The first recordings I ever captured were loud sounds like traffic, construction, and sound effects like doors, shuffling of beans, and pouring hot water in teacups. I never thought to capture audio of “silence” until I started receiving messages from sound designers asking me where they could find my room tones.
Back then, I knew what room tone was but I didn’t consider it something I should record because I figured the sound recordists on set would always get these sounds. It turns out other sound people need room tone other than individuals working in film production.
The truth is, I was blinded to the fact that thousands of artists out there are looking for sounds and using them for so many reasons that I don’t know. For example, I learned that sound designers, sound engineers, and musicians use room tone as a start to create a noise profile for their soundscapes and sound effects.
Through the knowledge I gained as a traveling sound recordist and the feedback from amazing sound enthusiasts & professionals, I knew it was my duty to record as much room tone as possible on my field recording trips! Already so many people have downloaded my recordings to use in their projects.
If you find yourself hunting for room tone for a film, animation, video game, music, or anything take a listen to a few of my room tone sound libraries! They are royalty-free so be creative and have fun!