When thinking of voice user interfaces as pure technology, it may not sound appealing to some of us who are in this business for the art. Even when thinking of the technology behind the art, it is comprehensive why some people would shy away from it. What’s compelling about VUIs, however, is not necessarily the ones and zeros that magically enable machines to speak to us; … [Read more...]
Creating Fluidity with Music Editing: An Interview with Jim Harrison
Jim Harrison is an award-winning music editor, whose credits comprise The Greatest Showman, The Jungle Book, Houdini, Ice Age: Collision Course, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Purple Rain and many more. In this interview Jim talks to us about the music editing process between pop and classical music for The Greatest Showman, as well as the challenges he and his … [Read more...]
A Study on Accessible Audio Education
Introduction: The problem and search for an efficient solution. Education is a peculiar matter: every country has its own approach when it comes to designing a system that would be effective for everyone. However, in a fast-changing technological world, distinct and creative alternatives to learning have been benefiting those with socio-economic limitations. In addition to … [Read more...]
The 30-Day SFX Challenge
Sound effects libraries are the essential toolkit of every sound designer: they are convenient and practical. Furthermore, in a time where deadlines seem to get shorter and shorter, why would one bother to hike their way into field recording when we have all the tools we need within a click from our reach? As with every overindulgence, relying on sound effects libraries for too … [Read more...]
Vox News: A Quiet Place’s Very Loud Silence
American news website, Vox, has recently published an episode for their podcast, I think you're Interesting, featuring sound designers Erik Aadahl and Ethan van der Ryn. For us, it was about really stripping everything out and building up what we needed, which is sometimes kind of the opposite of what happens when you’re putting the sound together for a movie. Everything is … [Read more...]
Instamic Pro — First Impressions
This time around I decided to do something different: instead of an article, I’ve created a video to better demonstrate a few of my experiences with the Instamic Pro so far. While there will be a full review of it, I thought it would be noteworthy to talk to you about some observations. … [Read more...]
Reaper: Editing Ambisonics via iZotope RX 6
As and editor, I'm constantly sending files over to RX for general or specific improvements. One of the biggest challenges I was facing until recently was that of figuring out a way to clean up an ambisonics recording. If you try to send a 3-channel or more audio file to it, RX will prompt you with the following warning: "RX does not support that many channels". So how can that … [Read more...]