Let's get started with Tim Walston's special month. Here is an interview I had with him, talking about general aspects of his career, his favorite tools, techniques, creativity methods, and more. Hoep you enjoy it! Designing Sound: How did you get started? How has been the evolution of your career until today? Tim Walston: **SNOOZEFEST ALERT!!** The last thing I wanted to do … [Read more...]
Frank Serafine on the Sound Design of “TRON” (1982)
Some time ago, TRON Wiki published an interview with Frank Serafine, sound designer of the original TRON film in 1982. It's a very interesting read, where Frank share some details about the sound effects design process, the mix, voice processing, and more. It really does sound fantastic. Tron is the movie that got me interested in sound effects and made me want to pursue a … [Read more...]
Secrets for Great Film Sound, Complimentary Webinar by David Sonnenschein and Ric Viers
David Sonnenschein and Ric Viers are announcing a new complementary webinar (1 hour) on film sound. Here is the official information: Learn from the Experts how to Solve Audio Challenges and Boost Creativity in Sound Recording, Editing and Design Learn the essential tools and techniques from the best in the business! How do you talk to the producer to get the gig in the … [Read more...]
More About the Sound of “James Bond 007: Blood Stone”
The December/January issue of Develop Magazine is available to download or view online. There you can find a very cool article (Page 61) about the sound of "James Bond 007: Blood Stone", featuring lead sound designer Mathias Grunwaldt and composer Richard Jacques. There's also a nice article (Page 66) about the voice casting for Fable III. Develop Magazine - Dec '10/Jan '11 … [Read more...]
SWC: Sound and Music of “Fighter” Panel
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/18467267[/vimeo] SoundWorks Collection has released a new video, featuring a panel with the sound team behind "The Fighter": The SoundWorks Collection recently captured an intimate discussion with the sound team of Director David O. Russell's "The Fighter". In this 50-minute discussion, we are led through the creative process by Supervising Sound … [Read more...]
Coming Soon in the Independent SFX World: Metal Machines, Electricity and Guns (Updated with more)
I'm still impressed of how fast the SFX independence scene has grown since the last year. This is just the first month of 2011 and there are already several great SFX libraries coming from different independent companies: Rabbit Ears Audio - Metal Machines Michael Raphael is ready for the release of another wonderful package of sound effects in Rabbit Ears Audio. This time he … [Read more...]
Game Audio Rewind: 2010
Damian Kastbauer, writer of the audio implementation greats series has published an insane list of game audio links that he collected during the past year. Lots of very informative articles! Now that 2010 is closed out, I just wanted to take a second and round up a batch of links to various projects that I was involved with and get them all lumped into a 'splosion of game … [Read more...]