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 of Fire” is an absolutely wonderful night where a bunch of Jet Car Drivers from across [...]
DesigningSound.org’s Sound Design Competition, Sponsored by HartFX!
Every month, Shaun Farley hosts a Sound Design Challenge. We’re now on Challenge #13, and HartFX is sponsoring it, which means that if you win, you take home your very own copy of the Hart of Steel HD library! Check out the challenge’s rules: We’re going in an advertising direction this time around. The picture [...]
Extra, Extra, Read All About it!
A few weeks ago, I received notice that the current show I am working on was put on hold for a few weeks while they re-edit some things, which gave me a few weeks to record again! The day I received that news, I went right out and did this session: I recently noticed, while [...]
Come on Irene
This past week, Hurricane Irene brushed up against the coast of Florida. There were a few small spin-off storms and whatnot, but it pretty much missed Florida altogether. I still wanted to head to the coast to try to record something though, so I packed up and jumped into the car with my recording buddy, [...]
Hey! Leggo my Rode Blimp!
A few days ago, the HartFX crew took a trip down to Gatorland. If you haven’t been to Gatorland, you need to go sometime. It’s totally awesome! Huge gators everywhere, plus a ton of other animals too. Very cool place, and the management there is just as awesome! We hooked up with Tim Williams, the [...]
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 to expect. I also knew it was going to require a lot of planning if I was going [...]
Road Trip Special: Falls Park Recordings
On the second full day of our trip, after we did the garage recordings and picked up our fireworks stash, we headed over to Downtown Greenville, where there you can find tons of waterfalls in Falls Park! We brought the same two packages as before – Johnny had a CSS-5, and I had an MKH60, [...]
