I’ve been having a think about the best means for us all to communicate should we choose to – Slack hasn’t really worked out; the pricing structure is insanely expensive. A few people have suggested Facebook but I’m afraid I just can’t handle having to deal with it on a regular basis, so I’ve decided to simply set up a Whatsapp group for anyone who wants to participate. Everyone uses it already, it’s very simple – and worst case scenario, if it gets on your nerves it’s easy to opt out or mute it for a while. 😂
Another social media app I can no longer face dealing with is Twitter / X. I was finding it so annoying that in the end I’ve had to delete all my accounts; it was just too painful scrolling through all the crap to try and find what you were looking for. Therefore, I’ve shifted the Club’s social media over to Instagram. Not perfect by any means, but at least a bit more pleasant visually to deal with.
I’ll be adding any news / info to this page now – thescclub.
Also check here for updates on new sounds that have been added to the club, like I used to do on Twitter.
Finally, I’ve also decided to ditch ‘The Knowledge’ which had started to feel like a bit of a waste of time – and, like Slack, the pricing is getting squeezed higher and higher which is making it poor value now.
Welcome to ‘The Knowledge’ – The Sound Collectors’ Club directory where members can add any tips and general info they care to share relating to field recording and sound fx acquisition.
The idea of the directory is not to just create a wiki for all things sound-related. It’s intended purpose is to aid us all in tracking down specific sound fx and atmos recordings.
We can achieve this by using Evernote to accumulate our collective knowledge of, e.g., locations, organizations, speciality forums and contacts and leads as well as info regarding particular recordings of our own that we’ve made that we’d be happy to trade or sell.
For example, I might add the details of a proving ground in the UK, that is a great location for recording vehicles, as one note. Another note I could add would be a note relating to recent Scottish loch recordings I made. I also might add a note about a new sound library or samplepack giveaway I hear about, a contact I know who owns old military vehicles….you get the idea.
If we all add bits of info such as this and tag the notes efficiently then bit by bit I feel we will end up with a really useful resource for sound collecting.
Also, one of the big pluses of using Evernote is it’s geo-locating functions. Consequently, if you’re out and about and make a find – say, a cathedral with amazing acoustics, for example – then you can simply take a snapshot on your Evernote phone app, title and tag it and save it to The Knowledge notebook with location info automatically loaded.
I’ll be posting a fuller explanation here on the website (hopefully a vid) very soon but I thought I’d let you know that this facility is now active for all current members.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions / if anything is unclear.
thesoundcollectorsclub.com 