Robin Arnott has released his first commercial independent library: WRAUGHK FX 001 - Fireballs What you get: 179 fire effects (26 minutes and 50 seconds of flamey glory) delivered as broadcast wav at 192 kHz/24bit and 96kHz/24bit in stereo Left-Right and additionally in stereo Mid-Side, with descriptive filenames and embedded descriptions. Download size is 3.4 GB (zipped) for … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2011
The Sound of Soviet Science Fiction
As always, fantastic article by Sound and Music. Robert Barry explores the soundtracks of Eduard Artemiev, best known for his work with Andrei Tarkovsky, whose films are among the many celebrated at BFI’s Kosmos season of Soviet SF films. The Sound of Soviet Science Fiction … [Read more...]
KISS2011: 15-18 September 2011 in Porto, Portugal
Inspired by Portugal's proud history of navigators who set out to explore beyond the known and visible horizon, the theme of the third annual Kyma International Sound Symposium (KISS2011) is "Exploring Sound Space" (Explorando o espaço do som). Set in the nautically-inspired Casa Da Musica, architect Rem Koolhaas' dramatic new music venue in Porto Portugal, the symposium will … [Read more...]
Coming Soon at Tonsturm
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/26767728[/vimeo] New pack available soon. What will be the mystery about? Tonsturm … [Read more...]
Sound Design Challenge #11: Sound Scavenging
It's time for the next Sound Design Challenge! We're really excited to have this one sponsored by McDSP. They're offering up a copy of their Futzbox plug-in to the winner. Please take the time to thank them by following them on Twitter @McDSP_PlugIns and visiting their Facebook page (feel free to "Like" it while you're there). We're going to try something a little different … [Read more...]
Collaborative Challenges in Games
New article by Rob Bridgett on Gamasutra: In this feature, experienced audio director Rob Bridgett (Prototype) explains how the expanded possibilities brought by modern technology have lead sound directors to have to make careful collaborative choices to support a game's vision. Sound Friction: Collaborative Challenges in Games … [Read more...]
The Recordist Releases Fireworks Show HD Library
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/26483357[/vimeo] Frank Bry has released a Fireworks Show HD library, featuring multi-channel recordings of a complete fireworks presentation. Recorded at 24-Bit 192K with a close up and stereo set of microphones in full windshields and windjammers to 2 Sound Devices SD-702 recorders sync locked together. They were placed approximately 6 meters away from … [Read more...]