[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/25022786[/vimeo] Andrew Spitz has published a great post on his blog talking about the sound he designed and programmed for the BMW Tunnel Experience. A few months back, with Mann Made Media, I had the privilege to work on a great project for BMW. BMW was announcing their sponsorship of the South African rugby team – the Springboks. Our brief was to … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2011
Pro Tools 10 at AES – Part 2
This is a follow up post to Jamie's article from last night. I spent some time at the Avid booth today to get answers to questions I developed after catching up on the press release data; and to also address some of the points that Jamie brought up in his article. Let's start out with this fancy new multiple file formats in the session. It's quite happy looking at nearly … [Read more...]
Pro Tools 10 at AES
I watched the Avid at AES 2011 streaming press conference so you don't have to. The AES presentation took a few minutes at the beginning to give an overview of where Avid and Pro Tools are today, in particular going over the products that Avid released in 2010, in particular: The new M-Boxes, The HD Native hardware and interfaces, And the opening-up of Pro Tools to … [Read more...]
Congratulations to Judge Rice!
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/29459564[/vimeo] Congratulations to Judge Rice, the winner of Sound Design Challenge #12: Lifeless Howl. It was a fantastic challenge, with so many excellent entries that I quickly lost count. His win was well earned, and it nets him a free copy of the Creatures sound effects library from Boom Library. A big thanks to Boom Library for sponsoring this … [Read more...]
Supervising Sound Editor Lon Bender on “Drive”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvBhpkeckTY[/youtube] Supervising Sound Editor Lon Bender of Soundelux discusses the creative process behind the sound design for DRIVE. Soundelux … [Read more...]
Ben Burtt’s Sound Lab for “Forbidden Planet”: Artifacts from the Krell
Ben Burtt explains how the electronic score of "Forbidden Planet" was created. The video is at the right side of this page. Prior to the screening, Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor Craig Barron and Oscar-winning sound designer Ben Burtt investigated some of the secrets behind the making of the film. Barron examined the film’s breakthrough effects sequences that used … [Read more...]
The Sound of Fear – BBC Radio 4
Fantastic broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on the sound of fear. A door creaks, footsteps echo, someone's breathing - and we are terrified. But why? Sean Street investigates the psychology of fear, so potently sensitive to sound. He hears from musician and writer David Toop and film-maker Chu-Li Shrewring how sounds trigger fear and the way this inspires them. The neuro-scientist … [Read more...]