Rethinking Camera Support
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Rethinking Camera Support

I describe my camera support system: tripod, head, legs that I currently use for hiking and backpacking. It is lightweight yet capable of stabilizing a full-frame mirrorless camera with a telephoto zoom lens.

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4 Field Recorders v Soft Sound
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4 Field Recorders v Soft Sound

Four devices Zoom H1n, Zoom H5, Sony PCM-D100, and MixPre 6 II with Sennheiser MKH 8040, are tested, recording the soft dripping water sound. The audio samples are available for download in the original lossless quality.

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Three Teleconferencing Mics Comparison
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Three Teleconferencing Mics Comparison

Three mics (Bose SoundSport, MacBook Pro built-in, RØDE NT-USB Mini) side-by-side comparison. All three simultaneously recorded a part of Mikhail Bulgakov's "The Master and Margarita" reading to show the differences in sound quality for remote conferencing use.

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Perfect Cross-fade with Izotope RX
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Perfect Cross-fade with Izotope RX

I have been searching for a way to cross-fade two audio segments in Izotope RX for quite some time. It proved to be quite a challenge! Yet it is possible, and in this post, I describe steps on accomplishing just that.

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Stream Side Morning Meditation
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Stream Side Morning Meditation

This is the first entry into my field recording diary describing the experiences on one frosty winter morning. The post is accompanied by a 30-minute track of North Fork Coal Creek burbling stream.

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