BOOM Library has released Dogs, a new library of dog sounds recorded at 192kHz/24-Bit. This 2 DVD collection offers more than 7 GB of data. Recorded with high frequency response microphones going up to 50 kHz, these source recordings are not only an extensive high quality animal library but also the ideal source for heavy pitching, designing and effect processing. You can use … [Read more...]
“Film Sound Effects”, New Library with Sounds from 1966
Sound editor/mixer Andrew Walker has launched Film Sound Effects, a huge vintage sound library distributed in a modern way, independent, digital. The library started in 1966 by re-recording mixer Gerry Humphreys (Ghandi, The Italian Job, Blade Runner) and sound recordist Peter Handford (Out Of Africa, Frenzy, Hope and Glory). It was recorded originally on tape, then transfered … [Read more...]
SFX News 12.03.12
The Recordist released Ultimate Ice 2.5 HD Pro Ultimate Ice 2.5 HD Pro Sound Effects Library is a small 24-Bit 96kHz addition to Ultimate Ice 2.0 with some BIG ice cracks and impacts from a perfectly round lake in North Idaho. Also included are fast ripping ice cracks from another 800 acre lake a short distance from Round Lake and some special designed ice sounds from here … [Read more...]
Wabi Sabi Sound
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udQOi5cgIqo[/youtube] Cool video profile about the work of the guys at Wabi Sabi Sound featuring sound designers Andrew Lackey and Geoffrey Garnett. … [Read more...]
The Sound and Music of John Carter
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/38196364[/vimeo] From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton comes "John Carter"--a sweeping action-adventure set on the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars). "John Carter" is based on a classic novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, whose highly imaginative adventures served as inspiration for many filmmakers, both past and present. The … [Read more...]
2nd International Hamburg Summerschool for Film music, Games music and Sound design
The 2nd International Hamburg Summerschool for Filmmusic, Gamesmusic and Sounddesign will take place from June 17th to 26th 2012 in Hamburg/Germany. An event that covers a number of different workshops, master classes, round-table-discussions and live-concerts attended by students from all over the world. official website … [Read more...]
The Sound of an Android’s Soul
Brilliant article on Cinephile talking about the sound of Yasuhiro Yoshiura's "Time of Eve". At a crucial reveal halfway through Yasuhiro Yoshiura’s Time of Eve (Evu no jikan, 6-part OVA, 2008-9, compiled into a feature film in 2010), teen Rikuo remembers a past conversation with his best friend, Masaki. Unbeknownst to them at the time, they innocently stand at crossroads. … [Read more...]