Some time ago, we talked about the Tim Prebble's idea of make a sound design library with 100 different recordists around the world. That initial project was called "The Doors". The goal was to group a total of 1000 different doors sounds (10 recordings for each participant) and release it as a HISS and a ROAR library. The Doors deadline has come and the project was a total … [Read more...]
Audiokinetic Customer Profile: Interview with Martin Stig Andersen, Sound Designer/Composer on "LIMBO"
Audiokinetic has published a new customer profile, featuring an interview with Martin Stig Andersen, Sound Designer and Composer on Playhead's LIMBO. After setting the game world abuzz at GDC and winning multiple awards at the Independent Games Festival, Denmark based independent platform developer Playdead are set to release their highly anticipated LIMBO game on July 21st, … [Read more...]
More "Singularity" Sound: Dynamic Range Treatment
The guys at Raven Software published another great post on the Dev Diary of Singularity. This time the turn is for audio lead Mark Kilborn, who talks about the mix approach and the dynamic range on the game. Check: When you play Singularity for the first time, you may notice that parts of the game are much quieter than others. You’re hearing this because we’re working with what … [Read more...]
AudioMedia – Game Sound Special 2010
The July's Issue of AudioMedia is also available for viewing online (or download) now, including a very cool Game Sound Special featuring: The Sound of "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" 20 Years and Beyond - Dan Bardino glances at where games audio has come from, and peeks at the future Games - A Serious Business - Richard Wilson talks about TIGA All in the Mix - Garry Taylor … [Read more...]
The Sound of "Inception"
The July's Issue of Mix Magazine includes an article about the sound of "Inception", the upcoming film of Christopher Nolan. The article contains some spoilers, so maybe would you like to see the film first. Becauseof the overwhelming success of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan is viewed in popular circles as a premier “popcorn movie” director, delivering … [Read more...]
"Fireworks" and "Skateboard", Two New SFX Libraries of Chuck Russom FX (With Exclusive Q&A)
Chuck Russom has released two new libraries on his collection. The first one is a limited library (Available only through July 31, 2010) called Fireworks: Fireworks is a special "Limited Edition" sound library. A few years back, I record some small fireworks to have for my personal library. These sounds have proved useful over the years when designing sounds like magical … [Read more...]
Bruce Tanis Special: Using Accidents in Field Recording
Today, I'd like to share some observations about using accidents that occur in field recordings and things that sometimes get recorded unintentionally. No, I'm not talking about going back to the edit bay and finding out you've surprisingly recorded a talkative ghost. Although, that would be pretty cool. What I find interesting about field recording is that things often occur … [Read more...]