As the year continues, 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… I've been working on a 360/VR short, and also been testing various workflow approaches to derive the binaural … [Read more...]
Making a Music System – Part 4
Now that we can tick at a constant interval, we can add rhythm and pitch into the mix. To make interesting melodies, harmonies, and rhythmic parts, let’s make a step sequencer. This lesson will go into the details of creating a reusable step sequencer that we can use to control our samplers. … [Read more...]
Dealing with external production issues
Let's consider (for the next 178 words) the production process as a river, and we are a drop of water flowing from the beginning of the project to the end. Like every other drop of water, we have a goal: to make it to the end of the river. And as a single drop of water, there are numerous challenges we face as we hurtle down the river, many of which are the result of our own … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought 38 – Sensory Interplay
As the year continues, 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… For many years I was guilty of believing that, and I'm not disparaging the importance of sound here, vision … [Read more...]
How I Failed My Way to Progress
Last year, I managed to build the worst ever Voice Over dialog pipeline. What started from good intentions and the drive to be organized, slowly deteriorated into an epic mess of versioning issues and inconsistencies between English text, localization and in-game text. It was, by every sense of the word, a failure. … [Read more...]
Making a Music System – Part 3
Now that the sampler’s making noise, let’s make it make noise in time! In order to get the music ticking away, we’ll need a clock. So let’s make a metronome! … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought 37 – References and Expectations
As the year continues, 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… I had the brake pads for the front wheels on my car replaced last weekend, and now they make this interesting … [Read more...]