Michael Raphael has announced REA_007 Brooks, Streams, Waterfalls, which will be available on August 2. Here's a sneak peak of what's coming: [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/27013522[/vimeo] Rabbit Ears Audio … [Read more...]
Chuck Russom FX Releases Beeps
Chuck Russom has released a new sfx library called Beeps. It's available at $25, but you can use a discount code ($5 off) created for Designing Sound readers. Code is BEEPDS. This sound library is a collection of beeps, blips, and buzzers. Designed to provide source for user interface sounds, sci fi projects, hi tech computers/machines, and anywhere that a good set of beeps … [Read more...]
Game Audio Relevance – A New Resource for Game Audio Related Information
As a project of the IASIG, with the help of a team of volunteers, on the behalf of the Game Audio community, I'd like to introduce a new game audio related knowledge base: http://gameaudiorelevance.iasig.org Game Audio Relevance is all about providing game audio relevant links, articles, and videos in a curated and searchable means. While there are many other sources for game … [Read more...]
Budget Implications in Game Audio Production
Former DesigningSound.org featured sound designer of the month Rob Bridgett has posted up a healthy summary of considerations faced by game audio professionals during a typical development. Issues of planning, budget, and resource management are discussed at length towards providing solutions to some of the common pitfalls inherent in managing large teams of creative … [Read more...]
WRAUGHK FX – New Independent Library
Robin Arnott has released his first commercial independent library: WRAUGHK FX 001 - Fireballs What you get: 179 fire effects (26 minutes and 50 seconds of flamey glory) delivered as broadcast wav at 192 kHz/24bit and 96kHz/24bit in stereo Left-Right and additionally in stereo Mid-Side, with descriptive filenames and embedded descriptions. Download size is 3.4 GB (zipped) for … [Read more...]
The Sound of Soviet Science Fiction
As always, fantastic article by Sound and Music. Robert Barry explores the soundtracks of Eduard Artemiev, best known for his work with Andrei Tarkovsky, whose films are among the many celebrated at BFI’s Kosmos season of Soviet SF films. The Sound of Soviet Science Fiction … [Read more...]
KISS2011: 15-18 September 2011 in Porto, Portugal
Inspired by Portugal's proud history of navigators who set out to explore beyond the known and visible horizon, the theme of the third annual Kyma International Sound Symposium (KISS2011) is "Exploring Sound Space" (Explorando o espaço do som). Set in the nautically-inspired Casa Da Musica, architect Rem Koolhaas' dramatic new music venue in Porto Portugal, the symposium will … [Read more...]