UPDATE (9/12/18): It has been brought to our attention that the civil case brought by Ms. Lewis against Mr. Wilson and Internatioanl Fitness, LLC (Case No. BC645841, click here and use that number to access the court records) was dismissed in September of 2017. Dismissed merely means the case has run its course. It should be noted that this was a civil case; NOT a criminal … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought 54 – The Proof of Concept
Last year, I was working on a project to redesign the audio experience of an existing IP that was trying to rebrand itself. At the time, if you had asked me if I thought it would be valuable to build a proof of concept for my ideas, I probably would have said "no." I thought I didn't need it, because I believed I knew what would work for the experience I was building and the … [Read more...]
Helping visually impaired children through audio – An interview with Monica Gori from ABBI
Acknowledging a lack of solutions to help visually impaired children to apprehend their movements and surroundings, a team lead by IIT-researcher Monica Gori created the ABBI project. Built with young children in mind, this bracelet is generating audio based on body movement and spatial localisation and, therefore, helping them interacting with other and their surroundings. … [Read more...]
Todd-AO Releases Intelligent Algorithm To Clean Voice Recordings
Business Wire reports that renowned Hollywood Post Production Studio Todd-AO recently released Absentia DX, which is an algorithm that automatically analyzes production dialog recordings and then removes obvious hums, wireless rings, and ticks, while maintaining the integrity of the human voice. For more details & a demo video visit the official product page. … [Read more...]
Monthly Theme: Immersion
Kicking off the new year with the topic of immersion seems appropriate, particularly coming from that year. … [Read more...]
Our Favorite Sounds of 2016
The year 2016 has been one of many great articles, interviews, and discussions here at Designing Sound and we want to thank all of our readers for their attention, suggestions, contributions, and overwhelming support. There have been so many great films, shows, games, and events this year that we thought we would share some of our favorites for you to go back and check out in … [Read more...]
And the Grand Prize Winner is…
When we designed this event, we wanted to reward people for their participation and involvement in the little arm of the community that is Designing Sound Exchange. We also generally kept the various methods we used to select winners secret until we were no longer using them. We wanted people to participate in a natural manner, not try to game the system. It was early in the … [Read more...]