Broken wax cylinder containing the 'first' film soundtrack circa 1894-1895 In 'broken' month I wanted to find out a little more about what's being done to fix (and preserve) some of the broken pieces of film history. The story of the Dickson Experimental Sound Film (link to view at the end of the article) seemed to be a good way into the subject and I am indebted to Ken … [Read more...]
Designing Sound Discussion Group – Noah and Atmos
We're happy to announce that we've got another Designing Sound Discussion Group coming this Sunday! We'll be hosting a live chat with Noah's Craig Henighan and Coll Anderson. Given this month's theme, we'll be focusing in on a discussion of the impact of Dolby Atmos on their work for the film. Of course, we won't be restricted to that, so make sure you come with your questions … [Read more...]
The World in Three Dimensions…
There was a time when people argued that theatrical (even home) sound has long been three dimensional. Maybe there are still some that make that claim. With the rise of binaural audio, Dolby Atmos and Auro 3D, sound actually is entering the third dimension. This is just a small semantic argument. Surround sound, in its traditional 5.1 and 7.1 formats, wasn't technically three … [Read more...]
Don’t Panic and Carry A Towel: When Things Go Horribly, Horribly Wrong
As April comes to an end and we wrap up our topic for the month, “broken”, I wanted to take a moment and share something that I learned when I was first starting out, and something that I find myself having to remember quite often: how to react when everything starts to break. We depend on a lot of complex technologies in our day-to-day lives, some more intricate and … [Read more...]
Harvesting Anomalies
Guest Contribution by Ivo Ivanov Take a moment to think about the magnitude of all the rejected material that disappears during your editing process. Material with unwanted artifacts, discarded without much further thought, as it is rendered useless due to a number of auditory issues or location-specific problems. Now imagine if those discarded bits of audio were actually what … [Read more...]
The Tonebenders – Soundbytes: Circuit Bending
The fine gentlemen over at The Tonebenders Podcast have a new offering. "Soundbytes" are shorter, self contained, stories that they'll be releasing in addition to the regular podcast. They saw our theme this month, and realized they had the perfect interview to go with it. So, give a listen to this interview about "circuit bending" with Moth Robot! [...and make sure you … [Read more...]
Audio Interviewing Audio: Tomoya Kishi and Kenneth Young
Below is an interview I conducted between Capcom's Tomoya Kishi and Media Molecule's Kenneth Young. I started them off with a few questions and let them go back and forth from there. I hope you enjoy reading the interview as much as we had putting it together. Jack: Please introduce yourself and tell us about your experience in audio. Kenny: My name is … [Read more...]