Introducing American Steam Trains, the latest library from Evocative Sound and Visuals. Transport your audience to a bygone era of steam, steel and smoke with this meticulously captured and crafted sound effects collection. The library features two operational American-made coal-fired … Read More
Evocative Sound and Visuals is the home for unique environmental recordings, sound effects, and photography meticulously captured, thoughtfully crafted and passionately preserved by field recordist and photographer Richard Alan Hannon. Listen as high-quality recordings transport you to places you’ve been and … Read More
Last week, I found myself recording a newspaper press and typewriter as I was allowed once again to visit the Cleveland Plain Dealer’s printing facility in Cleveland, Ohio. My primary reason for the visit was to capture the sound of … Read More
I had high hopes for the soundscape you’re about to hear in the YouTube video below. Off and on for several years, I have been recording the sound of exploding fireworks, both up close and distant. Examples of my up-close work can be heard and purchased via my blog post entitled Commercial Fireworks: Up Close and Loud. As you’ll hear, I’m still working on the distant fireworks library. On Independence Day, or rather, that night, I convinced my wife to drive with me down poorly-lit gravel roads to listen to fireworks with a gorgeous view. The view in this case is from the gorge overlook at Mohican State Park.… Read More
Yesterday, I drove down to Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, to record the sound of water pouring over the Gorge Dam. This massive 70-foot-high concrete dam, constructed in 1913 by Northern Ohio Traction & Light Co. to generate hydroelectric power, was decommissioned … Read More