Cinema Audio Society and SoundWorks Collection present the videos of "Meet the Winners" Panels, featuring a panel discussion on sound mixing, with the winners of the recent CAS Awards, including: CAS Career Achievement Recipient: Randy Thom, Director of Sound Design at Skywalker Sound Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures: “The Hurt Locker” … [Read more...]
Field Recording Blogs, Daily Recipes of Sound in the "World Wide Web"
Some days ago I was thinking about make this post, and due to the great material that is being generated in the last days, I decided to do so. The Internet has changed the way we do a lot of things, and also provides a vast amount of information everyday. Sound designers and recordist also found a way to share his experiences and recording using blogs and social … [Read more...]
April's Featured Sound Designer: Chuck Russom
After the great special of Erik Aadahl (who shared lots of amazing stuff on film sound design) we're ready for our next guest. This time focused on game audio and field recording stuff, please welcome: Chuck Russom, who will be with us all this month giving interviews about his best works, notes and articles on field recording, and a nice dose of gunshots making stuff! Stay … [Read more...]
Audio Implementation Greats #6: Physics Audio [Part 1]
In part one of a two part series on physic sounds in games we'll look at some of the fundamental considerations when designing a system to play back different types of physics sounds. With the help of Kate Nelson from Volition, we'll dig deeper into the way Red Faction Guerrilla handed the needs of their GeoMod 2.0 destruction system and peek behind the curtain of their … [Read more...]
Importance
"If we do our jobs well and throw in a little evangelizing, we can make sound as important a part of filmmaking as it should be" -Gary Rydstrom … [Read more...]
"The Hurt Locker" – Exclusive Interview with Supervising Sound Editor/Re-recording Mixer Paul Ottosson
Some days ago, I asked to Paul Ottoson for an interview on the sound of "The Hurt Locker". That was days before the Oscars night, so he becomes very busy, but he made an effort and sent me the answers to all the questions I did. Many thanks, Paul! Designing Sound: Tell us... How did you get involved with "The Hurt Locker"? Paul Ottosson: I got a call from one of the producers … [Read more...]
Erik Aadahl Special: Reader Questions
So, this is the end of the Erik Aadahl Special. Hope you've enjoyed it. Here are the answers to all the questions made by the readers on comments, email, twitter, etc. Thanks for participating! Designing Sound Reader: Hi Erik, I see you're using the 191 for most of your SFX gathering. Do you ever record in other stereo formats like XY or ORTF? Erik Aadahl: Some people find … [Read more...]