Boom Operation Masterclass
[caption id="attachment_6070" align="alignright" width="213" caption="Photo by rogerdominh (CC)"][/caption] Colin Hart has published a very interesting and detailed article about the principles and techniques of boom operation. It's more focused on location sound, but it will be an amazing read for anyone who has to deal with booms, including sound designers and recordists. The ... read more.
Rob Nokes Special: Recording Water Sounds for “The Guardian”
The SFX recording challenge on The Guardian was that the action sequences took place below and above water. My goal was to deliver a SFX library that was thick, rich and accurate. We were able to create a fantastic water sound library thanks to the work by Alex Daniels, ... read more.
Sound Effects Independence!
I remember when we started to see all this independent companies of sound effects distribution just starting. Now I'm glad to see all the amazing packages that have been released by designers and recordists that put their heart and soul into this. For a good resume and opinions about this, I ... read more.
Rob Nokes Special: Guide to Recording Dogs
Untrained dogs can be very hard to record. Unlike trained dogs, they don’t know commands and are usually scared or uneasy when put in a different environment. Also, their reactions are hard to predict and most likely they will not perform as you want them to when the time for ... read more.
10 Tips to Make You a Better Sound Designer
George Spanos has published another of his great articles on GameSound Design. This time he gives 10 (actually 11) different advices that can make you a better sound designer, no matter your field of work. I agree with almost all the tips, but as George said, this is the most ... read more.
Nicolas Fournel’s Vision of The Future Of Game Audio Programming
The August issue of Develop magazine is available now, including an article with SCEE’s Creative Services Group’s principal audio programmer, Nicolas Fournel talking about his vision of the future of game audio programing: Nicolas Fournel has an impressive 20 years’ experience developing commercial digital audio software. He started out coding Amiga ... read more.
Bruce Tanis Writes on his Two 2010 Emmy Noms
Bruce Tanis, who was recently featured here, has made a post for Colin Hart talking about his two Emmy nominations for Fringe and Temple Grandin. Hi Colin. As you know, I was lucky enough to be nominated recently for a Sound Editing Emmy Award for this past television season. Actually, I ... read more.
Rob Nokes Special: Guide to Recording Cars
Back in the day when I first started recording cars, we were using small DAT machines, the Sony TCD7 and back in those days DAT machines were very expensive, so we had maybe 2 DAT machines. We had to record sounds for this movie called The Chase, and it was ... read more.
Randy Thom on “The Last Airbender”
The July-August issue of Editors Guild Magazine is now available for viewing online. There is an interesting article about sound work of Randy Thom on "The Last Airbender". This movie is a playground for sound,” says Randy Thom, CAS, referring to director M. Night Shyamalan’s latest film, The Last Airbender, for ... read more.
Rob Nokes Special: Favorite Microphones and Recorders
The Deva-5 is the best type of recorder to use wherever possible, the recording quality and technical specifications are very good, however, when recording something that may be dangerous or difficult to get to it’s better to use a Zoom H4 handheld recorder. I also use a Korg MR-100 recorder. The ... read more.
