LOM Geofón Field Recording in Iceland

[@sjhstone]

Cool! It's great to see sponsorship coming to your channel! The low frequency sound picked from the aircraft just sounds cinematic. And the waterfall sound is nothing I'd have imagined!

[@FreeToUseSounds]

Hi! Thank you and yes these sounds are amazing. I collaborated with Zoom already 2 years ago and I believe in the products. It's all about asking and supporting each other. :)

[@ledmagik4920]

Awesome video as always , i was lucky enough to get a Geofon , one idea for fixing to non magnetic thin surfaces is i place another neodymium magnet on the other side ,works great .

[@FreeToUseSounds]

Oh yes that works too. Did you get the suction cup?

[@ledmagik4920]

@@FreeToUseSounds Yes got the suction cup too but ists no good for most surfaces , also got Usi pro mikro usi and akg c411 pp i now record with all together and mix in cubase . Thanks for your videos

[@NomadicAmbience]

Can't wait to see what you capture with the hydrophone.

[@FreeToUseSounds]

Oh yes, this will be one of our next videos! :) Working on it.

[@l3yce583]

I love how he is so amazed by the sound

[@FreeToUseSounds]

Thanks :)

[@BeauManning]

I ordered my first pair of Usi Pros this year, so I’m excited for those, but the Geofone is a must have

[@FreeToUseSounds]

It totally is. I have so much fun running around with that device. I hope Jonas makes more this year.

[@PostcardAndAPint]

This is brilliant Marcel & Libby. (It's Wills here by the way from WW Audio). I've just managed to get myself a Lom Geofone from the latest release. Can't wait to receive it and start collecting some great sounds!!

[@FreeToUseSounds]

Hi Wills! That’s great to hear you got one :).

[@marcelchaloupka]

A way to attach the Geofon is the use a magnet on the other side of the non-magnetic material to sandwich the material between the Geofon and the other magnet

[@FreeToUseSounds]

Yes that is possible.

[@rodrigobispo2416]

A very interesting way to capture sound. Thanks for this video!

[@FreeToUseSounds]

Thank you for watching!!

[@Male_Code]

0:25 - Prometheus by Ridley Scott

[@FreeToUseSounds]

You got it :)

[@__prtcl]

you are definitely right about Geofon being sold out :) I had to sign up for their mailing list and then buy it exactly at 4:01pm to get one. definitely sounds amazing as a bass/support mic like you point out. I will often use a few different mics and contact mics to get just the right “close up” sound

[@FreeToUseSounds]

Oh wow! So glad you got one.

[@TheEudaemonicPlague]

I'd love to get into making such recordings, but between having no money to speak of, and being disabled, I have to make use of others' recordings. I'm very pleased to have found yours--very nice, and lots of fun. I just need to stop collecting things, and start using them.

[@FreeToUseSounds]

So sorry to hear that :(

[@sergeiegorkin7873]

Hey man, nice to see you doing well!

[@FreeToUseSounds]

Sergey Egorkin Thank you Sergey and yes we are doing good so far. We hope you are well too.

[@yenra]

Excited to be watching since my Geofón is expected to arrive in August (ordered in the right window of time).

[@FreeToUseSounds]

I hope you enjoy it. :) If you have the Geofón, a new world of sounds will open to you.

[@alvinabalmeida8336]

So cool! Got goosebumps! Too broke to venture into sounds yet. Hopefully in the future, right now I record off my phone...

[@FreeToUseSounds]

Äløõ & BTS You can always start small just how I did. We are going to make a video about how a 100 dollar recorder changed my life.

[@alvinabalmeida8336]

@@FreeToUseSounds I can't wait to see that video. Seriously you are an inspiration, totally love your sounds!!! Is it better to start with the zoom H1n or the zoom H5/H6. Would like your thoughts on it.

[@FreeToUseSounds]

Äløõ & BTS If you don’t xlr yet you can start with the H1n of course but if you know you would need a microphone soon, go with the h5n. Or wait until August. The H8 is coming out.

[@alvinabalmeida8336]

@@FreeToUseSounds sure will wait it out 😄👍

[@FreeToUseSounds]

I buy it too! :)

[@nebojsakrajnovic88]

Hi. Advice needed: can you convert the sounds obtained via Geofon into the precise/full spectrum frequency (hertz scale, regardless of whether it falls under 20hz/20000hz range, or not)? If yes, can you please briefly explain the procedure and highlight the possible use of additional equipment (which one)? Thank you. Nebojsa

[@carlos_niggli]

The plane from the Real live guys!

[@seraphims3219]

wow, really nice sounds! Especially the ones from the waves and the waterfall captured by the geofón. I hope I will be able to purchase a geofón in the near future and try it out. Can I ask you which hardshell cable box you are using in the beginning of the video?

[@FreeToUseSounds]

Oh I tried to remember where I got this box from but I really can't remember. :(

[@thescarletgospels717]

Hi, love your videos! But I just had one question; you often talk about some of your recordings sounding "noisy" and say you can easily fix it in post. But what does that mean? What is the exact process used to remove the noise?

