Michael Oster
F7 Sound and Vision's Michael Oster has recorded music, thunderstorms, F-18s, wild animals, kitchen utensils, celebrities, strange insects.... He also makes the coffee and takes out the trash. 
F7 Sound and Vision in 1993.
Below is a picture of what was the living room of my 2 bedroom Tampa apartment from 1993 to 1996. Lots of gear and wires (not all of it pictured here). Back then the studio was based around a primative Pro Tools system, a Mackie 24*8 mixer, and JBL monitors.
Today all of this and plenty more can be done on a used laptop! We've come a long way in a short time.
Want to know how to get into this business?
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The Story Behind My CDs
Personality, character, style, emotion and more go in before a CD ever comes out. There's a method to this madness.
It's not the gear.
It's how you use it. Skill counts big in recording...
Record a Fart
Put the microphone where? Here's a few points to consider before documenting that gas discharge...
Recording the sounds of storms
How I record the dynamic sounds of a thunderstorm without getting killed...
Left: Me and my studio in early 2006. What's changed? Plenty. My studio's shrinking as computer processing accelerates. More and more of my work is being done on a laptop!
Today, I can carry well over 10 times the power of my entire 1993 studio in a backpack.
In 5 years, 50 times the power of my 2006 "backpack" studio will fit in something the size of a cell phone (thank you nanotechnology!).
Hands on review the R-09, 24 bit WAV / mp3 pocket recorder.
Fame, Fortune, Women.... Yeh, right! :-)
Give your music some amazing new character by transmitting it over the FM airwaves. I show you how.
Can I have "too many" digital audio field recorders? Can a woman have "too many" pairs of shoes? I didn't think so....
You neighbors may have termites, but YOU'VE GOT ZOMBIES! Now who's laughing?
Tape Destruction
Destroy cassette tapes and get some awesome, mutated new sounds. It's fun, easy and I show you how to do it effectively. Pictures and audio examples right now.
F7 Sound and Vision
Founded: March 1993.
Location: Tampa, Florida (or wherever I am at the moment).
Web Site Launched: August 1996 (F7sound.com in 1997).
Owner: Michael Oster (engineer / artist / producer / makes coffee / takes out trash).
Rates: My business model has changed over the last few years and I am only taking on outside clents that are looking for mastering services.
Services: In the past, I offered mastering, recording, location recording, video production, digital editing, mastering, system consultation and more. Now, my time is spent mostily on my websites and their content.
Michael Oster's Discography - Here's a list of the CDs and CD-ROMs that I've made since 1997. This does not include releases by other artists that I have worked on.
Approach to recording: Keep a short, clean signal path. Go easy on the effects. Trust your ears. Throw out all the rules. Experiment and always have fun!
Turn the average laptop into a brutal noise machine. This site explores the computers, software, performances, noise and experimental music artists.
Iguana Invasion!
Thousands of giant reptiles call Gasparilla Island home. But are they welcome there?
What looked like a common housecat when its back was to me then turns to reveal something wild!
