After the rousing success of our meetup at last year's show in New York (seriously, it was great!), we've decided to do it again this year! So, come join us for food and drinks at Tom's Urban on Thursday, October 9th, at 8:30 PM. Both Shaun and I will be there and we look forward to meeting all of you! More info and how to RSVP after the jump. … [Read more...]
The Making Of Thunderstorm 3 SFX Library Part 1
Guest Contribution by Frank Bry In this article I will reveal my secrets and techniques to recording decent thunder and lightning. Many, many years and sleepless nights have gone into perfecting the art of recording the thunderstorm and I will finally share. But first, I want to share a little history and tell you how I developed these secrets and techniques. It was not so … [Read more...]
Sound Design Inspiration from Outer Space
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MmWeZHsQzs[/youtube] A few months ago I came across a Twitter post made by Stephan Schütze (a recent Designing Sound contributor) that continues to resonate with me (no pun intended) and I wanted to share it with anyone in the sound design community that has yet to hear these sounds. As a side note, Stephan's tweet was unrelated … [Read more...]
Real Spaces
When we say “space”, people generally think of two things: outer space, or a bounded area that something fits into. It's a safe bet that most people in the sound community immediately think of the latter. So often we focus on the characteristics of a space...how far a sound carries, reflections and reverberation time, etc. Certainly that helps us define a space, but...for the … [Read more...]
Article With Neil Benezra In CineMontage
If you made it to the Designing Sound mixer we held during the AES conference in New York last year, you may have met Neil Benezra. Neil is a Brooklyn based sound designer and mixer, and he's just shown up on the cover of the latest issue of CineMontage (the Motion Picture Editor's Guild Journal). We're always happy to see members of our community being recognized. Why not go … [Read more...]
GameSoundCon – Game audio workers survey and a sound design contest!
GameSoundCon, gearing up for their 10th conference, which will take place October 7-8 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, have made two recent news announcements. Game Audio Workers Survey First up, the results of the GamesSoundCon and Games Audio Network and Guild (GANG) joint survey that looked at working in the game audio industry are out. Whilst the … [Read more...]
The Distillery Episode #5 : Ivo Ivanov
The Distillery Podcast's latest is an interview with sound designer Ivo Ivanov of Glitchmachines. … [Read more...]