Waves has published an interview with another guy from its artists team. This time is not a sfx guy... it's a dialogue editor! and a great one: John Purcell, author of the wonderful Dialogue Editing for Motion Pictures: A Guide to the Invisible Art book. A very cool read for anyone: What's the main goal of a dialogue editor? A dialogue editor is responsible for every sound … [Read more...]
Aaron Marks Special: Reader Questions
This month has been awesome! Aaron Marks made a terrific special, which sadly ends today. Thanks to all the readers who sent his questions. Below are the answers to them. Designing Sound Reader: How often do you use your musical background in sound designing a film or video game? Do you pitch certain hard FX or drones to musical notes to strike emotional chords in … [Read more...]
An Interview with Zachary Quarles, ID Software's Audio Lead
Charisma +2 Magazine published an interview with Zachary Quarles, Audio Lead at ID Software. They talk about a lot of different things about his thoughts as an audio lead/designer, his work on Doom games, etc. It's a very cool read. What made you decide to pursue a career in sound design? Well, I actually started in musical theatre which is what my undergrad is in. Growing up, … [Read more...]
Exclusive: "From the Shadows of Film Sound", New Book by Rob Bridgett
Today I'm happy to announce that Rob Bridgett, one of our best friends here at Designing Sound (and who started the monthly special series almost a year ago) is releasing "From the Shadows of Film Sound", a new must-have book for anyone interested in sound for video games. As a practitioner in video game development, Rob Bridgett has explored and written about the connective … [Read more...]
Waves Releases Sound Design Suite, Plus New Interviews with Charles Deenen and Scott Martin Gershin
Waves Audio has released the Sound Design Suite, a new bundle packed with 30 plugins oriented to sound design tasks. It was developed in collaboration with Charles Deenen and Scott Martin Gershin. With over 30 plugins hand-picked especially for sound designers and post production facilities, the Waves Sound Design Suite is a comprehensive and cost-effective collection of audio … [Read more...]
Hart FX, The New Independent SFX Company of Colin Hart [Exclusive Q&A]
Some months ago, a very good friend of mine started to work on a new sound effects company, putting a lot of effort and passion on the first release, which turned really awesome. The name of this guy is Colin Hart, and is a pleasure for me to introduce you to Hart FX, a new fantastic place for amazing and affordable sound effects for sound designers. The first library … [Read more...]
Aaron Marks Special: Exclusive Interview
Here is an interview with our special guest Aaron Marks, talking about general aspects of his career. Hope you like it! Designing Sound: Tell us about your career and how you got started with sound. Aaron Marks: Career? You mean this is like …a job?!? Well, I never thought of it that way but yeah, I guess it’s a living. If you had to put a label on me, I’d say I’m a … [Read more...]