https://medium.com/@locationsound/about-field-recording-and-my-journey-as-a-sound-recordist-edb97bb7821a

Field recording in commercial settings is an intricate and nuanced process. Many of the most captivating and unique recordings are often excluded from professional sound libraries due to stringent requirements. The diversity of sounds in these libraries is actually quite limited because unique field recordings from diverse locations around the world tend to have limited usability in post-production.

In commercial production, soundscapes are typically crafted according to a specific canon, involving the artificial layering of disparate sounds from various environments and events. What we hear in films, interactive games, and various video production works is far removed from reality, from how the world truly sounds. This is intentional, as these sound textures are designed not to draw too much attention. They must play a supportive role within the visual narrative, as more significant elements within the frame require the viewer’s or player’s focus. Consequently, soundscapes are often just backdrops, creating a sense of space and serving as connective tissue, but rarely playing a truly artistic role.

Real world ambience recordings often contain an abundance of information, which is not always suitable for sound design. It is easier to construct a sense of space from small, meticulously cleaned recordings than to find a ready-made atmosphere track. This practice has led to the establishment of a production canon.

This is precisely why I created my radio Reverie Field — radio with my field recordings. I wanted to offer people an authentic auditory experience of how the real world sounds when captured with professional equipment. To demonstrate that such field recordings can be self-sufficient, rich with artistic and aesthetic value. Through this platform, listeners can appreciate the genuine beauty and complexity of natural soundscapes.

 

For over seven years (and more than twelve years in professional audio), I have immersed myself in the world of professional field recording, capturing sounds and creating libraries. I love to wander through unfamiliar streets, my bottomless backpack filled with microphones and headphones, searching and listening attentively. I have dedicated thousands of hours to walking down various roads, sitting amidst clouds of humming mosquitoes, blending into the environment, and working in the studio, meticulously listening to countless hours of these recordings.

Returning to the same locations dozens or even hundreds of times to record in different weather conditions or seasons has become a routine. My sounds have found their place in films, games, commercial video productions, and advertisements. Artists and bloggers also use them for their projects. Needless to say, sound recording has become my life.

I embarked on this sonic adventure many years ago and remain captivated by it, driven by a simple yet profound idea: the world around us is beautiful, everywhere, right now, no matter where you are.

My online 24\7 radio with field recordings
 

https://medium.com/@locationsound/reverie-field-project-1c6a9c6f092d
 

A 24-hour online radio and digital sonic imprint of Earth: the wonderful world of sounds around us. The broadcast powered by the open-source protocol AzuraCast. The principle of Attention Mining is at work here with Koii network (https://docs.koii.network/concepts/web3/attention-mining): users can visit the site and earn rewards for their listening time in tokens on the Koii Network blockchain. It’s a Proof of Listening — a new way of mining.

Our Roadmap:

2024

Q1:

24\7 Online-radio with Site

A 24-hour online radio dedicated to field recording: exploring the wonderful world of sounds around us. The broadcast will be powered by the open-source protocol AzuraCast. We aim to make blockchain a little more “green”. Over seven years of field recordings from various countries, curated by Founder of Reverie Field Project (https://sound-record.com and https://catchtherecord.com), are now available on this online radio.

https://reveriefield-radio.com/

Q2:

Koii Blockhain Integration

The principle of Attention mining works here (https://docs.koii.network/concepts/web3/attention-mining): users will be able to visit the site and receive rewards for their radio listening time in tokens on the Koii Network blockchain. Yeah this is a Proof of Listening the new way of mining.

Koii Attention Mining

Visitors will be able to earn rewards for engaging with the platform and listening to the sounds, receiving Koii tokens as a reward. https://docs.koii.network/concepts/introduction/welcome

Q4:

Community NFT Collection Minting

An NFT collection in a thematic style will be created to support the project. These NFTs will allow users to earn higher mining coefficients while listening within the app and grant access to various community bonuses. All proceeds will be used to maintain liquidity pools for the project’s future native token.

2025

Q1:

Project token launch

Developing own native project token on the Koii blockchain. Once the project garners sufficient interest, we will create a proprietary token to support the internal ecosystem. A small portion of this token will be minted under project management and funds. The majority, however, will be minted through Attention Mining. Users will mint this token by listening to the sounds. For this purpose, a specialized mini-app will also be developed. It may be integrated into Telegram for more convenient use.

