The world we inhabit is ever shifting. People and animals are constantly on the move. Water laps against wood or crashes against a sandy beach. If considered from a somewhat solipsistic approach the buildings, trees and mountains around us even shift in position. With all of those positional changes comes a new sonic interaction. The squirrel's chitter no is no longer to our … [Read more...]
Where We Stand…
At first glance, you may not think of this site as one where we would care about reactions to critical analysis of media. We care very much, in fact, and feel it is necessary to take a moment to discuss the recent reactions to the latest in Anita Sarkeesian's "Tropes Vs. Women in Video Games" series. I'm sure you've seen commentary about it on other sites already, but we … [Read more...]
Farewell to a Fellow Mic Slinger
We are saddened to hear about the loss of Bryce Dion, a production mixer from Lawrence, Massachusetts. Bryce was killed by police gunfire while filming for the Television show "COPS." Our thoughts go out to his family and friends. The full article detailing the events can be read here. … [Read more...]
Immersive Sound: From Production to Playback
Mix Magazine, The MPSE and CAS have collaborated to put together a one day conference (September 6th, 2014) at Sony Studios in Culver City (Los Angeles, CA) exploring the Dolby Atmos and Auro 3D formats. Mix has been advertising this event for a while now, but details were fairly sparse. Things appear to have been locked down, and the schedule is now up on the event's website. … [Read more...]
Critical Listening: A Game Audio Professional’s Dilemma
Guest Contribution by Berrak Nil Boya As a composer, musicologist and a sound designer who is making a transition to the world of game audio for the last year or so, not only do I have a new level of respect for everyone who works as a game audio professional but I also became aware of various changes I am going through almost daily to adapt my already established skill set … [Read more...]
Hiss and a Roar Birthday Sale
In case you've been under a rock, and somehow haven't noticed yet, Tim Prebble's Hiss and a Roar sound effects label is having a birthday sale...and it's BIG ONE! Through August 31st, you can get 50% off by using the discount code BOING at checkout. He's also got a new library out too, SD020 Wind Instruments. You're still here reading?! … [Read more...]
Watson Wu on Listening
Let's start out with what to listen for in a recording location. Naturally, we're always going to be looking for a space that isn't going to introduce too many environmental and human generated artifacts into the recording, but the physical layout and acoustic properties of a location can contribute as much character to your recordings as microphone selection...sometimes even … [Read more...]