DIY

See sunspots and the aurora borealis, or Northern Lights, above Lake Erie at Fairport Harbor, Ohio.… Read More

Cover your ears. It’s going to get LOUD, introducing, Oval Track Racing. This high-octane stock car racing library features cars of various makes, models and performance characteristics circling a quarter mile (.40 kilometer) oval track in Meridian, Idaho. This track distance is referred to as a ‘short track.’ The sounds were captured from multiple perspectives inside, outside, and alongside the asphalt track with a variety of microphones and recorders.… Read More

Back in 2004, while flipping through a copy of Time magazine, I was struck by the work of photojournalist David Burnett. He was on the campaign trail shooting John Kerry’s presidential bid. Burnett is up there with the best and … Read More

This post deals with how to record ultrasonic bat echolocation using a variety of microphones and recorders, specifically the Sony PCM D100 recorder.… Read More

I came across a vintage brown plastic file box back in 2020 while scrounging local thrift shops for flexible plastic to build my second DIY SASS housing. The price, $1.99. My first attempt at building a DIY was with using a 70s-yellow Samsonite train case, also a thrift store find. The first one was fine, but heavy and more labor-intensive to build that what I present below. Currently, DIY SASS version 2 holds a pair of Audio Technica 3032 omnidirectional microphones. These microphones have been discontinued, but have been replaced with AT’s 4022.… Read More