[@FreeToUseSounds]

Hi! For example using noise remover. Low cut or high cut filters are basic processing tools.

[@Zarb3l]

Great ! Great microphone and great place too ;) see u on another volcano planet ;)

[@FreeToUseSounds]

Abel Zarbel Hi Abel! Thank you for watching and it’s so magical here but of course we miss La Réunion. See you there :)

[@Laneth]

A little late to the party with this video Marcel, but I have come from your most recent video talking about your Creative Micro Audio Recording Kit (Aug 2022) I just wanted to ask about the moment at around 3:40 where you said you couldn't record the aluminium with the LOM Geofón because it was 'too loud' - were you referring to the overall levels being too loud creating the distortion, or was there too much interference in the low/high frequencies to capture clean sound? I wonder if you could still capture clean enough sound using the Zoom H6 on 32-bit float, or get around that clipping distortion? 🤔

[@FreeToUseSounds]

Hi Neth! So sorry but I just saw your comment. You mean the Zoom F6? The H6 has no 32 bit float. I'm mean the sounds are just to intense to record with Geofon.

[@stuartleighton]

Just got my hands on a Geofon and have a Cjossul contact mic from Organic Audio. Do you think I also need an AKG C411 contact mic?

[@ernie548]

Theses were/are hard to get. Current geopolitics are sadly maybe make these be a long time before we see them again.

[@rhubbardstockfootage]

Great video!!

[@FreeToUseSounds]

Rhubbard StockFootage Thank you!

[@seraphims3219]

I finally got my Geofón and did some first recordings with it today :) Had to rewatch this video again. I didn't think about switching off the phantom power before recording. Do you think it is necessary to switch it off? Because with the hydrophone it works. I set up the gains very high to capture the low frequencies but it wasn't without noise. Is it possible to remove that in post-production?

[@FreeToUseSounds]

Hi! Ohh yes many hydrophones need pp in order to work but don't use it for the Geofon. Its not needed and you could damage it. Please don't because these are so hard to get. :)

[@manindhravarmadatla1703]

I couldn't find the mic at the moment.

[@FreeToUseSounds]

They are always sold out in a heartbeat

[@rendermanpro]

Do you have issues in airports security/custom with your devices like this one? ("what the heck is that?")

[@FreeToUseSounds]

I keep the Geofon always in the check bag.

[@Innocence44]

6:28 opening scene from Prometheus

[@FreeToUseSounds]

You got it :)

[@gemma9507]

Cool sounds! What do you use this sounds for ? Music?

[@FreeToUseSounds]

Sound design

[@pasqualerecsound]

Dove é possibile acquistare questo microfono?

[@arcticguineas]

Hi, why do you not use phantom power with this contact mic?

[@FreeToUseSounds]

Because it doesn’t require phantom power plus it’s not a contact microphone.

[@DavidGriffin]

Your sound pack for this dropped so fast! Hahaha

[@FreeToUseSounds]

Yeah and I hope you can use it David. Lots of good sounds in it. :)

[@DavidGriffin]

@@FreeToUseSounds you know what we need... Insect sounds... And crawly insect sounds

[@FreeToUseSounds]

@@DavidGriffin I got insects :) freetousesounds.bandcamp.com/album/insects-swarms-bali-insects-sound-effects-wings-vibration freetousesounds.bandcamp.com/album/rainforest-sounds-bird-sounds-bugs-flys-cicadas-sounds-thailand freetousesounds.bandcamp.com/album/wing-sounds-flys-cricket-wing-sound-effects I hope it helps :)

[@DavidGriffin]

@@FreeToUseSounds cool!!!!

[@FreeToUseSounds]

@@DavidGriffin I got you covered :)

[@docjcyt]

He is like Colin Firth and Benedict Cumberbatch put together.

[@FreeToUseSounds]

You mean me or the Geofon :)

[@docjcyt]

@@FreeToUseSounds great sounds!

[@itachi__]

Hello from France ! I cannot buy the Lom Geofón. Do you have any information on stock procurement please?

[@FreeToUseSounds]

Hi Itachi! Yes this is always sold out. The last batch of 400 was sold out under 2 hours. Jonas is currently making a new big batch. Get on the email list from LOM and you're maybe lucky.

[@itachi__]

@@FreeToUseSounds Ok thank you !

[@rendermanpro]

Looks like laundry place in the middle of nowhere :)

[@FreeToUseSounds]

Haha yes kind of :)

[@OwenPrescott]

What is the portable unit he's using and does it record the sound?

[@FreeToUseSounds]

Hi Owen. You can ask me directly :) What portable unit? You mean the LOM Geofon?

[@UNSCPILOT]

The recorder is the "Zoom H6" if I'm not mistaken

[@FreeToUseSounds]

@@UNSCPILOT That’s the Zoom F6.

[@portbankok]

a lot of words for field recording. sometimes a moment of silence allows others to hear a sound. Good luck

[@FreeToUseSounds]

Thank you!