Here is an interview that Rob Nokes had some time ago, where he talks about the work on his sound effects company. Let's read: Question: What is the quality control for sounds available for the users and customers? Answer: A Sounddogs.com librarian will review the recordings and master them before they are imported in the web site for users to purchase and download. The … [Read more...]
The Sound of "Metroid Prime 3"
Jayson Napolitano, from Original Sound Version has created a new section on the site called "Blast from the Past", which will include interviews made previously in the Music4Games site (offline several months ago). He started with a great interview he had with composer Kenji Yamamoto and Retro Studios sound supervisor Scott Petersen talking about their work on "Metroid Prime … [Read more...]
EFX, Independent Sound Effects Library from French Sound Designer Frederic Dubois
Frederic Dubois is a french sound editor and sound designer, who recently worked on feature movies like "Igor", "Transporter 3" and "From Paris with love". A few years ago Frederic founded "EFX" where he wanted to sell his own sounds effects on Cds. He began to record guns (something special and very rare in europe). It was in 1994 and the library was called "EFX GUNS vol … [Read more...]
"The Sounds of Star Wars", New Book Written by Ben Burtt and J. W. Rinzler
Sound designers, editors, mixers, geeks and Star Wars fans. Our day has come! Ben Burt has presented "The Sounds of Star Wars", a new book written with J. W. Rinzler. Inside it you'll find all the secrets behind the making of the sound effects of Star Wars, and also the book includes a sound module with speaker and external output for playback of 250 different sounds (pretty … [Read more...]
New HISS and a ROAR Forum and Four Crowd Source Libraries Announced
Tim Prebble has added a forum section to the HISS and a ROAR site, a place for collaboration between HISS and a ROAR customers and contributors of the crowdsource SFX libraries, which menas that this collaboration model is working really good. Tim talked on his blog about the reasons of the forum: 1. I figure it is a better long term means of discussing crowd source sound … [Read more...]
Building Sounds with "Cinematic Metal" by BOOM Library [Review+Demo]
Some time ago, the guys at Dynamedion Sound Design Team launched his own independent sound effects company, called BOOM Library and also released Cinematic Metal, his first collection of sound effects, wich I'll review below. The package is divided into several parts (max 1,9GB each one). Everything downloaded fast and decompressed without problems. They have a really cool way … [Read more...]
“Red Dead Redemption” – Exclusive Interview with Audio Director Jeffrey Whitcher
When I saw the first images of Red Dead Redemption I knew that it will be a beautiful and amazing game. Then, the gameplay confirmed me that not only the visuals were great. The sound work there was fantastic. Clean mix, great sounds, and a perfect sonic experience for any player. So, if like me, you wanted to know more about the sound direction of the game, here is an … [Read more...]