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Recording the Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch
Saturday night, February 7, 2010, I decide to make the the trek over to Kennedy Space Center to watch the launch of the Endeavour shuttle on mission STS-130 to the International Space Station. It was...
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IED attack simulator: Trying to capture/design the most realistic sounds.
Mix Magazine has written an amazing article on veteran Sound Designer / Mixer Ezra Dweck, who has recently been contracted to help design an IED attack simulator for the training of US Troops. He was...
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How My “Sound Snooper” turned out…
Last week, I wrote about the “Sound Snooper” homemade “shotgunish” microphone from an Electronics journal published in 1965. I thought it looked awesome and I wanted to know how it sounded, so I...
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Mortars and Microphones
About six months ago I purchased a ton of fireworks. Why? Because I like blowing things up. So combine that with a recorder and you have some awesome sounds. I never got around to actually using any of...
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Our 5-Day SFX Recording Road Trip Extravaganza!
Last week was a VERY productive week for us here at HartFX. I had a wonderful response to the 192k article I posted (thanks!), plus the HartFX crew (Johnny and I) took a 5-day road trip up to South...
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Road Trip Special: Explosives and Fireworks
Our last full day in South Carolina was a big one! This is the one we planned for. Explosives and guns! Let’s talk about the explosives first. I’ve recorded explosions before, so I sort of knew what...
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Get Ready, Get Jet, BOOM!!!!!!!
You may remember last year when we went out to an event called “The Night of Fire” to record jet cars, but I forgot a cable? Well, we went back this year and grabbed some wicked recordings! The “Night...
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