This is just a reminder that we have a live chat/webinar coming up on Saturday with this month's featured sound designer, Ann Kroeber. The chat will take place at 11AM (U.S. Pacific Time) and is, like everything we organize on this site, completely free. It will be a moderated discussion that will give you the opportunity to interact directly with Ann. If you have a webcam and … [Read more...]
Game Audio Podcast #11 & #12 – Procedural/ Bastion
The time is slipping, the clock is ticking, got crust in my ears cuz' the wax is dripping....wait, what? Meant as a witty sound-related rhyme, with the most crucial aspect being the passage of time, the previous sentence has everything to do with the latest Game Audio Podcast. It's often said that one can "make time" for anything of importance, but I still haven't found the … [Read more...]
Qualities
"The emotional, physical and aesthetic value of a sound is linked not only to the causal explanation we attribute to it but also to its own qualities of timbre and texture, to its own personal vibration. So just as directors and cinematographers (even those who will never make abstract films) have everything to gain by refining their knowledge of visual materials and … [Read more...]
Ann Kroeber Special: BBC Interview
The following is a transcription of an interview Ann participated in for the BBC. It is transcribed here for your convenience. However, if you would like to listen to the interview, then I encourage you to visit Ann's site. The interview can be found on her "Credits + Talks" page under the "Radio Interviews" heading. Don't forget to sign up for the live chat with Ann, taking … [Read more...]
Designing Sound for the BMW Tunnel Experience
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/25022786[/vimeo] Andrew Spitz has published a great post on his blog talking about the sound he designed and programmed for the BMW Tunnel Experience. A few months back, with Mann Made Media, I had the privilege to work on a great project for BMW. BMW was announcing their sponsorship of the South African rugby team – the Springboks. Our brief was to … [Read more...]
Pro Tools 10 at AES – Part 2
This is a follow up post to Jamie's article from last night. I spent some time at the Avid booth today to get answers to questions I developed after catching up on the press release data; and to also address some of the points that Jamie brought up in his article. Let's start out with this fancy new multiple file formats in the session. It's quite happy looking at nearly … [Read more...]
Pro Tools 10 at AES
I watched the Avid at AES 2011 streaming press conference so you don't have to. The AES presentation took a few minutes at the beginning to give an overview of where Avid and Pro Tools are today, in particular going over the products that Avid released in 2010, in particular: The new M-Boxes, The HD Native hardware and interfaces, And the opening-up of Pro Tools to … [Read more...]