[vimeo]https://vimeo.com/49392240[/vimeo] The good people at BOOM Library are running a pre-release sale of their new SCI-FI library now until official release on October 22. Blurb: Space: The final frontier. This is where our brand new SCI-Fi SFX library will take your sound design projects. SCI-FI DESIGNED will let you create high quality futuristic sound design in light … [Read more...]
Free Panel at USC this Weekend
Just noticed today that there's a free panel at USC this Saturday, starting at 2PM. Anna Behlmer, Lora Hirschberg and Gwen Whittle will be part of the presenting panel for the, "Cinematic Arts Panel: Take My Job Please! Women in Post Production Sound" A panel of three of the film industry's top post sound professionals want to know, "Where are the women to take their places?" … [Read more...]
Triple Dose of Blog Posts
First up Rene Cornado has this great post about Quad Miking Dual MS: So instead of running more controlled experiments with regards to my quad setup, I ended up with a quick and dirty dual MS rig out in the field this past week. The rig consisted of a pair of schoeps CMC6 bodies with the Fig 8 capsule and the hypercardiod capsule making up the front portion, and a Line Audio … [Read more...]
SECRETS FOR GREAT FILM SOUND – 6-part series and coaching program starts Oct. 1 + RAFFLE
Ric Viers and David Sonnenschein are at it again with a SECRETS FOR GREAT FILM SOUND seminar starting October 1. There is also a raffle giving away a neat iPhone audio interface and a Tascam recorder. Full Deets Here. … [Read more...]
Explosives HD Pro Beta SFX Library Released
[vimeo]https://vimeo.com/49432952[/vimeo] Frank Bry of The Recordist has released another library in beta form. Explosives HD Pro was released on September 14 and like his other beta library, this one is at a discount! Blurb from TheRecordist.com: Get ready… It’s coming very soon. More than 450 earth shaking explosions and black powder sound effects in High Definition from … [Read more...]
BBC Radiophonic Workshop Refounded
The BBC reports that it has re-opened its legendary Radiophonic Workshop, since shuttering it in 1998: The original workshop was known for its pioneering use of electronic sounds. Founded in 1958, it was best-known for creating the eerie swoosh of the Doctor Who theme tune, but its compositions were also used in numerous radio dramas, The Goon Show and The Hitch-Hiker's Guide … [Read more...]
Taking Damage – Randy Coppinger
Randy Coppinger has a cool little post up on his blog about voice acting techniques for taking damage. A common task for voice actors in game dialog recording sessions is taking damage. The key challenge is providing a wide variety of reactions to getting hit. Here are some different approaches to creating a large number of unique sounds. Full Post. … [Read more...]