Great interview at Woody's Sound Advice with supervising sound editor David Stone. If you’ve seen any 70′s era Hanna Barbera cartoons or any major motion pictures over the last several decades you’ve heard the craftsmanship of David Stone. He has worked with some of the most creative and unique directors and producers in Hollywood and picked up an Academy Award along the … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2011
Ann Kroeber Special: Sound for Games – Exclusive Interview
Don't forget to sign up for the live chat with Ann on October 29th. You've contributed to a number of very well known games and franchises in recent years. What's are some of the similarities and differences you've encountered between the game and film industries? As far as sound in these two industries, both film and game sound brings us into the picture and stirs up our … [Read more...]
Soundminer Pro v4.3 Available, Lion Compatible
Soundminer Pro v4.3 has been released, including new features and fixes. Main New features OS X 10.7 Lion Support Brand new Rewire engine which thus far has proven to be more reliable, faster and less CPU intensive. This is part of ongoing developments for our next pro version. Auto-Detect Pro Tools session - Soundminer will check when moving between the two applications … [Read more...]
Water Foley, New Library of HISS and a ROAR
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/30574333[/vimeo] Water Foley is a new sound library of water movement, footsteps and sound effects released by HISS and a ROAR and recorded by Tim Prebble. This library was recorded in two exterior swimming pools, one interior pool, a sandy beach at low tide, a river, a stream, a rock pool at low tide and a swamp. Apart from human movement, footsteps … [Read more...]
The Sound of “The Thing” – A Sound Designer’s Dream
New article by Mel Lambert for MPSE, talking about the sound of "The Thing" (2011) with supervising sound editors Scott Hecker and Elliot Koretz. Serving as a prequel to John Carpenter’s classic 1982 film of the same name, The Thing is director Matthijs Van Heijningen’s feature-film debut and comes from the producers of Dawn of the Dead and In Time. It opens October 14 through … [Read more...]
“Sound”
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/30419922[/vimeo] We love sound. Hear from sound experts and friends of SoundCloud why sound is so important to the way we connect with the world. Despite the very different ways they think about and work with sound, they all converged on the idea that sound is incredibly important, often neglected and that if you listen better, there’s a whole new way … [Read more...]
Ann Kroeber on Weekend America: Recording Animals
Ann would like to share with you, an interview that she participated in with Weekend America a few years ago. The interview is about recording animals: Ann Kroeber: I don't think of myself... I'm not going out and thinking that I'm an animal expert just because I can talk to them. I think that every time I do it, it's always something new. It's like a surprise to me. You can … [Read more...]