Rabbit Ears Audio has released Bells, its sixth sound effects package, loaded with 440 sounds of awesome bells of all kinds and sizes. Bronze, Brass, Chrome, Gold, Stainless Steel, and Steel are just some of the materials that forged this library. We spent a day at one of the few remaining bell foundries in the United States and we rang bells until our ears nearly fell off. … [Read more...]
Interview with Eric Lalicata & Dan Snow of Anarchy Post
Hollywood Shorts has published an interview with Eric Lalicata and Dan Snow, talking about relationship with filmmakers and work flow at Anarchy Post. Eric Lalicata is an Emmy Award winning Supervising Sound Editor and Re-Recording Mixer specializing in sound supervision and sound mixing for television and feature films. Eric is the co-founder of Anarchy Post with Dan Snow, a … [Read more...]
Peter Brown on Giving Hollywood Vehicles a Voice
The Car And Driver website has interviewed Peter Brown (from Soundelux - Fast Five, Fast & Furios, Spider-Man) while he recorded cars at the California City airport. It is an interesting article as it is connected less with the technicalities of recording cars but more about the usage and capture of such sounds in the context of a Hollywood film, while achieving the … [Read more...]
Chris Sweetman: Audio Director of “Brink”
GameSpot has published an interview with Chris Sweetman, the audio director of Splash Damage's upcoming sci-fi game "Brink". He talks about his career and his role as an audio director/sound designer. Splash Damage's upcoming futuristic shooter looks to stands apart from other shooters by focusing on parkour-style movement along with gunplay. The gunplay is what falls into … [Read more...]
David Sonnenschein Special: Exclusive Interview
Here's starting off this month's special with an exclusive interview with our guest David Sonnenschein. DS: In addition to being a sound designer, teacher and musician you are also a writer, director, producer, painter and sound therapist with research in neurobiology. That's quite a list! How has your experience in these different fields influenced you as a sound … [Read more...]
The Sound of “The Lost Thing”
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/23189403[/vimeo] SoundWorks Collection has published a fantastic profile on the sound of "The Lost Thing", featuring sound designer John Kassab, who we recently interviewed. The story of “The Lost Thing” is about a boy who discovers a bizarre looking creature while out collecting bottle tops at the beach. Having guessed it is lost, he tries to find … [Read more...]
Interview with Watson Wu
David at Tracktimeaudio has published an interview with Watson Wu on recording cars. I have the privilege of getting my first interview with the awesome, excellent, Watson Wu. TTA: First off, some of your work with NFS ProStreet — this game emphasized more on the fun of the game than on the realism of driving, did this slightly different emphasis have any effect on the … [Read more...]