Q3:

Digital sonic imprint of Earth

Creating a comprehensive website resource is far more than just an online radio with sounds from around the world. It is a platform featuring an interactive map of the world, where each country is delineated with its borders. Users can click on any country to hear its unique soundscape (and get some rewards for this): the sounds of its nature, landmarks, cities, and other characteristic noises. This endeavor will require a high level of creativity and expertise in conveying each country’s distinctive audio landscape, highlighting its unique features. We will collaborate with field recordists and sound artists from around the globe to curate this collection. In doing so, we will immortalize the sounds of our planet by recording them on the blockchain. This will serve as a digital sonic imprint of Earth, a unique audiovisual map that captures the richness and diversity of soundscapes from different corners of the world. Special field recording expeditions will be organized to capture sounds from various corners of the world, in line with the vision and auditory preferences of our team. This resource will also have an educational component, offering insights and knowledge about the unique soundscapes we document.

Q4:

Sound everywhere

Scaling. MPC wallets already enable us to go beyond the current network and use cryptocurrency across bridges to other blockchains. Our native token will be scaled to all major blockchain ecosystems. This way, you can easily farm it within the Telegram app, earn rewards through Attention Mining on our web resource, and interact with other networks for your convenience. Just imagine hearing recorded sounds of nature and various calming soundscapes in IKEA pavilions, exhibition centers, and large stores. Yeah, they are actually mining our token.

Also our project added on pitchtalk:

https://pitchtalk.com/en/projects/Radio-Reverie-Field?activeTab=Roadmap

I am pleased to present to you the “Radio Reverie Field”. This 24/7 radio station based on opensource AzuraCast protocol dedicated to field recording. Various recordings made by me over the past 6 years will be played here. These sounds are divided into categories (playlists), each of which will sound at a certain time. There will be both daily categories and categories playing at a certain time on a certain day.

 

You can listen to it here and here.
 

The player is also built into the main page of our site. You can also download the playlist file and listen to the radio from absolutely any player. Over time, it is possible to add radio broadcasting on YouTube. But this is not yet certain, because there may be problems with licensing. I also plan to broadcast various music that is somehow connected with field recording.

You can install the radio station app inside google chrome on windows, mac os or android. On android and mac OS it available as a convenient shortcut that can be placed on the taskbar or desktop.

In the past two years I've been working with my friend and colleague @riyske on location (film shooting, documentaries, commercials) and at studio (sound design and mixing). We get along well and enjoy working together. So, we've made a decision to unite and become Sound-Sluts. 

Hello, we are Sound-Sluts and we are working with sound at all stages of production in cinema, documentaries and commercials. Here is a list of some our works: 
https://sound-sluts.onepage.me 
If you are interested in working with us, write us on mail "soundsluts.media@gmail.com" 
or telegram 
@riyske 
@CatchTheRecord 
We use only professional audio equipment that meets industry standards: Sounddevices, Lectrosonics, Sanken, Schoeps, Neumann, Sennheiser, Ambient, AEA, Grace Design and etc. 

We have worked with many brands like Samsung, McDonalds, Wargaming, UNICEF, Vizor Games, Audi, Baltica and others. We can work worldwide. 

We also have two studio/control rooms that can be used for narration and ADR recording, localisation, foley, sound design and sound mixing 

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To ensure equal access to music releases, sound libraries and other sound recordings,we're in urgent need of an active trading system, the latest innovations of technology and a real sense of community. We're interested in creating an unprecedented marriage between blockchain and the audio world by using nft technology. Therefore, we've taken the plunge and created  "Sound Family DAO" with the help of the CatchTheRecord team.  

Sound Family DAO represents a community of sound engineers, musicians, artists, pro-sound companies and all aficionados who are into the field of audio. We're well aware how hard and sometimes unappreciated our work is, even though you don't think so. Thus blockchain allows us to create a decentralized community (DAO), in which all decisions will be made on the basis of its membership voices. All we need is crypto, but it is hardly possible to realize in our real world. Every member of this community can take part into creating new music releases, sound libraries, some money streams, etc. Everyone can  make a difference.  

Thoroughly elaborated tokenomics, a pool of "emergency assistance to colleagues”, the purpose of which is to help those who were left without a fee for their work or cannot conduct professional activities due to some unpredictable events.  

A marketplace with various libraries of sound effects and field recordings for native tokens. we're pioneers in this sphere who will sell sound effects and music for crypto with help of nft's, sft’s and ft's.  

NFT staking for earning native tokens, game app for listening to sounds and earning money, recording label and many others.  

