As has come before; many of these posts will be philosophical in nature. Some will be in contradiction to previous postings. These are not intended as truths or assertions, they’re merely thoughts…ideas. Think of this as stream of consciousness over a wide span…Please bare with us as we traverse the abstract canals of audio musings. This weekend I have a filmmaking … [Read more...]
News: Watson Wu on Recording for ‘Project Cars 2’
Watson Wu, the master of recording fast, powerful cars (as heard in Baby Driver, Need for Speed, Fifth Gear, Transformers: War for Cybertron, etc., etc.) wrote about his experience recording rallycross cars for the newly released game, Project CARS 2. He shares a few moments from the passenger seat, lessons learned about gear, and lots of photos from the tarmac. You can read … [Read more...]
Finding Fun Outside of Work
It seems like a perfect counterpoint to last month’s topic of burnout that we switch to the opposite: fun. How many times have you taken a step back to think about how much you love your job? How often do find yourself grinning uncontrollably at the absurdity of your daily work life? Hopefully it’s a frequent occurrence to be in the midst of your job and think with glee, “I … [Read more...]
News: SpecOps Review by Boom Box Post
Are you looking for a new way to bring out certain sounds in your mix? Or, do you simply wonder how spectral analysis works? If you answered yes, here's a piece that might interest you: an informative review by Boom Box Post's Kate Finan about the SpecOps plugin by Plugin Alliance. As always, Kate's post is educational and straight to the point, so even if you're not looking to … [Read more...]
Oculus Adds Near Field HRTF & Volumetric Sound Sources
Oculus just introduced two new features to the Rift SDK. Near Field HRTF, for sound sources closer than 1m & Volumetric Sound Sources which allow to model sounds sources of any size. For more details on these new features & listening examples visit the oculus blog. [image credit: oculus blog] … [Read more...]
News: 2017 Emmy Award Winners for Sound
If you missed the 69th Annual Emmy Awards on Sunday night, you can find out which sound teams won from this list compiled by ProSoundNetwork.com, and you can read a collection of interviews with these Emmy winners on A Sound Effect. Congrats all! … [Read more...]
The Attraction of Music – a micro-interview with Todd Homme
A couple of months ago we took a look at theme park rides and attractions. Below is a micro-interview with Todd Homme on the same subject, though more from a musical perspective. Todd has a varied background on both the creative and business sides of music for media having worked as a composer, music editor and music supervisor for dozens of films including "Gladiator", … [Read more...]