This is the second and final in a series of blog posts documenting some of my experiences recording ice for Ultimate Ice 2 HD Pro Sound Effects Library. Recorded over the last few months of 2011 and into 2012 with a Sennheiser MKH-8040ST microphone set to XY at 120 or 90 degrees. Location: Muskrat Lake Back in early December 2011 while I was recording trains I came across a large private lake not far from the ranch. It had been very cold for a … [Read more...]
January 2012 Snowstorms
January 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Recording Snow Sounds January 2012 The third week of January 2012 proved to be a goldmine for snow sound effects here on the ranch. The typical North Idaho winter finally arrived bringing with it lots of snow, wind and freezing temperatures. The week started with a bunch of snow falling along with some very cold temperatures. As the winter storm progressed and the weather systems above were battling it out for supremacy, the wind came. Not a … [Read more...]
North Idaho Iceman Vol-1
January 13, 2012 By 2 Comments
Date: January 13, 2012 This is the first in a series of blog posts documenting my experiences recording ice for the forthcoming ULTIMATE ICE 2 HD SFX Library. Recorded during the week ending on January 13, 2011 with a Sennheiser MKH-8040ST microphone set to XY at 120 or 90 degrees depending on my mood. As I was leaving Round Lake today one of the ice fisherman yelled "See you around iceman" hence the name of the blog post and sound file. This … [Read more...]
Saw Mill Recording – November 28, 2011
January 6, 2012 By 1 Comment
Back in November 2011 I had to opportunity to record my neighbors saw mill. I was doing something outside and I heard the mill off in the distance, it was really quiet that day for some reason. The mill is on top of the mountain behind my ranch and I always wanted to get some recordings so I called him up and asked if it would be alright to come on up and record. I don't know how he heard his phone ring but somehow he did because when I arrived … [Read more...]
Train Tension Symphony
December 20, 2011 By 3 Comments
For the last 3 weeks I have never left the ranch without my MKH-8040ST recording rig and today I was thankful that I brought them on a simple errand run into town. Just my luck that there was a tain traffic jam in the City of Sandpoint Idaho. Three trains were attempting to pass through on the same set of tracks at the same time and there was some maintenance going on as well. I heard the train horn as I was at the bank this morning and it was … [Read more...]
Train Railroad Track Tickle
December 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Here is a sound from December 12, 2011. Late in the day I drove out to one of my favorite locations to record trains (and to enjoy the West view). I had attempted to record 2 stopped trains earlier in the day and was only seconds late after chasing them around town for a while. I did not want the day to be a complete waste so I took a chance that a few more trains would rumble in and stop. Well, they did not stop but a few trains were hauling … [Read more...]
North Country Trains HD Videos
December 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Train Rail Cars Slack Action 2012 On the morning of January 4th, 2012 as I was driving into town across the Long Bridge into Sandpoint I noticed a stopped train on the other side of the lake. The best part was that I also saw a railroad maintenance truck on the tracks headed toward the parked freight train from the opposite direction. I knew what this meant... no other train would be passing the parked train as it departed. Golden!I turned my … [Read more...]
Crazy Stupid Sound of the Week Dec 1 2011
December 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
This month I plan on blogging about more of the crazy stupid sounds I've gathered during my recording sessions in North Idaho and other places around the universe. This week I want to share a few ice and water sounds that are a little bit different. Here are some sound effects from a session back in mid November at a small pond in the North Idaho mountains. I used a Sennheiser MKH-8040 and a SD-702 at 24-Bit 96K to record tossing small and … [Read more...]
Train Railcars Bump And Grind
November 30, 2011 By 1 Comment
November 29, 2011 During a simple grocery run into town I noticed a train stopped on a bridge over the highway. I guessed it might be leaving soon and I knew where to go to get close to it and changed my route. Once I got there I noticed another train was also waiting next to the one I saw on the bridge. I knew I did not have a lot of time before they started moving so I quickly grabbed my Sony D-50 out of the center console of my SUV and ran … [Read more...]
North Idaho Train Recording
November 28, 2011 By 1 Comment
Back in March of 2011 I started a two year project to record as many trains as possible from North Idaho. I've lived here for many years and never really took the time to go out and record the beasts as they roared through the Panhandle of Idaho. I recorded some back in 1995 before I moved here and those are good but they are only CD quality. Now that I am recording everything in HD I thought it was time to record some brand new material for an … [Read more...]
