François Dumas, now Audio Director at Ubisoft Annecy (Steep) - Credits: Ubi Blog Released in 2011 and 2013 (up until the recent Switch release), Rayman Origins and Legends were welcoming returns to the platforming genre for the armless hero, powered by Ubisoft's own 2D engine, the magical UbiArt Framework. Sound-wise, while the crazy and catchy tunes wrote by Christophe Héral … [Read more...]
Sound For The Wild
This is a guest post by Ben Allan, producer at Main Course Films in Sydney, Australia. Ben recently worked both as a producer and a mixer for a film which has been produced solely for the new cinema at Sydney's Taronga Zoo. This venue is equipped with a screen over 80 ft wide that curves around the audience accompanied with a unique surround sound system to match the screen … [Read more...]
Firewatch: Solitude and companionship through minimalism – An interview with Chris Remo
Whether you heard of Firewatch when it was announced a couple of years ago, around the time of its successful release or when it won such awards as Unity's own "Best 3D Visuals" last year, you probably were struck first by its wonderful visual design and the incredibly natural and realistic flow of the conversations between its two protagonists, Henry (played by Rich Sommer) … [Read more...]
Sound, space, and the relationship between both – An interview with Rebecca Lee
Last year, I had the pleasure to witness and experience "If the bell rings we will hear it" by Rebecca Lee and Samuel Rodgers inside St Mary Le Wigford Church in Lincoln (UK). This truly fascinating and -possibly helped by the place- almost religious performance made me curious about those two artists, who conveniently felt like the perfect topic for this month's theme about … [Read more...]
Helping visually impaired children through audio – An interview with Monica Gori from ABBI
Acknowledging a lack of solutions to help visually impaired children to apprehend their movements and surroundings, a team lead by IIT-researcher Monica Gori created the ABBI project. Built with young children in mind, this bracelet is generating audio based on body movement and spatial localisation and, therefore, helping them interacting with other and their surroundings. … [Read more...]
Win a library from A Sound Effect
2016 is almost done and, with it, so is our December give-away. If you haven't won anything yet, here's another prize that you should definitely try and get. Indeed, A Sound Effect generously offered to give you one copy of any of the libraries on sale on their website! To enter and maybe win the library of your choice, head over to DSX as usual and start debating, … [Read more...]
Win Iris 2 by iZotope
Merry Christmas to everyone! Even if Santa already finished his world tour, he still had some nice gifts for a couple of Designing Sound Exchange members here, starting with Iris 2, the powerful synthesizer by iZotope. As you might already know by now, if you're interested in Iris 2, please take a break from your chocolate-eating holidays and head over to DSX and start … [Read more...]