The March issue of the Mix Magazine (Digital Edition) is now available with some goodies, including an article about the sound of God of War III with comments of senior manager Gene Semel, sound design manager Philip Kovats lead sound designer Paul M. Fox and sound designer Steve Johnson. It’s been five years since the first God of War videogame came out on the Sony … [Read more...]
Thoughts of the Oscars Sound Nominees
I've found two interesting articles with thoughts and general info from the sound nominees to the Oscars, talking about his respetive works on films such as "Avatar", "The Hurt Locker", "Star Trek", "Up" and "Inglourious Basterds". The first one is from MPEG, with comments of some of the sound editors with best sound nomination: Though the movies they worked on were all … [Read more...]
Blastwave FX and Avid Announce New Sound Design Competition
Blastwave FX and Avid announced a new Sound Design Competition with the chance to win more than $12.000 on Avid/Blastwave FX products. RULES Submit: A 0:30 – 0:45 second video with stereo soundtrack. The total length should include the intro and outro video clips provided in the Competition Download Pack. You must use at least three sound effects from the competition … [Read more...]
Mistakes
"Don't be afraid to make mistakes. Mistakes are a necessary part of the creative process no matter how long you've been at it." -Randy Thom … [Read more...]
Sound Design Essentials: 6 Recommended Books and 11 Google Books Links
Continuing with the Sound Essentials series, articles created to provide resources and tips to learn sound design. Since I give the first list of recommended books, some people told me if we could recommend more of them, ans the answer is: yes. Buy software, buy gear, it's ok, but also buy Books! I consider them as one of the best ways to spend money, and come on, they're … [Read more...]
New Sound Effects Recording Group on Flickr
Recently, sound designer Chuck Russom created a new Flickr Group to collect pictures of sound effects recording sessions of sound designers and field recordists out there. See the slideshow to view some of the images from the group, and join the group to share yours! … [Read more...]
Charles Deenen Special: Quick Sound Design with Soundminer and Plugins
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgamcXElbzs[/youtube] Charles Deenen has created this exclusive video for Designing Sound showing one way to fast sound effects designing with Soundminer and plugins. The software used is Soundminer 4.2 and Pro Tools 8. Plugins are Waves, McDSP, SoundToys and other stuff. Enjoy! How do you design sounds in a fast way? Your stories are … [Read more...]