My vintage Rycote Zeppelin and matching Windjammer came in the mail yesterday. This eBay purchase cost $25. I know, I got a sweet deal. Upon delivery, It had a few cracks where the back cap meets the body. Hence the … Read More
Come, and take a 500-mile sonic journey with me through the Deep South in August. It’s the time of year when the humidity is so thick it smacks you right in the face morning, noon and night. That time of … Read More
Join me as I spend a cold April night under a full moon in the wide-open sagebrush steppe of southwestern Idaho. Listen to the bizarre sounds of male Greater sage grouse performing their annual courtship displays on ancestral mating grounds … Read More
Tinkling. Plinking. Clinking. Clanging. Rattling. Ah, the beautiful sounds of wind chimes blowing in a gentle breeze. Here are 16 of them, in all shapes and sizes. Some are old. Some are new. Some are borrowed. Sorry, none are blue. Each one is meticulously recorded and layered in a unique way that will have you thinking they are all hanging from your back porch, and you are in the middle of it all.… Read More
A couple of months ago, I decided to do something about the two big limitations of using my Luhd PM-01 AB microphones. These small, low-noise, high-sensitivity handmade electret microphones run on plug-in power (PIP). I paired mine with a Sony … Read More