As a part of a partnership program, our team will try very hard to attract the main pro-audio companies, as well as known artists, composers and sound designers.  

More details in the roadmap chapter.  

Crypto is currently at the bottom - the best time to develop and create projects. which is exactly what we do.

Here is a whitepaper of a project. As detailed as possible, after reading it you are unlikely to have any questions left. But if they do, be sure to ask.

Updated tokenomic:
Sound Recoding Coin (SREC):
Utility, main currency and governance token.
Total supply: 10 000 000 000 (10 billion) 
Decimals: 9 
Blockchain: Solana 
Token Adress: HcPQHFn978rwepazBiLSFaHNubWrmFZG97aEJ5kAYMCp 
Update Authority: AudiowEtZeZ24ChxZQHzsABPQQCktsp4htKFur68XxDr 

Mint Authority: HcPQHFn978rwepazBiLSFaHNubWrmFZG97aEJ5kAYMCp 
This means that the token can no longer be minted. Supply is final. 

Issuance date: October 20, 2022 
Initial issuing price: 0.0007 USD 

Token allocation: 

Token allocation vesting with Mean Finance DeFi protocol in November, 2022: 

Sound Family DAO members, artists and partners, (1-4 year locked, 1st year locked, linear vesting after 1st year) (solscan) 34.5.%+1% (emergency help pool for sound workers, locked multisig crate); 

DeFi airdrop and mining/staking, (5.8% airdrop for NFT holders, first 3 month locked, after linear unlock during 12 month, other 12.2% 1-4 year locked) (solscan), 18%; 

CatchTheRecordTeam (1-4 year locked)  (solscan), 15%; 

Irrevocable Corporate Purchase Order ICPO (unlocked) (solscan), 1%; 

Liquidity DeFi airdrop: 1%; 

Sound Family DAO contributors/employees/as bonuses/grants/etc: (locked 1-4 years), 4%; 

App rewards for listening (1-4 year locked) (solscan), 15%; 

And partnerships (1-4 year locked) (solscan), 10%; 

Total Circulating Supply for the first year: 6.3%. The breakdown 

is as follows: 

NFT Holders airdrop 4.3% ; 

Irrevocable Corporate Purchase Order ICPO (solscan), 1%; 

Liquidity DeFi airdrop: 1%;

Updated Roadmap:
 

Phase III 

- Other 455 The Art of Field Recording arts public minting (Price= 2 SOL) 

Phase IV 

- Listing on secondary marketplaces  (Magic Eden, Opensea, Solsea) 

- Tokenomic Vesting (Mean Finance DeFi Protocol) 

- "Mic The Art" NFT collection minting: 

50 nft's whitelist minting (Price = 0.2 SOL) 

Other 455 nft's minting (Price = 0.4 SOL) 

- "Mic The Art" Staking 

- $SREC AirDrop for "The Art of Field Recording" and "Mic The Art" NFT Holders (575k $SREC~400$ each nft) 

- "Sound Family DAO" creating (430k SREC needs for membership) 

Phase V: 

- Sound Effects Libraries Market for $SREC tokens. 

Phase VI 

- Field Recording App for relaxation, clear mind and better sleep! 
A huge number of pleasant and relaxing sounds, listen to them and take care of your inner world and about our surrounding world too! 

Users can earn Sound Recording coins (SREC) for listening the sounds and make money. 

Owners of nft's "The Art of Field Recording", "Mic The Art" will receive privileges and can earn more tokens. 

- Phase VII 

- Sound Family DAO Record Label Creating 
- Creating the app for listening label's releases and earning SREC tokens

Music should no longer depend on corporations. Fans can help musicians do what they love directly. The community is tired of the monopoly of major labels, idiotic copyright laws and a system of distribution of funds under which only "a select few" can really exist. The rest have to earn money some other ways. Therefore within the CatchTheRecord ecosystem the "Sound Family DAO" is being created.

This is a label of experimental, modern classical and acoustic music. Also a community of sound professionals from different spheres. We don't providing a publications on streaming services what killed the future of musicians to receive income from listening to their music. Our label offers artists income only through direct interaction between fans and the artist in crypto world - still the last stronghold of freedom and common sense (that's why there is so much scam in it now). But regulators are coming...
Also it will be released a special application where people can listen the music of our artists and earn native ecosystem tokens. The label takes 10% of collected from NFT-services funds. All this is written in a smart contract and is visible to everyone. Every cent. Crypto is now frankly at the bottom - the best time to develop and create projects. Which is exactly what we do.

