Mastering Recording/Take Metadata: A Guide to UCS Tags, Free Tags, and Notes in Field Recording

Field recording is as much about capturing the context as it is about capturing the sound. When you’re deep in a session—whether you’re documenting urban soundscapes, recording foley in the wild, or capturing that perfect bird call at dawn—the metadata you log can make the difference between a usable library and a digital graveyard of unnamed files.

Field Log offers three powerful ways to annotate your recordings: UCS tags, free tags, and notes. Each serves a different purpose, and understanding when and how to use them will transform how you organize, search, and recall your field recordings.… Keep reading

Welcome to FieldLog!

Thank you for stumbling on this little corner of the internet. My name is Houstin, and I’ll be your guide into this site and all its accompaniments. Let’s start with an FAQ, shall we?

What is FieldLog?

FieldLog is an app (currently online and Android) that allows users to log metadata from Field Recording activities. It allows users to track their gear (recorders, microphones, and kits which are various combinations of the two.) More importantly though, it allows for the logging of takes or the recordings themselves.… Keep reading