This week was a triple-dose of released sound libraries for your aural pleasure. First up is from TONSTURM: With TONSTURM 08 I Morocco you get 61 Soundfiles in 5 Channel Surround Format. All the ambiences were recorded in Tangier, Essaouira and Marrakech, three very different Moroccan Cities. For this surround ambience library we captured the beauty of the urban Arabic … [Read more...]
The Voice Over Story behind Battlefield – An Interview With Tomas Danko
Fantastic interview by Watson Wu over at the RØDE Microphones: When a gamer plays EA's platinum selling Battlefield title, they will often remember and enjoy the sounds of numerous weapons and vehicles, but of course great sounding voices from clean recordings also make the game shine. In fact, Battlefield has a huge array of characteristic voices! With the recent … [Read more...]
Ideas in Sound Design: Semiotics and Language – Part 1
Cross-posting from my personal blog. Let's start off with a disclaimer. I am no expert in linguistics and semantics, nor would I consider myself truly conversant in the many critical models employed in film theory/criticism. Semiotics was something waved in front of my eyes a couple of times during undergrad (where I did not studio audio or film, by the way), then explored in … [Read more...]
Using Shotgun Microphones Indoors
Javier Zumer has a cool post up on his blog about Using Shotgun Microphones Indoors. I have been researching an idea that I have been hearing for a while: It’s not a good idea to use a shotgun microphone indoor. I want to check this question out and, eventually, make some tests. Here we go! Shotgun microphones The main goal to these devices is to enhance the axis captation … [Read more...]
REA_011 Jet Turbines Released
Michael Raphael over at Rabbit Ears Audio has done it again with the release of Jet Turbines. Blurb: REA_011 Jet Turbines Released Raw power and thrust is what REA_011 Jet Turbines is all about. We sought out a series of hard-to-find and unique sounding turbines. We stood dangerously close to afterburners and jet wash so you wouldn't have to. The collection includes the … [Read more...]
HISSandaROAR pre-Launch Sale
Don't pass this up: For the month of August only; The first 20 orders get 50% off – use discount code: MINUS50 the next 20 orders get 35% off – use discount code: MINUS35 all other orders in August get 25% off – use discount code: MINUS25 Note: the discount does not apply to site licenses, and all discount codes will cease functioning on September 1st. Go … [Read more...]
Quiztones Frequency Ear Training Review
I recently sat down and played with the OS X version of Quiztones the other day and had a blast. A bit of background on the app from the Audiofile Engineering site: Quiztones is a frequency ear trainer for amateur and professional audio engineers, producers, and musicians. Quiztones uses tones and frequency-altered noise and musical loops (including source material from your … [Read more...]