Many thanks to Brad Dyck for contributing this interview. You can follow Brad on Twitter @Brad_Dyck It was my pleasure to speak with Rob Blake, Audio Director best known for his work on the Mass Effect trilogy. Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare is available now for PC and will be available for PS3/PS4 on August 19th. BD: What originally made you move away from the UK to … [Read more...]
Interview with Patrick Shen
I've previously talked about the importance of increasing communication between the sound community and our collaborators. This month's topic provided the perfect opportunity to bring an outside voice to the Designing Sound community. Patrick Shen is director of the documentary "In Pursuit of Silence," and I'm happy to be able to bring you his thoughts on the subject! Would … [Read more...]
Interview: Chris Sweetman and Interesting Interiors
Chris Sweetman has a new library out called “Interesting Interiors” and was kind enough to be interviewed by Samuel Justice for this article. For those who don't know you - could you give a quick overview of your career? I was very lucky to have an early start in sound. My father, Brian Sweetman, is a 50 year film sound veteran and I was brought up going to field … [Read more...]
The Dickson Experimental Sound Film
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...]
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...]
An interview with Mark Roberts
Mark Roberts has been a BBC natural history sound recordist for over 20 years. During that time he has explored some of the remotest parts of the planet. His career has taken him high into the Papua New Guinean rainforest canopy, deep underground inside Venezuelan mountains and even right into the heart of Indonesia’s volcanoes. He has been privileged to work with the world’s … [Read more...]
The making of Geosonics by Soniccouture
Chris Watson is probably the world's most famous field recordist. Without a doubt he has more recordings of animal sounds than we could listen to in a lifetime, However, we're straying slightly off of animal recordings and into Watson's collection of natural sounds – and how they ended up as one of the most unique and exciting sampled instruments: Geosonics by Soniccouture. … [Read more...]