Sweet Justice is a "full service game audio production company based in the South of England. Founded by industry veterans Chris Sweetman and Samuel Justice. With a combined experience of over 3 decades of frontline experience in the games industry, we have worked on a large number of AAA and independent titles. We have won multiple awards for our work within game … [Read more...]
It Never Ends…
First off, happy new year to all of our readers! We're going to kick this year off with a slightly different topic. We're going to take a look at education. There will be some discussion of academic programs certainly, but that's not necessarily the sum total of this topic. I know that personally, I've learned far more since finishing my "formal training" than I did during it. … [Read more...]
Our Favorite Sounds of 2014
The year 2014 has been one of many great articles, interviews, and discussions here at Designing Sound and we want to thank all of our readers for their attention, suggestions, contributions, and overwhelming support. There have been so many great films, shows, games and events this year that we thought we would share some of our favorites for you to go … [Read more...]
Time And Psychoacoustics
When designing audio we are often thinking of time across a large variety of units: samples, milliseconds, frames, minutes, hours and more. This article is inspired by a conversation I had with Andy Farnell about a year ago at a pub in Edinburgh, right before a sound design symposium, where we discussed about time and the role it plays when it comes to designing audio. Like … [Read more...]
Sonic Arts Award 2015
The third edition of the Sonic Arts Award is accepting submissions until 20 January 2015. Sonic artists, researchers and sound designers, and others, are encouraged to enter their work into one (or more) of four categories: Sound Art, Sonic Research, Soundscapes, Digital and Media Art. Each category winner will receive €1000.00, and there are additional prizes, including an … [Read more...]
Berkeley Film Foundation – Alan Splet Award
The Berkeley Film Foundation has established a new grant in honor of sound designer Alan Splet. From their website: Please join BFF in honoring Alan Splet by donating to a new grant that we have named for him. Alan was a well-known and extremely admired sound designer who collaborated with David Lynch, Phil Kaufman, Peter Weir, Carroll Ballard, Frank Oz and numerous other … [Read more...]
Review: Dehumaniser
While it has been out for a while now, I finally got my hands on a review copy of Dehumaniser from Krotos LTD. Dehumaniser has gotten a good bit of buzz in the professional sound design community and rightly so. It is a rock-solid solution for quick and easy monster voices. Dehumaniser is “a software standalone vocal processor that allows the production of creature / monster … [Read more...]