{"id":520616,"date":"2024-05-23T14:55:30","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T12:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/?p=520616"},"modified":"2024-05-24T15:07:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T13:07:20","slug":"open-up-new-a-new-world-of-sound-with-field-recording","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/gear\/open-up-new-a-new-world-of-sound-with-field-recording\/","title":{"rendered":"Open up a new world of sound with field recording!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recording isn\u2019t limited to capturing instruments and your voice. The sounds of people, machines, and especially nature are a vital component of any video, film, podcast, and radio play. But these sounds also play an increasingly important role in music production. Why? Because they provide an almost infinite palette of colours that can inspire you, stimulate your creativity, and give your music a very unique character. And to be honest: listening to your own recordings of crickets chirping and birds tweeting is a lot of fun \u2013 and quite relaxing!<\/b><\/p>\n

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What can you do with field recordings? More than you think!<\/b><\/h2>\n

First and foremost, field recordings are of course essential for creating a sound bed<\/b> for your videos or podcasts. The right sounds can really elevate a scene. But ambient sounds can also work wonders in your music<\/b>! Pro tip: you can add them so quietly that they aren\u2019t even noticeable, <\/b>but still have an effect<\/b>! Mixing the sound of a crowd of people into your track creates a different effect from the gentle sounds of a forest or the sea!<\/p>\n

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Things get really interesting when you start turning sounds into instruments<\/b>. You can work with small snippets in a DAW<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, but using a sampler<\/span><\/a><\/strong> is the most fun. It allows you to edit the audio material as you wish, tune <\/b>it, play it on the keyboard<\/strong>,<\/span><\/a> or turn it into a melody in your DAW. By using sample loops<\/b>, you can even extend the duration of short audio clips to play chords or create a pad. Every short sound becomes tonal if it\u2019s repeated fast enough!<\/b><\/p>\n

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What you need to make your own field recordings<\/b><\/h2>\n

There is a whole category of devices specifically for this purpose: field recorders. These run on disposable or rechargeable batteries and record audio signals digitally \u2013 usually onto a removable memory card<\/span><\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The most common variant is the handheld digital recorder<\/span><\/a><\/strong>. This type of device offers built-in microphones and can be held in one hand. Some portable digital recorders with stereo microphones are really affordable<\/b>! Take the Zoom H1n<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, for example: it records at up to 96 kHz and has a small speaker for checking your recordings. At only 60 grams and just under 14 centimetres in length, the H1n is a compact recording solution that you can take anywhere.<\/p>\n\n\t\t