The first crowdsource sfx library of HISS and a ROAR has been finished and Tim Prebble is ready for the second collection: Room Tones. Traditionally Room Tone referred to the recording of (near) silence on set, to help dialogue editors with filling their tracks/matching backgrounds to different camera/mic angles and/or extraneous sound. It’s also known as a buzz track … [Read more...]
Archives for 2010
"Fallout: New Vegas" – Exclusive Interview with Audio Director Scott Lawlor
I love the Fallout franchise. The gameplay style is fantastic, the technology is top notch and all the places and stories are really unique. After the success of Bethesda with the great Fallout 3, now the turn is for Obsidian, who released "Fallout: New Vegas", a new installment of the game which bring us to a journey through the world of New Vegas, a post apocalyptic … [Read more...]
10 New RODE Rage Interviews with Entertainment Audio Professionals
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4w7pGbqLMc[/youtube] As I told yesterday, RODE has started new video series called Rode Rage, where Ric Viers interviews several professionals of the entertainment audio world. Well, they have published more videos, including very cool interviews with other ten sound professionals, including: (Links to DS TV. Complete playlist … [Read more...]
More About the Sound of "TRON: Legacy"
The december's issue of AudioMedia is available online now, including an interesting article about the sound of "TRON: Legacy", featuring conversations with supervising sound editors Addison Teague and Gwen Whittle. AudioMedia - December 2010 (jump directly to the article) … [Read more...]
"Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath" – Dev Diary 3: Audio
Sound designer Michael Taylor has published an interesting article about his experience on porting audio from "Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath" (Xbox) to FMOD (for PC and PS3). Welcome to the third instalment of the Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath Development Diary! In this edition, we will take a look at how we have been working on increasing the fidelity of the audio for the next … [Read more...]
Craig Henighan on the Sound of "Black Swan"
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/17717688[/vimeo] SoundWorks Collection has released a new fantastic profile, featuring Craig Henighan and his work on Darren Aronofsky’s "Black Swan" Darren Aronofsky’s (Requiem for a Dream, The Wrestler) “Black Swan” is a ballet thriller that follows Nina (Natalie Portman) as she is given the lead role in Swan Lake. As Nina sinks deeper and deeper … [Read more...]
Video Interview with Watson Wu
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pca9rIkuUkI[/youtube] Rode Microphones has started a new video series called Rode Rage featuring Ric Viers, who takes us on a tour of the 'who's who' of the entertainment audio world. In this episode of RØDE Rage Ric drops in on sound designer Watson Wu (Transformers: War for Cybertron, Need for Speed, Operation Flashpoint). Winston … [Read more...]