To get things started on this month's featured sound designer, here's an interview of Axel Rohrbach: Designing Sound: While we all know about BOOM Library, tell us about yourself. What got you interested in sound? Axel Rohrbach: I can not remember any day in my life without being involved in any way in audio. The reason is simple: my parents own a music-school. I started with … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday DS!
Photo credit I found out today that DesigningSound.org turned 2 years old on June 18th (and also crossed 1000 posts)! The amount of time, energy and dedication Miguel has put into this project is nothing short of commendable. It's been wonderful to see this website grow over time. Like me, I'm sure it's a great resource for everyone who reads it. A BIG thank you to the … [Read more...]
IR Reverb Comparisons
I published an article on IR reverb and deconvolution comparisons on my blog. Quite a few people found it useful and Miguel thought it would a good idea to share it with the rest of the community who aren't on Twitter. If you aren't on Twitter, join now! The sound community is nothing short of fabulous. After my previous post on recording and mangling IRs, I decided to find a … [Read more...]
Interview with Mick Gordon
Game Career Guide has published a very inspiring and fun interview with award winning composer, sound designer and audio director Mick Gordon. Without a doubt, one of the finest examples of uncorked enthusiasm (and unbelievable humility) is my audiophile hombre Mick Gordon who I met and worked with earlier this year on a cool game project. He has been an audio director in … [Read more...]
Peter Brown on Giving Hollywood Vehicles a Voice
The Car And Driver website has interviewed Peter Brown (from Soundelux - Fast Five, Fast & Furios, Spider-Man) while he recorded cars at the California City airport. It is an interesting article as it is connected less with the technicalities of recording cars but more about the usage and capture of such sounds in the context of a Hollywood film, while achieving the … [Read more...]
Chris Sweetman: Audio Director of “Brink”
GameSpot has published an interview with Chris Sweetman, the audio director of Splash Damage's upcoming sci-fi game "Brink". He talks about his career and his role as an audio director/sound designer. Splash Damage's upcoming futuristic shooter looks to stands apart from other shooters by focusing on parkour-style movement along with gunplay. The gunplay is what falls into … [Read more...]
David Sonnenschein Special: Exclusive Interview
Here's starting off this month's special with an exclusive interview with our guest David Sonnenschein. DS: In addition to being a sound designer, teacher and musician you are also a writer, director, producer, painter and sound therapist with research in neurobiology. That's quite a list! How has your experience in these different fields influenced you as a sound … [Read more...]