Fifth article in the series dedicated to explore all the tools included in the Sound Design Suite of Waves. (Remember that you still have enough time to design some great sounds and participate in the competition.) Today I'm going to talk about a very special suite of tools; a little box of toys included in the suite called GTR. It was originally created for guitar/bass … [Read more...]
Waves Interview with Ben Minto
Waves Audio has published a very cool interview with sound designer Ben Minto. Let's read: Ben Minto is an Audio Director/Sound Designer working out of EA DICE’s Stockholm studio. Over his 12 years working in the games audio industry, he has accumulated vast insight and knowledge into all aspects of field recording, sound design, and production. Ben’s credits include audio … [Read more...]
Inside the Waves Sound Design Suite [Pt 4] – Transformation Tools
Fourth article in this series dedicated to explore the plugins included in the Waves Sound Design Suite. Today's topic is transformation, featuring five effects: Doubler Doppler Morphoder SoundShifter UltraPitch Doubler, Morphoder and ShoundShifter are included in the Waves Transform bundle, so reading its description could give you a basic overview of the kind of … [Read more...]
Ren Klyce Talks “The Social Network” Mix
The New York Times has published an article featuring Ren Klyce, who shares how was his approach on mixing an important scene of "The Social Network". As part of our continuing quest to help you win your Oscar pool – and again, not at all as part of an end-of-season notebook dump – the Bagger returns to the hard-to-predict sound design category. When we spoke with Ren Klyce, … [Read more...]
“Secrets for Great Film Sound” Webinar Report #5 – Sound Effects Recording, SFX Libraries, Foley, Plug-Ins
[During this month, I'll be doing weekly reports about “Secrets for Great Film Sound“, a new webinar series hosted by David Sonnenschein and Ric Viers.] Last week's webinar was fantastic. Lots of theory and techniques from Ric Viers about the roles in post-production audio and also talked a lot about foley, including history, tips and techniques. Then he shared a lot of stuff … [Read more...]
Inside the Waves Sound Design Suite [Pt 3] – Modulation Effects
Welcome to the third part of this series of articles dedicated to explore the sound design suite of Waves. Today the turn is for five powerful modulation-featured plugins included in the bundle: Enigma H-Delay MetaFlanger MondoMod SuperTap "These plug-ins make up what I like to call my "Audio Mangler Gang of Toys." I use all of them because of their ability to modulate … [Read more...]
Wildcats – Tigers & Lions, New SFX Collection of BOOM Library
BOOM Library has announced the release of Wildcats - Tigers & Lions, a new sound effects library packed with 3.4GB of great source sounds from lions and tigers. [soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/10460664"] Get one of the most extensive collections of big wildcat recordings. This library ships on 1 DVD with a full 3.4 GB set of great source sounds. All of … [Read more...]