Covering both the subject of last month's DIY and this month's of Fear, we spoke with Diego Stocco about his work as a sound designer, composer and performer. Diego creates eclectic musical experiences with custom built instruments and experimental recording techniques. He loves discovering hidden sounds from organic sources, objects and materials, with an unorthodox musical … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought #95: Fear is the Mind Killer
As Brad mentioned in his introduction to this months theme: fear is an emotion we must face daily. Deadlines, workloads, project managers, tedious tasks, and especially cutting footsteps are all points of emotional friction dealt with by many of us to some degree or another. There is also a more intangible yet just as insidious form of fear we have to control: the fear of the … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought #94: Cheerleaders
“As has come before; 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…Please bear with us as we traverse the abstract canals of audio musings.” -Designing Sound Two days ago, a … [Read more...]
Monthly Theme: Fear
To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. - Bertrand Russell It seems only fitting that as we wrap up Halloween that we delve into the season’s most prominent emotion: fear. While horror sound design and making just the right mixture of viscous liquid for appropriate gore sounds is part of what we do, so too, is the sound design of psychological fear. Crafting dread, … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought #93: Everyone’s an Expert
“As has come before; 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…Please bear with us as we traverse the abstract canals of audio musings.” -Designing Sound In … [Read more...]
Nathan Smith – One Prop at a Time
Nathan Smith is Sound Design Supervisor at Dallas,Texas based Gearbox Software. He has worked in TV, films including "The King of Kong" and video games such as the Borderlands franchise. What brought him to my attention was a series of videos he produced demonstrating various boxes and gadgets he constructed to capture sound assets for his various projects. I asked him some … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought #92: Some Thoughts On Audio Games
As has come before; 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…Please bare with us as we traverse the abstract canals of audio musings. This year I took part in Audio Game … [Read more...]