Tim Prebble HISSandaROAR
@hissandaroar.bsky.social
field recording + film sounddesign www.imdb.com/name/nm0695670 composer/musician + film/uav photographer timprebble.com + sfx libraries HISSandaROAR.com + MusicofSound blog since 2006 https://linktr.ee/TimPrebble Karehana Bay, Aotearoa New Zealand
Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp...
Hah! If there is one thing I absolutely loathe about @soundcloud its that there is no permanent default to disable Autoplay. I'll choose to listen to something, it finishes & soundcloud then selects some utter crud to blast at me!! Problem solved: greasyfork.org/en/scripts/3...
soundcloud disable autoplay station
Opens the Soundcloud Next Up menu on load and turns off the Autoplay Station, then continually disables it
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Here's a small thing you can do for the future: 🌐 Find a webpage you care about. 💾 Save it. ✔️ That's it. One saved page becomes part of the web's shared memory. Try it today 👉 web.archive.org #ToolsYouCanUse
Another good rendition of the impact of cuts facing friends, colleagues, and the country at Archives Library New Zealand. waateanews.com/2026/09/05/o... #GLAM #Archives #NewZealand #Aotearoa #InformationRecordsMGMT #Legislation #GOVT #NZPol #digipres #DigitalPreservation
Our History on the Chopping Block: National Library and Archives Face 12% Workforce Cut - Waatea News: Māori Radio Station
The institutions charged with protecting Aotearoa’s documentary memory are facing another major round of job cuts, with a proposal to axe 47 full-time equivalent roles across the National Library and ...
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new HISSandaROAR library where I spent many hours destroying an old wardrobe with mics inside it! SD087 WARDROBE DESTRUCTION is now released - MKH8040 pair exterior and MKH8020 pair inside wardrobe #sounddesign #gameaudio
New 7” single LURCH / Swamp Man Stomp available over at www.onestoprecord.shop MUSICAL POWER - Rub-A-Dub Special releases 19/10/26. Pre orders available now.
The provision is there for a reason! I chat more about Supermarket Sweat week over at my Substack: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/the-week-t...
"If cats could talk to cops, they wouldn't!" Poster spotted in London, UK
We’re so excited to share the trailer for BLACK SHEEPS with the world! This film was handmade with love and care (and many litres of fake blood) and I can’t wait for people to see it.
Black Sheeps | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Umbrella Entertainment
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Local independent venues & allies are encouraging rangatahi / young adults to get enrolled and vote in this year's general election — hosting ROCK’EN’ROL live musical events throughout Aotearoa NZ! Your voice matters, enrol to vote / update your details at vote.nz 🔊⚡️
Spotlight: ROCK’EN’ROL - Live Music & Voting Enrolment Events
Independent music venues are uniting to help get rangatahi / young adults enrolled to vote!
undertheradar.co.nz
Took the wee 1927 Chev out for a drive on a sunny Sunday and at last recorded its AHOOGA Horn! A free library coming next week for owners of HISSandaROAR VEH006 library! #sounddesign
We’re so excited that it’s been announced at last that BLACK SHEEPS will have its world premiere at the Sitges International Film Festival, the biggest genre festival in the world, in Spain in October!
Really is a dividing line between people who understand how powerful it feels to create something from nothing vs incurious people looking for a shortcut
Konner Knudsen@penzerker.bsky.social · last mo.Werner Herzog's scathing quote about Ai is what I needed this morning.
A snapshot of a deeper problem in NZ's information ecology du jour: electoral opinion forms not from policy documents but from outrage-optimised social media posts, algorithmic amplification, & comment pile-ons. People vote on vibes shaped by platforms that reward reaction over reading. #nzpol
love this, so hooky!! Shabba Ranks + Bulby York - Champion www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nls...
Champion
YouTube video by Release - Topic
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Anyone in the Hutt up for a side quest tomorrow?
This is appalling. 47 full time equivalent roles is massive. It's more than 1 in 8 people working at the Library & Archives NZ. Archives is already understaffed and not capable of ensuring compliance with the Public Records Act. Democracy & functioning govt depends on access to info. #nzpol
RNZ News Feeds@rnzrss.bsky.social · last mo.Almost 50 jobs could go at National Library and Archives, PSA warns
BEFORE and AFTER photos of todays #fieldrecording - very cathartic, smashing the shit out of an old wardobe! Sennheiser MKH8040/8050/8040 LCR plus MKH8020 x2 inside wardrobe...
FFT of some of SD086 ROOF IRON Contact Mic recordings... Ehrlund EAP Contact Mics really do hear up to 100kHz!
Last day of HISSandaROAR 16th Birthday Sale = September 1st! Last chance for 50% off every sound effects library, ambience library and IR library... #sounddesign #gameaudio HISSandaROAR.com
