[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/26483357[/vimeo] Frank Bry has released a Fireworks Show HD library, featuring multi-channel recordings of a complete fireworks presentation. Recorded at 24-Bit 192K with a close up and stereo set of microphones in full windshields and windjammers to 2 Sound Devices SD-702 recorders sync locked together. They were placed approximately 6 meters away from … [Read more...]
Wired: Designing Sounds for “Transformers: Dark of The Moon”
August issue of Wired magazine has an article on the sound of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon", featuring Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van Der Ryn. The pair decamped to their LA studio and fired up Pro Tools 9 and a range of plugins, including GRM Tools and SoundToys, to warp the pitch and speed of a variety of recordings. The slowed-down squeal of a faulty car window became a deep … [Read more...]
Axel Rohrbach Special: Making of BOOM Libraries
[Written by Axel Rohrbach] 1. Cinematic Metal The decision which sound library we will do first was easy: "Creatures"! We started creating a concept and did the first recordings. During this time however, we had to make sound for a lot of trailers. It was not really rewarding to search for metallic impacts that can be used for trailers in the standard libraries we have here. So … [Read more...]
The Recordist Announces SoundBox Singles
Frank Bry has introduced a new SoundBox line at The Recordist, featuring single sfx recordings available individually. Introducing SoundBox Singles, high quality standard and high definition sound effects in a single Broadcast WAV file with full Metadata embedded. SoundBox Singles are unique and difficult to record sounds presented as one or multiple takes in one … [Read more...]
The Sound of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2”
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/26396415[/vimeo] After eight films over a 10-year span, the epic adventure of Harry Potter and his circle of wizard friends will close the last chapter of this celebrated series with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2. Director David Yates returns to direct his fourth Harry Potter film and returns with his talented sound team including … [Read more...]
AudioMedia Game Sound Special 2011
July's issue of AudioMedia features several articles on game audio, including: Martin Stig Andersen on the sound of "Limbo" Richard Wentk talks with Valve's audio team about the sound of "Portal 2" Phil Kovats - Sound Matters Niklas Hed on the sound and music of "Angry Birds" Level Up - Loudness Standards for Games (feat Garry Taylor, Scott Selfon and Rob … [Read more...]
Axel Rohrbach Special: Working in a Team
[Written by Axel Rohrbach] It may sound very easy and clear, but working in a team has a lot of faces to look at (figuratively). I know a lot of audio guys in very different situations. Reaching from "one-man-shows" offering everything related to a specific topic (which could be as wide as "multimedia") to large pre-production companies doing sound design for movies only, you … [Read more...]