I just finished reading Douglas Murray's guest article on Designing Sound during which he states: BG sounds connect the component shots into a whole scene and also separates th …

Hey everyone, I am in the market for a pair of compact omnis for BG recording. I am looking specifically at the DPA 2006c or Sennheiser 8020. The 8020 set is about 600 more than t …

I'm going out into the city to do some recording on Christmas day, just because that's one day that the city sounds completely different. I plan on getting some downtown amb, mayb …

Long question in the title there.. ahem. I'm doing post on a film where a couple is sitting in a sofa watching television. I'd really like to not have to do an entire new program …

How do you like to record ambiances, and backgrounds? Stereo? Mono? ORTF? MS? How do you like to layer them in a project? Mono? Some Stereo? Lots of Stereo files?

Hi guys (my English is failing me big time today for some reason! so please forgive me and bear with me if possible) I just started working on a short (30 min) settled in a (pre …

Hi there, I am looking for some feedback from people who work within sound for picture for my Final Major Project on my MSc Sound Design course. I have created a selection of sur …

So upon reading all the great interviews and posts on BG creation/layering, im finally designing a specific set of backgrounds for a film. Im trying to make a background that can …