This model of sound effects distribution by individual sound designers is becoming even more popular. Now the turn is for Jim Stout, who is announcing the release of his own SFX company called Stout Sound. This time we have a different approach. Jim focuses on developing affordable sound packs including designed sounds ready to use on all kind of multimedia projects. This is … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2010
Stefan Strandberg on the Sound of "Battlefield: Bad Company 2"
Stefan Strandberg, who we interviewed recently talking about the sound of "Battlefield: Bad Company 2", has been invited by Develop Magazine to talk about the sound of the game. Let's read: “As with any sequel, we dug deeper, expanding diversity and asset quality. The game plays better – both single and multi-player – and a game that plays better, sounds better. We’ve gotten … [Read more...]
Exotic
"Anybody can make weird sounds easily, but it takes hard work and talent to come up with sounds that are exotic enough to put a useful twist on a scene, but organic enough to be entirely believable." -Randy Thom … [Read more...]
Sounddogs.com Blog Featuring Field Recording Experiences, Guides, Tips, Examples, and More
Sounddogs.com, one of the biggest SFX companies of the whole world, has launched his own blog, where they feature lots of interesting stuff from its president Rob Nokes, a very talented sound recordist and designer. In the blog you can find everything related to Sounddogs, and also recording stories, tips for recording specific kind of sounds, interviews and special features … [Read more...]
Ben Burtt Named Silver Award Winner for Helping to Preserve San Anselmo History in Films
Ben Burtt has received the Silver Award by the Town of San Anselmo, for his work on preservation of history in films. Ben Burtt, who helped preserve San Anselmo history in films, has been named a Silver Award winner. Burtt documented the local floods of 1982 and 2005 in “The Great Flood of 1982” and “12/31.” He says, he “collected footage from 15 or 16 different people and … [Read more...]
Tim Prebble Presents SEAL VOCALS, New SFX Library of HISS and a ROAR (With Exclusive Q&A)
Tim Prebble has announce the release of SEAL VOCALS, a new great sound effects library for HISS and a ROAR, this time featuring lovely Seals talking to a microphone. My primary goal was to isolate the seal vocals from the ambience, for use in creature vocal design, so this library was recorded using a Sennheiser MKH70 microphone due to its “excellent directivity… particularly … [Read more...]
Charles Maynes Special: Sound for War Films [Pt. 2] – “Flags of Our Fathers” and “Letters from Iwo Jima”
In the films “Flags of Our Fathers” and “Letters from Iwo Jima” the challanges were different but not by a huge margin- Alan Murray, longtime Supervising Sound Editor for Clint Eastwood, was very committed to making an accurate and dynamic track for the Battle of Iwo Jima, and had a special investment in the effort since his father was a USMC tank crew member in the battle. … [Read more...]