A minimal and expandable method for organizing, cataloging, and archiving Field Recordings Fellow sound artists often ask this question: how should I organize, catalog, and archive my recordings? I’ve worked on this a lot over the years, and have developed a scheme that works for me for everything I do. In a nutshell Stay Chronological. Why chronological? Because time always happens. Store recordings in dated folders, with session description after the date. Use subfolders for “raw” “process” and “output.” Exceptions are for significant projects which get their own sound process flow. Maintain Two Sound Libraries: a clean “finished” library, and …
Contact Mic Resources
Here is some wisdom information I’ve collected on the subject of contact microphones. Anything which appears on this page, I have made a solid attempt to vet as worthy of consideration. I’m no expert, merely a sound designer who has done some exploration. I started this page simply to collect my own research, then thought I might as well share. A contact mic will usually consist of two parts: a transducer (typically a piezo disc or film), and an electronic device performing some combination of impedance matching and amplification. The output of this device will connect to a mic pre, recorder, …