As the year continues, many of these posts will be philosophical in nature. Some will be in contradiction to previous postings. These are not intended as truths or assertions, they’re merely thoughts…ideas. Think of this as stream of consciousness over a wide span… I recently started watching through Samurai Jack again, and the minimalist approach to the sound (in … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought 31- Change How the Client Describes Sound
As the year continues, many of these posts will be philosophical in nature. Some will be in contradiction to previous postings. These are not intended as truths or assertions, they’re merely thoughts…ideas. Think of this as stream of consciousness over a wide span… I was looking through my notebook again, and I came across an idea I'd completely forgotten about. I've got a … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought 30 – Head Tracking, Immersion and Binarual
As the year continues, many of these posts will be philosophical in nature. Some will be in contradiction to previous postings. These are not intended as truths or assertions, they’re merely thoughts…ideas. Think of this as stream of consciousness over a wide span… I'll be honest with you. For a long time, binaural has felt...to me...like little more than an interesting … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought 29 – The World as Sound Designer
As the year continues, many of these posts will be philosophical in nature. Some will be in contradiction to previous postings. These are not intended as truths or assertions, they’re merely thoughts…ideas. Think of this as stream of consciousness over a wide span… I've kept a notebook for sound items and ideas over the last 6 years. It's not something I regularly write in. … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought 28 – An Interesting Space
As the year continues, many of these posts will be philosophical in nature. Some will be in contradiction to previous postings. These are not intended as truths or assertions, they’re merely thoughts…ideas. Think of this as stream of consciousness over a wide span… I was touring the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose this past Friday. The tour ended in the dining room, … [Read more...]
Strategies to Improve Your Workflow
Guest Contribution by Victor Zottmann “You are fired!” - says your client. "Well, why would he? - you think. I've done what they asked for and delivered it on time.” Your client won’t tell you what you did wrong. Rather, he/she will simply fire you and look for someone else. There’s more involved than delivering on time. When I got out of sound school, I debuted as a sound … [Read more...]
Site Maintenance This Weekend
The last time we took down the site for maintenance, about 3 years ago, Varun mentioned what kind of a beast this site is. At some point this weekend, probably on Saturday, we'll be taking the site down for a new round of maintenance. This will be to reorganize the site a bit (hopefully making things a little easier to find), improve the experience on mobile devices, and a … [Read more...]