We’re getting very close to the end of 2012 and there’s been lots of brilliant sonic experiences in the cinema throughout the year. One that really stood out, though, was the latest adaptation of Wuthering Heights by the English director Andrea Arnold with wonderfully textured soundscapes created by the French sound designer Nicolas Becker. Nicolas has worked as a foley artist … [Read more...]
Reverb: The Science And The State-of-the-Art
Guest Contribution by Anish Chandak In the previous article by Ian Palmer on this month’s theme of Reverb, you have already seen various creative uses of Reverb. Here are my two cents to the creative: using reverb to synthesize physics-based sounds for percussion instruments. [youtube]http://youtu.be/i7D_ao-LUBw[/youtube] In rest of this article, we stick to the uncreative, … [Read more...]
Audiofile Engineering Giveaway: WINNERS!
And....it is time to announce the winners of the Audiofile Engineering giveaway (all selected fairly through a random number generator!): *drum roll* Jordan Fehr Hector Lee Tom (http://perrolulu.com/) Congratulations! You should recieve emails soon. Thank you all for taking part, it was a long list of entrants. … [Read more...]
Rewind…Audio Implementation Greats #3: Crackdown – Realtime Worlds
In the run-up to this month's reverb theme, former contributor Damian Kastbauer suggested we re-run this article he put together discussing the game Crackdown for XBOX. The article may be two years old, but the content remains undeniably relevant. Never one to ignore good suggestions, here we are... One area that has been gaining ground since the early days of EAX on the PC … [Read more...]
EMT 140 Plate Reverb
Guest Contribution by Elizabeth McClanahan, Assistant Mixer at Heard City EMT 140 Plate Reverb The majority of today’s common reverb plugins contain plate reverb settings, the designs of which are primarily based upon the popular Elektromesstechnik (EMT) 140 model plate. Upon its introduction in 1957, the EMT 140 Reverberation Unit quickly garnered popularity, providing a … [Read more...]
Creative Uses of Reverb
Guest Contribution by Ian Palmer There are a lot of technical articles on Designing Sound so I thought I’d try to balance that with this month’s theme of Reverb. We all know that reverb is used to create realism. Adding the correct or appropriate reverb to ADR will instantly make the dialogue fit better into a scene and remove the artifice of the replacement. However, we can … [Read more...]
Holiday Sales (2012)
Black Friday/Cyber Monday wasn't your only opportunity to take advantage of some awesome deals. Whether it's the holidays or the countdown to the New Year, deals start popping up out of the woodwork. There are already a bunch in available in the lead up to 2013. Here's a run-down of what we've seen so far... … [Read more...]