleExtra, Extra, Read All About it!
A few weeks ago, I received notice that the current show I am working on was put on hold for a few weeks while they re-edit some things, which gave me a few weeks to record again! The day I received...
View ArticleGators, Part Deux!
[UPDATE: For anyone having trouble viewing the SC player, here is a link to a Set of the sounds on SC: SoundCloud] It has been a busy season! Things are finally starting to calm down a bit around...
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