Audio Gear

Field recording with the Rycote HC-15 and HC-22 mics

Following on from my initial tests and review of the Rycote’s first mics – the HC-15 and HC-22 shotgun mics – this shorter post adds some tests of ambience and nature recordings with both mics individually and combined with an AKG CK94 fig 8…

October 25, 2021
Film Projects

‘Of All The Sounds’ – making a short pt. 2

After shooting the opening, interior, scene for my short three-minute film (an entry into this year’s My Røde Reel competition) – for which see part 1 of this blog post – work on the film moved on to recording sounds (much of the film…

October 6, 2021
Film Projects

‘Of All The Sounds’ – making a short pt. 1

Yesterday, I began filming a drama production: this was the first for a long time. In this case a short three-minute film (an entry into this year’s My Røde Reel competition). It was good to work with two young actors (Daisy den Engelse and…

September 15, 2021
Audio Gear

AKG Blueline mics

Having had the hypercardioid (CK93) capsule of the the AKG Blueline modular mics for some years (with the SE 300B body/pre-amplifier), I picked up the fig 8 capsule (CK94) and another SE 300B a few months ago (see my post on it here), and…

August 28, 2021