FieldLog.net is Coming to iOS!
Ever since I started sharing the android version of the app, people have asked if I had an iOS version. After finding some Apple hardware, and porting the Kotlin app to Kotlin…
Notes from the FieldLog
Field Recording, Ambience, and Soundscape Explained
The vocabulary around environmental audio can be surprisingly broad. I’ve briefly discussed the take/recording dilemma before, and today I’d like to touch on field recording, ambience, and soundscape. These terms are often…
Fulfilling the original intention: FieldLog goes abroad!
I started writing FieldLog after frustrations from how poorly I handled organization after a trip to England in April. Well, I’ve been using the Android app (and syncing online) since around the…
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Why Most Field Recordings Are Forgotten (and How to Fix It)
This one isn’t really technical, and probably better described as rambling, so buyer be warned… In 2016, as part of a work project, I traveled to China to demonstrate some technology I…
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Use FieldLog Offline: Install the Web App on Your Phone
I am excited to announce that FieldLog now supports Progressive Web App (PWA) technology, bringing you a mobile app experience without needing to download anything from the App Store. While not a…
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How to Organize and Tag Field Recordings
If you’ve spent any time field recording, you probably have had similar pain to me: Folders full of ZOOM0001.wav and TASCAM_2025-09-01.wav, with no clue what’s actually inside those files without clicking and…
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Why FieldLog Uses the Word Take
When I started building FieldLog one of the earliest design decisions was awkwardly simple: what word should I use to describe each captured sound file? In the world of audio, two terms…
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UCS Tags, Free Tags, and Notes: A Field Recording Metadata Guide
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…
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Welcome to FieldLog!
Thanks for stumbling on this little corner of the internet. I’m Houstin, and I make FieldLog.net, a logger for field recordists that keeps your takes, gear, photos, location and weather together, on…
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