While AES42 compliant digital microphones are relatively new to the audio world, they're not "brand-spanking" new. There have been several on the market for a few years now, and new ones are slowly being added as well. For all the time they've been available though, I had never heard one in action…not in a controlled environment anyway (the AES show floor is hardly the place … [Read more...]
Loudness Webinar Recording Available
If you missed Saturday's webinar, the recording is now available. Just click here to load it up. We had some reports of audio issues, which appear to be due to the service's compression settings. All of the truly pertinent information is included in the slides that were part of the presentation. So if things get a little difficult to make out sonically, don't fear that … [Read more...]
New Libraries from The Soundcatcher, Soundopolis and Boom Library
There are a few new libraries out and about town; for instance... Liquid Metal from The Soundcatcher Who knew a "waterphone" was an actual thing?! Apparently it is, and this library is filled with some positively interesting tonal effects. [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/58697591[/vimeo] Check out the library here. … [Read more...]
It’s Time to Talk About the Loud!
It's February 1st. That means it's a new month with a new featured topic. This time around, we'll be digging into the subject of loudness metering. When we refer to "loudness" we're talking about those specific documents you've been hearing more and more about over the last few years: ITU-R BS.1770, EBU-R128, and ATSC-RP A/85. Whether you know what all of that means or not, … [Read more...]
Thanks to our January Contributors
We'd like to thank our guest contributors for January's plug-in features: Charles Maynes for sharing his genius matrix idea Frank Bry for exploring the colorations that transient shapers can offer Tom Todia for presenting a way to create lots of sound variants extremely quickly The Tonebenders (Timothy Muirhead, René Coronado and Dustin Camilleri) for sharing some of their … [Read more...]
Review – Blue Cat Audio “Multi Pack”
While this month has thus far been dedicated to plug-ins and their direct application to sound design, it's important to remember that there are also tools that help us make decisions in the sound design process. To that end, here's a review of Blue Cat Audio's "Multi Pack." The Multi Pack is a set of three analysis plug-ins: FreqAnalyst Multi, StereScope Multi and … [Read more...]
I Love Plug-ins!
Guest Contribution by Tom Todia I love Plug-Ins! There, I feel much better now. Since January is the month of the plug-in here at Designing Sound, I thought this was a great opportunity to share one of my new favorites with you. This plug-in does exactly what its name states but it has a twist that I absolutely love. If you have not yet used it then allow me to introduce … [Read more...]