As the Masters starts off at a bit of a fast pace, still, before the day starts there is ample time to enjoy the views of the old town of Edinburgh, so a brief stopover to view the castle
Now on week two and I'm already in production studios working on recording foley for a future sound design project based on the recorded sounds.
So for those familiar with foley, it's safe to skip this segment 😉 But for those wondering what foley is. This is the recording of objects to either capture the original sound an object makes or to imitate the sound of something else.
And my environment for the day happened to look a little like this!
One of the smaller studio spaces that mainly handles post-production work, although fully capable of recording work, as can be seen by the two mics setup, with the use of a Focusrite Red audio interface for hooking up with!
The link below features a recording from the session which basically imitates the sound of a steam engine and as part of a full sound design it could pull off the full effect with the whistle noise and ambience.
Studio made Steam Train recording
Now the question is, how was this recorded. First up the mic that was used.
The Blue Bluebird. Normally a mic used with vocalists, but when I spotted it available I just had to play, its just too pretty to say no to really! 🙂
And the sound source? Likely the most unexpected thing anyone could think of.
A little Steiff beanie plush toy!
The beans within it made the perfect shaker noise that just allows for a lot of manipulation to change the sound. It might even be possible to make it sound like a helicopter!
Now I hope that gives a little eye opener to the world of sound for film and tv, and to never be surprised what might be used to create the sound you hear from the screen!