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Discogs Launches Gear Database Gearogs

March 27, 2017 by Michael Klier Leave a Comment

Discogs Launches Gear Database Gearogs

Music cataloguing database and marketplace service Discogs recently launched Gearogs, an open platform which aims to create the worlds largest database of audio equipment. In an interview with Thump, Discogs CEO & Founder Kevin Lewandowski says: I've also been focusing on what we call our meta-projects. Like applying the Discogs concept to other things. We've started [a … [Read more...]

News: SoundToys “Give a Little, Get a Little”

December 14, 2015 by Topher Pirkl Leave a Comment

Want to score some excellent plugins from perennial favorite manufacturer SoundToys? Want to give to a worthy charity during the holiday season? Well, good news: you can do both, thanks to a great initiative SoundToys has recently started, called "Give a Little, Get a Little." The idea is, SoundToys will be offering one of their "Little" plugins as a pay-what-you-can … [Read more...]

News: SOMA – Behind the Sound

September 22, 2015 by Topher Pirkl Leave a Comment

There's a common joke among game audio artists and designers: if you ask any number of sound designers what genre they'd most like to work on, the odds are good they'll all say "horror", twice. It's no surprise it's such a common answer, either; horror games offer designers some of the most interesting and diverse sound design opportunities one can come across. There's no doubt … [Read more...]

News: Tonebenders Ep. 36 – Marriage Equality Parade Recording

July 10, 2015 by Topher Pirkl Leave a Comment

In a recent, abbreviated episode of the Tonebenders Podcast, Rene Coronado had the opportunity to capture some celebratory crowd sounds following the Supreme Court decision on marriage equality. In the episode, he discusses his recording approach, along with some unexpected inclement weather. Check it out here. Also, Rene generously made the raw recordings available for use, … [Read more...]

Tonebenders: Oliver Machin and Mad Mad Fury Road

May 29, 2015 by Topher Pirkl Leave a Comment

Once again our friends at the Tonebenders podcast have delivered a great episode! This month, they spoke to Mad Mad Fury Road vehicle recordist Oliver Machin about his work on the movie. Head to their site to take a listen, or catch them on iTunes and Stitcher. … [Read more...]

An Underwater Recording Adventure at Boom Box Post

May 20, 2015 by Topher Pirkl Leave a Comment

In a recent blog post over at Boom Box Post, company co-owner Kate Finan discusses here recent experiments -- and successes -- in using contact microphones for underwater recording. It's a great examination of some of the alternatives available for the (sometimes expensive) commercially available hydrophones on the market. … [Read more...]

Review: Twisted Tools METAMORPH

December 20, 2013 by Samuel Ejnes 1 Comment

Review: Twisted Tools METAMORPH

METAMORPH is the latest sample library from Twisted Tools, makers of the designed sample libraries as well as some fun and unique Reaktor ensembles. With sounds designed by BJM Mario Bajardi and Komplex (Iter-Research), METAMORPH "takes heavily processed violins, pianos and acoustic instruments and morphs them into impacts, sci-fi atmospheres, user interface elements and … [Read more...]

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