At the turn of the year I was working another gig where I give introductory workshops on audio/midi editing using a computer. These workshops are about 2h long & geared towards people who have zero knowledge about audio & using any DAW. The age limit was >10y & my oldest participant was born in 1933. During the 1st hour I explain key concepts & a little theory about how DAWs … [Read more...]
Ossic CEO Jason Riggs On The State & Future Of Spatial Audio
Road To VR has published an interview with Jason Riggs, CEO of Ossic , where he shares his views on the current state, technical limitations & future of spatial audio at CES. You can listen to it here! … [Read more...]
New Audio Technologies from CES 2017
The Consumer Electronics Show was recently held in Las Vegas between the 5th and 7th of January. As one would anticipate from its name, CES does focus on consumer electronics, and hence most of the announcements, releases and pre-release showing tends to focus on home and vehicle electronics, computing, home audio, fitness tech and everything in between. This year, there … [Read more...]
Impulsonic Acquired By Valve
Impulsonic, the creators of Phonon3D (a tool for binaural audio rendering for Games & VR) have been acquired by Valve. We’re confident that with the resources and expertise that Valve brings to the table, we will be able to push Phonon and VR Audio to an exciting new level. The Impulsonic team will be transitioning to Valve HQ over the coming weeks, but our work will … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought 55 – RIP Sony M10
The Sony PCM-10 portable recorder has a special place for many of us is professional audio. A small device at a decent price that can be and has been used on productions big and small. It seems that Sony has discontinued this product with no direct replacement announced domestically. My field recording kit includes the M10, a Sound Devices MixPre, and currently a Rode … [Read more...]
Paul Shikata Interview: The Sound Editing For Fargo
Our friends at Creative Fieldrecording have published an in depth interview with Paul Shikata about his work & experiences as Sound Editor for Season Two of the widely acclaimed TV show Fargo! … [Read more...]
53rd CAS Awards: Nominations For Outstanding Achievement In Sound Mixing Announced
The Cinema Audio Society (CAS) announced the nominations for for outstanding achievement in sound mixing. We are proud to congratulate all our well deserving nominees for their stellar work. We also have the good news of announcing for the first time nominations for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture Documentary. -- Mark Ulano, CAS … [Read more...]