Talk:Field recording

Updates Needed

This article lacks critical history as well as general information. It lacks the different sections of field recordings (e.g. bioacoustics, soundscape, nature style etc). it lacks information of the the ethical issues of ethnomusicology and the early stages of field recording.

The technical information needs to be improved and expanded as well.

I will work on these improvements.

Birdwatching

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birdwatching "field recording" 456 hits

Just part of what needs to be dealt with as far as the "context" tag goes, whether or not it is included here. Gene Nygaard 14:57, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

• Actually, you did the wrong search: birdsong and "field recording" gets 63,000 hits. I've tried to rebalance the article a bit accordingly.--Pharos 22:50, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

What about "Tapers"?

It seems to me that an article on Field recording (at least as it pertains to music), should speak to the growing popularity of recording live music, which really seemed to take off with fans of the Grateful Dead, Phish, etc...After taking a look at Archive.org, it's pretty clear that the practice of making high quality field recordings with very expensive equipment for the sole purpose of documenting/enjoying live music has really caught on. In fact, I think it's fair to say there's a good number of people who consider themselves "tapers", and keep a day job in order to afford doing what they love the most (much like musicians themselves). Maybe the sub-culture of "tapers" could even be a part of that proposed section? I'd do it myself, but I honestly don't know enough about it. D3gourds (talk) 05:11, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Revision

This article seems to have gone stale. The last talk comment is dated 2007. Recent edits have been minor.

I belong to a group of wildlife recording enthusiasts and am wondering if a section on wildlife and environmental recording techniques would be useful especially in an article about field recording. I see that "Wildlife recording" redirects to this article, so at least a section on that would be indicated.

What I am not sure of is how much we can compare recorders, mics, etc without infringing Wiki commercial guidelines.

I have a comment about "Tapers" below. This perhaps is more relevant to music editing and creation than to field recording, which of course can indeed supply ingredients for music composition.

keoka 04:28, 1 November 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Keoka (talk • contribs)

> A section on wildlife recording would be great. As to equipment, section on standard recording equipment used in the field would be interesting. Point out how field equipment differs from studio recording and sound reinforcement equipment. Not comparing brands but rather talking about differences in types of equipment. Things like field recorders with integrated mic preamps, pole mount microphones with wind shields (mouse?) and running everything off batteries. Movie field recording can be quite complex and is typically built into a small cart with wheels. Pictures of the equipment uploaded to wiki commons would be a great addition. Please don't forget <ref>s Robert.Harker (talk) 05:10, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

> Robert, I'm working on an update, mainly on how different types of mic and mic rig can be used for wildlife recording. The updating needed is with some of the new digital recorders which are of a surprisingly good quality for recording. At an entry level, all the basic equipment can now be carried in large pockets. I belong to the Naturerecordists group and my practical experience was with the former BBC Film Unit as a mobile Recordist for nearly 30 years. I notice on the BBC "how we made it" shorts after nature films, the recordist is still carrying all his kit hung around his neck usually with a gunmic in his hand. In my draft, I start with portability which is an important aspect. Interestingly, I discovered that placing mics on the ground can sound better than on a tripod, but few people think of trying that.

keoka 01:25, 4 November 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Keoka (talk • contribs)

>This is a terrific idea. Updating and modernizing a wiki for field recordists is well overdue and will be greatly appreciated. If we are detailing the features and advantages/disadvantages of given recorders/mics, will that exceed the rules regarding wiki's commercial guidelines? Wil Hershberger — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.222.96.95 (talk) 00:30, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

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This section definitely needs improvement, I rather expected to read about average wage and needed skills, I guess that would be more suitable for Wiki. It utilises singular source, and so one point of view. InternetowyGołąb (talk) 02:41, 12 January 2024 (UTC)