As April comes to an end and we wrap up our topic for the month, “broken”, I wanted to take a moment and share something that I learned when I was first starting out, and something that I find myself having to remember quite often: how to react when everything starts to break. We depend on a lot of complex technologies in our day-to-day lives, some more intricate and … [Read more...]
Harvesting Anomalies
Guest Contribution by Ivo Ivanov Take a moment to think about the magnitude of all the rejected material that disappears during your editing process. Material with unwanted artifacts, discarded without much further thought, as it is rendered useless due to a number of auditory issues or location-specific problems. Now imagine if those discarded bits of audio were actually what … [Read more...]
SoundMorph Release Intervention
SoundMorph celebrate their 1st anniversary with the announcement of their newest release Intervention. Intervention is the most complete and researched SWAT sound effects library ever made, featuring 26 weapons recorded by Hollywood’s premier weapons recordist, Charles Maynes. We've compiled a collection of the most frequently used weapons by American SWAT units, offering … [Read more...]
The Tonebenders – Soundbytes: Circuit Bending
The fine gentlemen over at The Tonebenders Podcast have a new offering. "Soundbytes" are shorter, self contained, stories that they'll be releasing in addition to the regular podcast. They saw our theme this month, and realized they had the perfect interview to go with it. So, give a listen to this interview about "circuit bending" with Moth Robot! [...and make sure you … [Read more...]
The Details That Matter
Guest Contribution by Randy Thom When someone tells me that they admire the sound design work my team has done on a project they often go on to say that what they like most is the little sonic details we've covered in a given scene, like the sound of an object being picked up by a character in the background of a shot. I thank them for the compliment, but I'm usually left with … [Read more...]
SoundWorks Collection : The Sound of Transcendence
SoundWorks Collection have just released The Sound Of Transcendence an exclusive sound profile with the sound team behind Director Wally Pfister's debut film Transcendence. Featured interviews include Director Wally Pfister, Supervising Sound Editor Mark Mangini, Re-recording Mixer Terry Porter, Re-recording Mixer Jeremy Peirson, Dialogue and ADR Supervisor Byron Wilson, and … [Read more...]
Audio Interviewing Audio: Tomoya Kishi and Kenneth Young
Below is an interview I conducted between Capcom's Tomoya Kishi and Media Molecule's Kenneth Young. I started them off with a few questions and let them go back and forth from there. I hope you enjoy reading the interview as much as we had putting it together. Jack: Please introduce yourself and tell us about your experience in audio. Kenny: My name is … [Read more...]