Shaun Farley has started a new interesting project called "Monthly Sound Design Challenge". Each month he gives a video footage (without sound) and anyone has the opportunity to design the complete soundtrack of the video, following some rules and also having the opportunity to get some prizes. Shaun explains the details: I’ve spent the last few years looking for something like … [Read more...]
10 Tips to Make You a Better Sound Designer
George Spanos has published another of his great articles on GameSound Design. This time he gives 10 (actually 11) different advices that can make you a better sound designer, no matter your field of work. I agree with almost all the tips, but as George said, this is the most important of the list: Make mistakes. Ok, so I lied. This list actually contains 11 things to make you … [Read more...]
SWC: The Sound of "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World"
http://vimeo.com/14110279 SoundWorks Collection has releases a new video profile, featuring the team behind the sound work of "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World". When you meet the girl of your dreams, would you defeat her ex-boyfriends to win her love? The London based sound team behind “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” share their stories about bringing to life the comic book pages of … [Read more...]
The Recordist Releases Ultimate Rockslide SFX Library
Frank Bry has announced the release of a new sfx library called Ultimate Rockslide. The Ultimate Rockslide Sound Effects Library from The Recordist contains 500 rockslides, boulders, shale, gravel and dirt debris sounds. Recorded at 24-Bit 96kHz over 3 years in North Idaho quarries, gravel pits and my back yard foley pit. This SoundBox Pro HD collection includes: Massive … [Read more...]
Rob Nokes Special: Recording in Vietnam
"We travelled to Vietnam to record for the Korean film “Nim-eun-meon-go-sae” a.k.a. "Sunny", a movie about a band who gets caught in the troubles of the war, you can learn more about it here. Vietnam seemed like a field recordist’s dreamland: cities lost in time, lots of nature and a slow paced lifestyle that would have interesting and unique sounds. Well, we did find those … [Read more...]
Exclusive Interview with Kristofor Mellroth, Audio Director of "Crackdown 2"
To my knowledge, there's only one game in the world that lets you team up online with three friends playing as super-powered SWAT agents, make a rendezvous by leaping over skyscrapers, pile everyone into (and onto) one car, tear down the street at 100 mph (rendering a road-clogging zombie horde into a messy green spray), then crash that car into a terrorist hideout in an … [Read more...]
FIREWORKS, New Multi-Channel SFX Library of HISS and a ROAR [Includes Exclusive Stories]
Tim Prebble is announcing the release of Fireworks a new HISS and a ROAR library recorded by him and other three recordists. This library is also the first one offered with a multi-channel 192kHz version. The collection of over 180 fireworks includes large Multi-Shot Fireworks (Solar Flare, Red Mantis, Purple Perry, Holiday Fun, Night Rocket, E.T, Meteor, The Brick, Black … [Read more...]