Some days ago Charles Deenen gave a webinar talking abou the use Waves plugins for sound design, and also answering some questions from the attendees. The webinar is available for viewing online now! After clicking on a video link you will be prompted to sign into the webinar system. Please use the following information to view any of our previous webinar videos: Username – … [Read more...]
New Sound Design Blog in Spanish
I just started a new sound design blog (in Spanish) called Fotograma Sonoro, and hosted on Hispasonic.com, the #1 site on music and sound production in Spanish. The site will have his own exclusive content, and also will feature some translations of the articles published on my other site Designing Sound. Link: Fotograma Sonoro … [Read more...]
Charles Maynes Special: Reader Questions
So, this is the end of the amazing special of Charles Maynes. We hope you enjoyed it as we did. Here are the answers to the reader questions: Designing Sound Reader: Hi Charles, I see you have done loads of weapons recording, I dont have any experience of that but I would love to try it. Do you ever use analogue tape to record gun/explosion sounds? CM: I have not I must … [Read more...]
“TOY STORY 3″ – Exclusive Interview with Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, and Al Nelson
Thanks go out to Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, and Al Nelson from TOY STORY 3 for taking time out to answer few questions about their work on the film! TM = Sound Designer/ Sound Re-Recording Mixer Tom Myers MS = Sound Re-Recording Mixer Michael Semanick AL = Sound Editor Al Nelson JAKE: "Day & Night" the short film that played before "Toy Story 3" was so creative in the … [Read more...]
Alan Rankin on the Sound Design of "Alan Wake"
Alan Wake is one of my favorite games of this year. This dark story really intrigued me. The sound work is also fascinating, and for that, here are a couple of thoughts from Alan Rankin (Soundelux), sound design supervisor of the game. Supervising Sound Designer and Academy Award-nominee Alan Rankin headed a team of sound designers who, under the direction of Microsoft Game … [Read more...]
Sound Design Seminar Presents "Essence of Voice Acting"
David Sonnenschein continues with his great series of online seminars. His last seminar about human voice in media was really good. David and his guest gave a cool overview of the power of human voice in media, showed several examples of voice overs, shared tips, techniques, answered questions, and also we listened to an interview with Audio Director David Collins. David is … [Read more...]
"Fotograma Sonoro", New Brother Blog Featuring Sound Design Resources in Spanish
As many of you know, my home language is spanish, and since I started Designing Sound I've received a lot of requests and suggestions for a site like Designing Sound, but in spanish. For those who are waiting, here it is: "Fotograma Sonoro". The blog will be hosted on Hispasonic.com, the biggest audio production community in spanish language, with more than 1.200.000 visitors … [Read more...]