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In the previous articles I've compared two popular portable field recorders: the Sony PCM-D50 and the Zoom H4n.


The first article looks at features. The second has free sound effects downloads for you to analyze.


I'll conclude...

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Sony PCM-D50 and H4n Portable Recorders with Windscreen

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This week we'll continue our comparison of the Sony PCM-D50 and Zoom H4n portable field recorders. Last week we looked at how various features rated including construction, portability, interface, display, software and other ran...

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Sony PCM-D50 and H4n Portable Recorders

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New field recordists are faced with important questions when beginning their craft: what is the best portable field recorder to buy? Can you record strong sound effects inexpensively?


When starting recording sound effects, you o...

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Sony PCM-D50 Audio Recorder

This article continues the Sony PCM-D50 review for stealth sound effects field recordings. Last week we looked at why Airborne Sound chose the D50, its key features and listened to sound samples.


This week we'll look at more detailed features, and see how...

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1 Comments | Posted in Reviews By Paul Virostek

Sony PCM-D50 Audio Recorder with Box

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Today's article will be a review of Sony's PCM-D50 hand-held audio recorder.


This recorder isn't new. It was released in 2007. There are many reviews of this recorder. I won't repeat the excellent work they've already done.


Instead,...

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0 Comments | Posted in Reviews By Paul Virostek

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Our sound effects library here at Airborne Sound features metadata. Every one of our over 18,000 sound clips is embedded with extensive bonus info.


We use the Soundminer application to wrap our WAV files with invisible met...

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Drobo with Faceplate

Field recordists are relying on higher sampling rates to record sound effects. 96 kHz, 24-bit recordings are standard. At Airborne Sound we record all our sound effects at this HD rate, and the majority of our library is ...

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0 Comments | Posted in Reviews By Paul Virostek