Designing Musical Sounds

Wednesday, March 27, 2013
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Guest Contribution by Brendan Hogan Making music from a single household item is hardly an original idea at this point, but if you’re a sound designer or an…

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An interview with Nils Frahm

Wednesday, March 27, 2013
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About a year ago I watched ‘An Island’, a documentary film by Vincent Moon on the Danish band Efterklang. The whole soundtrack of the movie is extremely musical…

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The Cinematic Toy Piano

Friday, March 22, 2013
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Guest Contribution by Ali Lacey When someone mentions a Toy Piano, the last things you would think are 50Hz Booms, sub drops, eerie textures, bows and big percussive…

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Sound Design and Music: Diluting the Distinctions, Strengthening the Art Form

Wednesday, March 13, 2013
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Guest Contribution by Doron Reizes Traditionally, the concepts of music composition and sound design have been viewed as distinctly separate creative audio disciplines. Karen Collins points out in…

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Audiovisual Correspondences

Tuesday, March 12, 2013
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Guest contribution by Martin Stig Andersen The following is extracted from the author’s article “Electroacoustic Sound and Audiovisual Structure in Film” (supervised by Denis Smalley) originally published by…

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Collaborating with the Music Team – An Interview with Randy Thom

Tuesday, March 5, 2013
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When we talk about the blurry lines that exist between sound design and music, it’s important to remember that we don’t work in a vacuum. Media is collaborative….

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The Intersection of Sound Design and Music

Friday, March 1, 2013
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This is a conversation topic we see pop every once in a while…the blurring lines between music composition and sound design. When you stop to think about it…

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DocHouse Masterclass Videos on Sound

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Earlier this week, we posted that Peter Albrechtsen’s Masterclass presentation at DocHouse was available for viewing online. That’s not the only video in the series worth your time…

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Peter Albrechtsen – Sound Design Master Class Available on Vimeo

Monday, February 25, 2013

He’s one of our contributors, he gave a master class on sound design for documentaries, and you can watch the whole thing on Vimeo right now!

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Capcom Audio Director Tomoya Kishi Interview

Monday, February 11, 2013
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Japanese video game composers and musicians get a good bit of coverage and acclaim over in the West, but the people making the booms and whoosh sounds don’t seem to…

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