car etc. and it has been an incredibly fun challenge as I rarely anticipate what the end product will sound like!
The first video that I made using everyday sound featured the sounds of a pug and, to my surprise, gained fantastic momentum online. As of writing this article, “Pug Beats” has amassed over 9 million views across a multitude of platforms!
Collecting sound samples is the first thing that I have to do when it comes to composing with my location, item, room etc., and to collect these sounds, I use a handheld microphone system, called the Zoom H5, with various interchangeable microphone “capsules”. When I collect samples, I use a shotgun capsule, as it is an incredibly directional pick-up pattern that picks up little-to-no background sound – offering me a very “raw”, or clean sound, which is preferable, as it’s far easier to work with these clips in the processing steps of this composition.
Once I have collected as many samples as I can, I take the recordings to my computer, where I work with them in my DAW of choice - Logic Pro X. In Logic, I can listen back to my various recorded sample clips and extract the sounds that, I believe, have potential as musical “building blocks”.
Once I have collected as many samples as I can, I take the recordings to my computer, where I work with them in my DAW of choice - Logic Pro X. In Logic, I can listen back to my various recorded sample clips and extract
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