[Written by Peter Albrechtsen] Music is sound and sound is music. That’s how it is for me. I’m a big fan of all kinds of music and music really influences all aspects of my work. I wanted to share with you some different songs and talk about how they’ve inspired my work. It’s by no means a list with all the artists I love – there’s no Kraftwerk, no Fela Kuti, no Miles Davis, … [Read more...]
“Secrets for Great Film Sound” Webinar Report #4 – Dialogue, ADR & Character Development
[During this month, I'll be doing weekly reports about “Secret for Great Film Sound“, a new webinar series hosted by David Sonnenschein and Ric Viers.] Last week's webinar was fantastic. David and Ric talked about dialogue, sharing all kind of techniques, tips and tricks on recording, mixing and editing dialogue. Ric shared a lot of useful tips and things to keep in mind when … [Read more...]
The Sound of “The King’s Speech”
The february issue of AudioMedia Magazine is available now and includes a very interesting article featuring the sound team of "The King's Speech". AudioMedia - February 2010 (Online, Free) … [Read more...]
Performance
"Mixing is a performance. You sit down at the console. You're alert, and you're playing parts in the picture: You're a robot, you're a door, you're a laser gun. And you get into it. You should be breathing hard and sweating when it's over with." -Ben Burtt … [Read more...]
Inside the Waves Sound Design Suite [Pt 2] – Renaissance and V-Series
Continuing with this series of articles dedicated to explore the Waves Sound Design Suite, now let's move to a very special plugins included in the suite. I'm talking about the amazing Renaissance and the (recently added) V-Series. The Sound Design Suite doesn't include the whole Renaissance Maxx Suite, but it includes enough tools for sound design purposes. All those … [Read more...]
Sound One Studios Tour
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/19688642[/vimeo] SoundWorks Collection has published a new video profile, featuring the creative talent of Sound One Studios talking about the story of the facilities and also about their workflow, collaboration and approach. The history and creative talent that fill the halls of Sound One is a who’s who of the New York film and audio community. Many … [Read more...]
“Secrets for Great Film Sound” Webinar Report #3 – Sound Design
[During this month, I'll be doing weekly reports about “Secret for Great Film Sound“, a new webinar series hosted by David Sonnenschein and Ric Viers.] Last week's webinar was very interesting. David talked about his methodology for enhancing story and emotion by using sound, and how to create a soundscape with good relationship with the dramatic content of the project. That … [Read more...]