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Sonic Architecture

September 29, 2014 by Miguel Isaza

Sonic Architecture

"Sound is a spatial event, a material phenomenon and an auditive experience rolled into one. It can be described using the vectors of distance, direction and location. Within architecture, every built space can modify, position, reflect or reverberate the sounds that occur there. Sound embraces and transcends the spaces in which it occurs, opening up a consummate context for … [Read more...]

An Acousmatic Invitation

August 29, 2014 by Miguel Isaza

An Acousmatic Invitation

An epiphany Silence! Be quiet! Because listening is active, because the birds have already left but their sound still reverberates. Silent all ears that listen, stunned by the noise that is gone but still relishes. The soundtrack? Our life! That one of changes, transition, mutation and mysteries, that one able to peer into the recesses of the deepest realities, responsible for … [Read more...]

Film Sound Tips by Glenn Kiser, Director of the Dolby Institute

August 8, 2014 by Miguel Isaza

Film Sound Tips by Glenn Kiser, Director of the Dolby Institute

Indiewire has published a guest post by Dolby Institute's director Glenn Kiser in which he talks to filmmakers about the importance of sound design from the beginning of production. Making a movie is a never-ending series of compromises, and nothing is as good as the original concept you had in mind. But if you're really lucky, there's a moment of alchemy that can happen in … [Read more...]

Turbocharging and its effect on our soundscape

July 30, 2014 by Miguel Isaza

Turbocharging and its effect on our soundscape

Guest Contribution by David Nichols An engine is, in essence, an air pump. Air comes in, gets mixed with fuel, goes bang, and leaves again. When talking about ways to make more power, the most obvious is to make a bigger bang. However, gasoline works best at a very specific ratio of fuel to air, which is roughly 14:1. So, if you want to make a bigger bang, you need 14 times … [Read more...]

The Art and Craft of Foley

July 10, 2014 by Miguel Isaza

The Art and Craft of Foley

"Footsteps with character: the art and craft of Foley", a great essay written by Benjamin Wright, included in the Screen journal. "In this essay I look more closely at modern Foley performance and aesthetics, giving special attention to the customized nature of Foley effects and the importance of creating sound with ‘character’. What interests me is not only how Foley … [Read more...]

Designing Silence

June 28, 2014 by Miguel Isaza

Designing Silence

"Ideally, for me,  the perfect sound film has zero tracks. You try to get the audience to a point, somehow, where they can imagine the sound. They hear the sound in their minds, and it really isn't on the track at all. That's the ideal sound, the one that exists totally in the mind, because it's the most intimate. It deals with each person's experience, and it's obviously of … [Read more...]

Silence is the Sound of Listening

June 23, 2014 by Miguel Isaza

Silence is the Sound of Listening

"One can look at seeing but one can't hear hearing" - Marcel Duchamp As you may know, silence is the topic chosen for this month here at Designing Sound. One may think silence is not existent if we value it as an absolute sonic absence, but here I'm going to examine its role and possibility towards the act of listening to sound, silencing, not as that state of complete sonic … [Read more...]

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