Guest Contribution by Karrie Keyes SoundGirls.Org was formed in 2013 by veteran live sound engineers: Karrie Keyes and Michelle Sabolchick Pettinato. In 2012, Karrie and Michelle participated in the “Women of Professional Concert Sound” panel at the AES Conference in San Francisco. The panel was hosted by the Women’s Audio Mission (WAM) and moderated by WAM founder Terri … [Read more...]
“…desperately unstrategic…” – An interview with Jessica Curry, Director and Composer at The Chinese Room
Jessica Curry is a Director and Composer at The Chinese Room, a game development studio based in Brighton, UK. The studio shipped their first game, Dear Esther in 2012 and are currently hard at work on their third, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. Designing Sound: Tell us a little about how you got started out as a composer? What kind of projects did you start out … [Read more...]
Women in Audio: Yes, We Exist!
Guest Contribution by April Tucker Last year, I got one of the weirdest compliments I've ever heard: “You’re a real unicorn!” I was working with a mixer who I had recently met (but was an established mixer), and he looked at me in amazement as I asked questions about his workflow. “I've heard of Lora Hirschberg and Anna Behlmer, but I've never met a female mixer. I’m sorry I’m … [Read more...]
Equality is a Necessity
This month on Designing Sound we are celebrating the Women's History Month with only posting contributions from female members of the community. There is so much to say about living in the year 2015 and still needing a special "month" to create awareness about the success, the stories and basically the existence of a whole gender. But as it is evident from the amount of … [Read more...]
Hard Patching: Modular Synths
The first time I saw a modular synth, I was taken aback by the massive nest of patching cables, seemingly flying off in all directions and connecting various devices with countless knobs and flashing lights, somehow creating all kinds of strange sounds. Coming up in a mostly digital world, such a mass of wiring was somewhat foreign to me. Sure, I had put together studios … [Read more...]
“ADC, it’s easy as 1 10 11” – A Retrospective from the Pros
I was born in England in 1988. Some of my earliest memories involve old BBC and Mac computers. I grew up listening to CDs, MiniDisks, playing "Duck Hunt" on my sister's NES. The dial-up modem sounds are imprinted on my memory. I recall my father ordering books from Amazon.com back when that's all Amazon sold. In my teen years I assembled my own computer to save money and grew … [Read more...]
Designing Sound Discussion Group – Scouts Honor
UPDATE: We're going to have to reschedule the talk due to some last minute scheduling conflicts. Date still to be determined, but we'll keep you posted. We had originally intended to schedule this talk back in November; during our focus on documentaries. Circumstances conspired against us, but a good idea is a good idea. So I'm happy to get this on our schedule this now. … [Read more...]