For this month’s topic of Spectrum, I decided to take the word literally, as applied to color, and consider its relationship to sound. The impetus for this decision was a conversation I had with a co-worker, the late sound designer Stillwind Borenstein, about thirteen years ago. He explained an interest that, since both sound and color can be expressed or measured in frequency, … [Read more...]
Twenty Thousand Hertz Podcast: UI Sound Design
A recent issue of the 20k podcast revolves around UI sound design and how these sounds interact with us in our everyday life. Guests are Will Littlejohn, Facebook’s Director of Sound Design and Conor O’Sullivan, Sound Design Lead at Google. You can listen to the episode here. [Image Source] … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought #99: Abstraction
Organization is difficult for some, and absolutely vital for others. But our brains are built for abstracting and organizing, so why not run with it? … [Read more...]
Getting Your Feet Wet: A Guest Contribution from Andy Bertolini
This is a guest contribution coming to us from Andy Bertolini. Having recently worked at Anki, and at Somatone before that, Andy is a fantastic Voice Over editor also deft in the arts of audio middleware. He has been the person who has solved our problems before we were aware they even existed, and we couldn't have shipped our latest title without him. … [Read more...]
Boom Box Post: The Sound Of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shellraiser
Boom Box Post just posted a short video that takes us behind the scenes of the sound design process creating the post apocalyptic vehicle sounds (specifically the Shellraiser) of Nickelodeon’s CG Animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGGyXydtor0 … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought #98: The Reset Button
Have you ever hit the reset button on your life? The kind where everything you know changes: your job, your home, your community. I think these major resets are happening more than we give them credit for, and yet somehow they always seems to catch us off guard. Resets can happen at any time. Your partner gets an amazing job opportunity that takes you out of state. Or … [Read more...]
A Conversation with Ben Burtt on Perseverance
This interview was originally conducted for inclusion in our "Failure" theme. Some extenuating circumstances kept it in the wings for a while, but it's Ben Burtt. How could we not post it?! ...and, you know, better late than never! DS: This month we’re looking at the subject of failure... BB: [Laughs] Really? DS: Yeah, we’re going a little self reflective with our theme … [Read more...]