Monsters. Designing them has always been quite a challenge, sound-wise, as the good balance between a terrifying and intelligible voice is sometimes hard to reach. Fortunately, thanks to recent pieces of software such as the incredible Dehumaniser, voice designers are now able to add more flexibility to their toolbelt during those kind of tasks, allowing them to save quite … [Read more...]
Managing Quality of Life (as a Manager)
We all work in creative fields doing creative work with creative people. Along with that creativity is some semblance, great or small, of technology and the requirement for us to guesstimate the length each task we do will take. Making an entertainment product, no matter the medium, has elements of reinventing the wheel and huge swaths of unknown creative territory. The … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought 51 – Ornery Listener
As the year continues, 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… There used to be a time when I could turn off the sound editor/mixer side of my brain while consuming … [Read more...]
Round 2 Winners and Next Week’s Prizes
Congratulations to this weeks winners! This week, the staff of Designing Sound watched the activity and selected their "contributors of note." Once that was done, we randomly drew names out the hat for each prize. And the winners are... Selected by Wilfried - user mattesque for his mention of some great free plugins here. mattesque has won a copy of Sound Particles … [Read more...]
Tonebenders 50th Episode – The Story Of Audio Glory
Our friends from the Tonebenders podcast released their 50th episode earlier this month, featuring stories from listeners & industry veterans about their best days in their job. Check it out! … [Read more...]
Win two SFX libraries from Dynamic Interference!
Are you currently working on a game/movie/TV show taking place in a museum? Is this museum located in the Middle East? Are you scratching your head trying to find the right ambiances to make this your sound design masterpiece? Well... struggle no more, as you've now enter the realms of joy and relief! Indeed, thanks to Dynamic Interference, we are happy to annonce the … [Read more...]
Xbox One & Windows 10 Get Dolby Atmos
Xbox just announced that, starting next year, Dolby Atmos will come to Xbox One & Microsoft 10 PCs & Tablets. At Team Xbox, we are all gamers first, and bringing Dolby Atmos support to Xbox One and Windows 10 gaming next year will bring you even further inside the action and sound of your favorite titles. A big thank you to the team at Dolby for their partnership; … [Read more...]