Field Recording: Capturing Musical Sounds (Tips, Gear & Techniques) 1 of 3

The art of field recording can be applied in many ways-storytelling, news-gathering, sonic portraits, and of course music-making. In the first of our three-video field recording techniques series, producer & engineer Dennis Bunton discusses the creative choices that go into selecting a location, finding a variety of sources to record-from nature sounds to activating the space with percussive gestures-and the range of field recording equipment and gear you need to capture great audio.
00:00 Intro
00:20 Creative Considerations
00:59 Setup 1: ‪@Apple‬ iPhone + Voice Memo
01:50 Setup 2: ‪@Sony‬ PCM-D100 Handheld Portable Recorder
03:40 Setup 3: ‪@GeorgNeumannGmbH‬ RSM 191 Stereo Shotgun Microphone + ‪@ZoomSoundLab‬ F8n Professional Multi-Track Field Recorder
04:52 Close
Dennis Bunton is one of the producers behind Output Arcade's Field of Sounds Line. Explore the Field of Sounds Line in Arcade: go.output.com/3RnB4UA
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[@Outputsounds]

How do you use field recordings in your own music?

[@garyhobson3261]

Love this!

[@Outputsounds]

same!

[@dirkschiller9060]

Thank you for sharing! What is this magnetic microphone you are using on the last setup ?

[@dennisbunton]

Yo! It's the Geofón from LOM.

[@cog-talk9612]

@Output Hi I want to start recording sounds from nature and I learned a lot from your video. I want to make a comparison between sound samples in different frequency range. for example a comparison between nature sounds and artificial/manmade sounds. Which software you would recommend to me to analyze the recorded sound samples?

[@isse_knox1575]

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[@dennisbunton]

8.25 👍

[@isse_knox1575]

@@dennisbunton hell yea man it’s the way to go 🤟🏿 great video by the way 👌

[@SebaDiGiuseppe]

Great video! Thank you very much. Quick noob question: Would a smartphone have the same power as a digital recorder if it's tied with an external (good) microphone?

[@Outputsounds]

Depends how good ;) And Apple technology is never to be underestimated. But a digital recorder will record in higher quality (especially bit-rate) and will capture a wider frequency spectrum (esp sounds above 10khz).