The thing about wisdom is that you can't really ever receive it. You can read and watch everything there is to find about sound and come away with little more than good conversation. Lessons have to be learned personally, and experience only ever happens to you when you're ready. So it is that I feel myself finally ready to think seriously about some of the things I've seen … [Read more...]
Learning to Listen – Wildeye’s Sound Recording in Iceland Course
Do you want to do more field recording? Sure, we all do. Recorded sound is at the core of so much of our craft, and so the art / act of getting somewhere afield, pointing a microphone and capturing sound feels like one of those fundamental skills we all should know. You know, like fixing a flat or painting a living room. Except that I rarely change a flat--certainly not … [Read more...]
Monthly Theme: Tutorials
Want to be a sound designer? There's lots to learn. There always has been, really--but today it feels as though it's happening all at once. Here's a primer: You've post-production: signal flow fundamentals, editing, library management and deliveries. There's a host of DAWs to choose from, myriad ways of customizing them, and an ever-expanding selection of plug-ins, … [Read more...]
Thanks To This Month’s Contributors
As April's topic closes out, we want to extend a thanks to this month's contributors. Our Inspirations / Distractions theme brought in an incredible amount of content from the community--and we hope their words have given you something to think about. Here's a chance to re-read them all. See you next month! Andrew Rohrmann -- Post | Twitter | Site Akash Thakkar -- … [Read more...]
Inspirations / Distractions – Spencer Riedel
Spencer Riedel is a composer and sound designer at Bearcowboy. "Some people need to be left completely alone to contemplate, or to distract themselves before their mind will be ready for that sudden blast of light that makes the way forward clear. I am not one of those people." Outsourcing Eureka Moments ... Every time I have had a “breakthrough” with a problem I’m … [Read more...]
Inspirations / Distractions – Will Stowell
Will Stowell is a freelance sound designer & dialogue editor living around Seattle, WA. "I've always had a work mentality of no goofing off when at work, but when working at home, it's different." "I find that when working on a long, boring project, I will start to drift into my web browser and check up on stuff, look at gear I wish I could buy or end up Googling some … [Read more...]
Inspirations / Distractions – Carlye Nyte
Carlye Nyte is a sound designer and musician for games and virtual reality. She currently resides in Seattle, WA. Her favorite cartoon is Steven Universe. "When I was in school I had a classmate friend whose love of cartoons and synths went so hand in hand that every patch she made was a burst of color and nostalgia. I called her my muse." "Whenever I was uninspired or … [Read more...]