In a recent article on Gamasutra Martin Stig Andersen, well known for his Audio work on "Limbo", shares some insight on his Sound Design process for Playdead's new title "INSIDE" & how he used a Human Skull for sound processing. You can read the full article here. … [Read more...]
New SFX Libraries: September Recap
(Image Credit: Wobblephones.Com) If you are releasing a new SFX library and you would like it to be included in our recap, send us the details with our SFX Independence Submission Form. Please only notify us of libraries that were released within the last month or substantially updated. September's Sound Effects recap features a Keyless Piano, Trains, Atmospheric … [Read more...]
Researchers Restore First Ever Computer Generated Music Recording
New Zealand researches have successfully restored a 65 year old recording of computer-generated music, created on a gigantic contraption built by British genius Alan Turing. Turing, who's best known as the father of computing who broke the WWII Enigma code, was also a musical innovator. But his pioneering work in the late 1940s on transforming the computer into a musical … [Read more...]
New SFX Libraries: August Recap
(Picture Credit: Mindful Audio) If you are releasing a new SFX library and you would like it to be included in our recap, send us the details with our SFX Independence Submission Form. Please only notify us of libraries that were released within the last month or substantially updated. This month's SFX recap features a broad range of new and also … [Read more...]
Audio Game Jam To Raise Money For Blindness Charity
From August 26th to September 5th a fund raising game jam specifically focusing on Audio Games will take place on GameJolt. The main aims of the jam are to create interesting, fun games playable by people of any level of sight and raise money for RNIB, a UK-charity for people with sight loss. The games created will be showcased at Techshare Europe 2016, a conference that … [Read more...]
Splice Starts New Rent-To-Own Service For Serum
Online music collaboration service Splice, recently announced to make Xfer’s award-winning soft synth Serum, available through a new Rent-To-Own plan. This new approach lets you use the full version of Serum right away, paying off monthly installments until you own the plugin. [perfectpullquote align="full" cite="" link="" color="" class="" size=""]With our … [Read more...]
Oculus Releases 3D Audio Visualizer
Oculus just released a new version of their Spatializer VST/AAX plugin. In addition to providing the basic controls included with the standard VST or AAX plugins, it adds a VR interface allowing users to optionally visualize and manipulate sound parameters within VR, using either Oculus Touch or Xbox controllers. The sound locations of all Visualizer channels are visible with … [Read more...]