[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/59528760[/vimeo] We are still firmly in the month of March which as you all well know is “Intersection of Sound Design and Music” month here on Designing Sound. Today we are talking about Little Boxes from echo | collective. From the horse’s mouth: “Little boxes is a curated collection of four unique sound sets designed to compliment one … [Read more...]
The Cinematic Toy Piano
Guest Contribution by Ali Lacey When someone mentions a Toy Piano, the last things you would think are 50Hz Booms, sub drops, eerie textures, bows and big percussive hits. But have you ever actually pondered the cinematic qualities a toy piano might have? After obsessing about owning a toy piano, I found a vintage 1950’s mini grand piano on Ebay for £20. I had plans to … [Read more...]
Not Mentioning These Would be a Disservice
Neglecting to mention these two Kickstarter Projects, while we're in the middle of the "Sound Design X Music" theme would just be incredibly foolish. Soundself - Sensory Exploration Game Find the project page here. Buchla - Documentary about one of the pioneering figures in live electronic music Find the project page here. … [Read more...]
Interview With Composer/Sound Designer Yuki Ichiki
Welcome Japanese readers. The Japanese version of the interview is below the English version. ようこそ日本の読者の皆様。インタビューの日本語版は、英語版の下に掲載されております。 As I mentioned in my interview with Tomoya Kishi: Japanese video game composers and musicians get a good bit of coverage and acclaim over in the West, but the people making the booms and whoosh sounds don’t seem to get much visibility. … [Read more...]
New Events Calendar
First, to all of those who responded to our survey, we'd like to say, "Thank you!" We've poured through all of your responses, and we take your comments and suggestions very seriously. We're going to do our best to follow up on those ideas that we feel make the most sense for the site. We're not interested in replicating what's already available on other sites, and there's only … [Read more...]
Review of Zynaptiq’s Reverb Reduction Processor – Unveil
Reverb reduction is kind of like the Holy Grail of audio processing. Many people, myself included, have had to rely exclusively on multiband expansion to do things like increase intelligibility of poorly recorded dialog, or to make a "must use" reverberant recordings sit better in the mix. Unveil isn't brand new to the market. It first came to my attention about a year ago. … [Read more...]
Sound Design and Music: Diluting the Distinctions, Strengthening the Art Form
Guest Contribution by Doron Reizes Traditionally, the concepts of music composition and sound design have been viewed as distinctly separate creative audio disciplines. Karen Collins points out in her article, “The Sound of Music, or the Music of Sound?” that, "What is often referred to as “non-musical sound”, or sound effects (including percussion) wasn’t used in Western … [Read more...]