<<It seems that wildlife sound recording is a challenging "sport" to get in=
to...a bit like getting into fly fishing...there are few people interested =
and even fewer who will readily give up their secrets to success. >>
There is a whole industry (magazines, tutorial videos, books, self-styled '=
universities', etc,) devoted to the notion that there is a great body of se=
cret knowledge & wisdom, known by a few high priests in the audio recording=
& amplification world. The one truly great secret is that there are no sec=
rets; nobody holds or guards knowledge which is not freely available to eve=
rybody. What there is is mastery of craft. A beginner has not mastered the =
craft. Someone who has done extensive recording and/or mixing over a period=
of years, especially if for clients who demand high standards, has attaine=
d a certain degree of mastery, although he may know & understand things dif=
ferently than someone else with a similar amount of experience. There are s=
ome people who believe they hold secrets which they alone understand, & whi=
ch they guard from sharing with others. In the industry, these people are u=
nderstood to be fools. The secret is that the recording you make today will=
probably be better than the one you made last year, because you have one y=
ear more experience doing it now than you did then.
Scott Fraser
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