In March 2016, field recordist Guido Helbling made an ambitious trip to Myanmar, traveling hundreds of miles to 15 locations from southern Yangon to northern Hispaw all the way over to Sittwe and the Ngapali Beaches. To read about his trip (and some helpful tips) and to listen to the various sounds he recorded of markets, local fauna, and even goldsmiths, check out his travel … [Read more...]
Watson Wu: Hearing is Believing
Recently, Watson Wu helped Mercedes-Benz Canada put sound at the forefront in the company's new commercial. The 30-second spot, mixed in 9.1-channel Dolby Atmos for theaters, gives moviegoers the chance to feel surrounded by a Mercedes-AMG Sedan as it whips around in the darkness, squealing tires and all. With a good pair of headphones (and if you don't mind a little YouTube … [Read more...]
Monthly Theme: Spectrum
Spectrum: "a broad range of varied but related ideas or objects, the individual features of which tend to overlap so as to form a continuous series or sequence" — Dictionary.com I can't imagine I'm alone in my initial draw to audio; its range of disciplines—recording, composing, acoustics, programming, performance, etc.—were all too fascinating to ignore, though I knew I could … [Read more...]
SiegeCon: Watson Wu’s Giveaway
If you are attending SiegeCon in Atlanta this weekend, you are in luck! Watson Wu will be hosting a raffle during both of his game audio talks, giving audience members the chance to win microphones, swag, gift cards, and more. To learn more about the giveaway and its sponsors, check out Watson's blog post. And if you haven't purchased tickets to SiegeCon yet, they are … [Read more...]
CarouselConline: Go “behind the Carousel” on the net
Last week, Matthew Marteinsson and Aaron Brown created CarouselConline, a subreddit that seeks to harness the spirit of CarouselCon, the daily game audio lunch-time micro-talks during GDC, which was also started by Matthew. "So did you get rejected from a major conference cause your talk didn't 'fit' or you don't have enough speaking experience yet? Do up your slides and … [Read more...]
News: Watson Wu on Recording for ‘Project Cars 2’
Watson Wu, the master of recording fast, powerful cars (as heard in Baby Driver, Need for Speed, Fifth Gear, Transformers: War for Cybertron, etc., etc.) wrote about his experience recording rallycross cars for the newly released game, Project CARS 2. He shares a few moments from the passenger seat, lessons learned about gear, and lots of photos from the tarmac. You can read … [Read more...]
News: SpecOps Review by Boom Box Post
Are you looking for a new way to bring out certain sounds in your mix? Or, do you simply wonder how spectral analysis works? If you answered yes, here's a piece that might interest you: an informative review by Boom Box Post's Kate Finan about the SpecOps plugin by Plugin Alliance. As always, Kate's post is educational and straight to the point, so even if you're not looking to … [Read more...]