We (the editors) sat down recently to talk about the site…how it's been over the past few months, what its strengths are, where it's weak, and what we need to do keep the site at its full potential. So, we're going to be rolling out some changes, and I want to give you an idea of where we're going…because this is, first and foremost, a community site. First, allow me to … [Read more...]
SoundWorks Collection – The Sound of Chasing Mavericks in Dolby Atmos
The SoundWorks Collection talks with the sound team of Director Michael Apted's Chasing Mavericks including Craig Henighan (Sound Re-recording Mixer) Paul Massey (Sound Re-recording Mixer), Bryan Pennington (Dolby Atmos Sound Consultant), and Erin Rettig (Post Production Sound Services, 20th Century Fox Studios) to discuss the process of mixing this film in Dolby Atmos. A … [Read more...]
The Zombie Apocalypse: Behind The Screams
Follow Ric Viers and his team at the Detroit Chop Shop as they explain what it takes to record and design epic sounds for the impending invasion of the undead. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVxdPlvKuhU&feature=relmfu[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmolMsChZLo&feature=relmfu[/youtube] More episodes are on the way so keep an eye out for … [Read more...]
Mid-October SFX Library Roundup
Let's dive in to some October SFX news: Benjie Freund, Sound Designer at Hi-Rez Studios has started his own SFX Library site GetSoundEffects.com: We are very excited to announce that today is the official launch of GetSoundEffects.com. The #1 place to get royalty free sound effects.We offer a wide variety of sounds effects and are continuously adding new sounds every … [Read more...]
FMOD Studio Video Tutorials Now Avaliable
While we still don't know when FMOD Studio will come out of beta, we do know when some tutorial videos by Stephan Schutze will be available (right now). [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr6pCpV9mO8&feature=plcp[/youtube] Currently there are 4 new videos on the FMOD Video Channel which cover Interface Introduction (above), Project Setup, Multitrack Introduction and … [Read more...]
Sample Manager 3 Review
There has been quite a lot of head scratching going on about Sony's decision to not include batch processing with Sound Forge Pro Mac. Everyone should be aware of a great OS X batch processor that has already been around for a while: Sample Manager. From Audiofile Engineering: Sample Manager is the quintessential batch audio file processor for Mac OS X. Designed in Cocoa from … [Read more...]
Logic Pro for Film & TV Mixing
Ben Allen has written up a fantastically detailed and informative post on Logic Pro for Film & TV Mixing. I personally use Logic Pro all the time and take great joy in seeing stuff like this floating around. Ben has even provided a download link to the full project so you can muck around in his mix and absorb some of his power, Ravenous-style. I recommend Logic users and … [Read more...]