Author of Sound Design: The Expressive Power of Music, Voice and Sound Effects in Cinema and previous featured DS sound designer, David Sonnenschein, is offering another session in his Sound Design for Pros webinar series. The webinars begin Tuesday, February 14th, and continues for four weeks. To all sound designers, editors, directors, music composers: •Do you need to … [Read more...]
Wrangling Aesthetic
Article by Jeff Seamster. Jeff had originally wanted to include this during his feature month this past December. Circumstances conspired against it, but thankfully he wasn't willing to give up. So, now we have another great article to share with you. Enjoy! Make a quick list of your 5 favorite video games or films in terms of sound design. I’ll wager they all have something … [Read more...]
Sound and Music Techniques for Narrative Filmmaking at London Film School – Workshop NEXT WEEK
The London Film School is hosting a 2 day weekend workshop with Gustavo Costantini on January 28th and 29th. Gustavo Costantini earned his PhD working under Michel Chion, is a Professor of Sound and Editing at the University of Buenos Aires, University of Cinema, and at the National University Institute for the Arts (IUNA). He is also a board member of the School of Sound and … [Read more...]
The Sound Design Challenge is Going on Hiatus
This wasn't an easy decision, but growing responsibilities and demands on my time dictate that something has to come off of my plate. Despite reducing its frequency (several months ago) the Sound Design Challenge remains a large time investment, and it's becoming increasingly difficult to apply the appropriate amount of effort it deserves. I'd rather end it than run it in a … [Read more...]
Linear Vs. Minimum Phase EQ
There's a great little article over on The Pro Audio Files exploring the difference between Linear and Minimum Phase EQ's. I've been lucky enough to talk about it with some people far smarter than I am at AES conventions, and the article provides a concise but pointed introduction to the subject. One of the most popular searches relating to linear-phase EQ on Google is … [Read more...]
SDC013’s Winner: Saro Sahihi
HUGE voter turnout for this challenge, which I'm very happy to see. It came down to a race between Saro Sahihi and Chris Fox, with Saro edging ahead by a mere 8 votes at the close of the poll! One final thanks to Colin Hart and Hart FX for sponsoring this challenge. Congratulations, Saro. [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/33300151[/vimeo] … [Read more...]
New SFX Library from Coll Anderson
June's featured sound designer, Coll Anderson, has just released a new sound effects library. Imagine if someone followed you around your house all day and recorded everything you did, and every sound created by those things you interacted with. You now have a pretty good idea of the content of this library, titled "House." 3 Gigs, 279 files, recorded at 24/96 and lots of … [Read more...]