Where does a film's score end and sound design begin? A new partnership between the Sundance Institute and Skywalker Sound will seek to bring these two components of the film soundtrack closer together, with the aim of fostering a more integrated dialogue between filmmakers, sound designers and score composers. Composers Lab, Sundance's annual mentoring scheme for aspiring … [Read more...]
The Sounds Of Microsphere
Guest Contribution by Ivo Ivanov - Lead Sound Designer & Project Manager Noise, the final frontier. How can we explore such a vast and largely uncharted realm? More importantly, how do we approach recording this unusual sonic landscape and compile the results into a sound library specifically intended for the science fiction genre? How do we find the emotional … [Read more...]
Soniccouture launch Geosonics ft. Chris Watson
Geosonics is a colloboration between legendary field recordist Chris Watson and Soniccouture. Hundreds of hours of recording time, in some of the worlds most extreme and inhospitable environments, combine to form a library of rare sonic artefacts that cannot be found anywhere else. Intro offer : €20 / $30 Off MSRP Enter Code :YA6ARGHW ends Midnight 24th August 2013 6 … [Read more...]
Audible Worlds launches Crowdsourced Sound Library
Audible Worlds is inviting sound recordists all over the world to contribute to a new sound library, the 'World SFX Ambience Library'. With the stated aim that "over 200 recordists from all over the world contribute a 3-5 minute recording of ambience from their region", it's an ambitious project. The idea of crowdsourcing sound libraries is not new, but is gaining traction all … [Read more...]
inSPIRE, The Distance Music Experiment: Acoustic Explorations in Composition
Guest Contribution by Keith Lay A special thank you to Keith Lay for this contribution which explores acoustics from the unique perspective of a musical composition and performance. Keith is a composer, producer, and educator based in Central Florida. On October 20, 2012, musicians placed on rooftops, steeples, and lake boats in downtown Orlando, Florida performed “inSPIRE … [Read more...]
All the noise, noiSE, noISE, NOISE…
Is it really August already?! Time to roll out our next featured topic then! When most people talk about "noise," they're referring to something that is distracting or detrimental, an interference if you will, to their ability to focus on something. We have that in audio; however, that's only one definition of noise. in our world. We also have laboratory style noise...in the … [Read more...]
Alternative Reality Sound: Acoustic Remodeling of a City
Guest contribution by Tom deMajo A special thanks to co-founder Tom deMajo of the game studio Quartic Llama. Tom is an artist and sound designer who currently resides in Dundee. Earlier this year, Quartic Llama was approached by the National Theatre of Scotland to make a game as part of a city-wide trans-media project called other, supporting the theatrical debut of “Let … [Read more...]