So, today we has an awesome news for you! "Sound Family DAO" made a 1st official release: [Catch The Crackle - The Raw Tape]. It is a 3-rd studio full-length album from this artist. Long ambient/downtempo lo-fi story about what is happening around us now. The album consists of melodies and rhythms created with the help of a cassette tape recorder and other sources passed through it. Also in the music are author's field recordings as a sound effects, atmospheres and samples of military conversations from the chronicles. 

For this event, we are releasing a special fan-nft collection on the Solana network consisting of 60 arts made with help of a neural network. Pictures can be minted for our native ecosystem token $SREC (Sound Recording Coin) which is being actively airdropped now and everyone can essentially get these fan arts for free (not counting the commission in the Solana network).
Publisher: "Sound Family Dao" [Meta-Mouse Media].
September 29, 2022.

Album Cover - Neural Network.
Bye

Hello! There is an updated tokenomic inside Catch The Record ecosystem!  

Sound Recording Coin (SREC) "Sound recording coin. Main currency. Stacking, verifying, registration, voting, exchange, swap, farming.

Sound Recording Token (REC) "Sound recording token. Part of "The Art of Field Recording" ecosystem. Used for WL's, Verifying, Registrations, Free Mints, and etc. 

Also the roadmap has a big update:
 

Phase IV 

- Listing on secondary marketplaces (Opensea, Solsea, Magic Eden) 

- Sound Family DAO creating 

Phase V 

- Field Recording App for relaxation, clear mind and better sleep! 
A huge number of pleasant and relaxing sounds, listen to them and take care of your inner world and about our surrounding world too! 

Users can earn Sound Recording coins (SREC) for listening the sounds and make money. 

Owners of nft's "The Art of Field Recording" will receive privileges and can earn more tokens. 
- Sound Family DAO Record Label Creating 
- Creating the app for listening label's releases and making money 

- SREC staking and The Art of Field Recording NFT's staking

So, I’ve been into professional field recording for over five years, filling the days by capturing sounds and creating libraries. I like to wander streets not particularly knowing where I am, (carrying my bottomless backpack filled with microphones and headphones) to search and listen carefully. Thousands of hours have been dedicated to walking around various roads, sitting in the clouds of humming mosquitoes, pretending being a part of the environment and working at studio (listening tons of hours of these recordings). And then, I need to get back to those places I’ve already visited dozens or even hundreds of times to record in different weather or another season of the year. 

My sounds are used in films, games, commercials video production and adds. Some artists and bloggers are also using them for their purposes. Needless to say, it embraces my life. I set off on a sound recording adventure many years ago and I’m still all over it trying to convey one ordinary and not special idea: it’s beautiful around us, everywhere, right now, wherever you are.

Several weeks ago I came up with the idea to create a collection of my field recordings accompanied by neural networks art close to my beloved Swiss-born German artist. I was a bit terrified noticing that neural networks created the images much better than I could expect. There are 503 unique works depicting all possible variations on field recording in a vibrant way of abstract expressionism. You will hear the recordings of the sea and forests, busy streets and public transport, the rain and a bonfire, the buzzing of a fly, whistling winds, meadows, the bells and human voices (indoor and outdoor public tones).. 

I’ve created the preview videos

with the musical improvisations by a composer and a sound designer Nadia Gourskaya.gourskaya and my field recordings. 

And now I need your support. First I want to attract attention of the local communities related to sound design and sound recording. You know the real value of this craft: how much time and effort field recordings take. Your support makes a big difference for me to stay in the profession and continue doing what I’m doing. 

If you find my work useful, you can support me by purchasing any piece of this art. 

All owners of the NFT will be given full access to my site: the sound libraries and a full version for a subscribers. 

P.S. by this project I want to draw more attention to crypto and its using in pro-audio sphere. 

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New orchestral concert recording.
Main Pair: Schoeps CMC6 2h + Schneider Disc
Spots: AT4022 Pair (Grand Piano), Sennh. 8040 St. pair (Wind), Neumann's 184 (1st, 2nd violins), Aea N8 (Cellos and Double Basses far spot).
 

A new library soon! 3 days of shooting at Paul Ricard near Marseille.A lot of swoooshes along the race track, pit lane roomtones and atmospheres, ambiences near the track, press center and etc. Here some photos from this shooting. Ambisonic and stereo formats. 

This library will be available for subscribers only.