Matthew Marteinsson (Klei Interactive) just announced the details for the 2nd installment of CarouselCon, a gameaudio community event featuring crowd sourced micro talks/presentations during lunch breaks at GDC. For further details, location and how to get involved read the full announcement here. … [Read more...]
Guido Helbling – Myanmar Travel Log
In March 2016, field recordist Guido Helbling made an ambitious trip to Myanmar, traveling hundreds of miles to 15 locations from southern Yangon to northern Hispaw all the way over to Sittwe and the Ngapali Beaches. To read about his trip (and some helpful tips) and to listen to the various sounds he recorded of markets, local fauna, and even goldsmiths, check out his travel … [Read more...]
BAFTA Nominations 2018 Announced
The British Film Academy of Film and Television has just announced the nominees for 2018's BAFTA Awards. Among the nominees in the category "Sound" are: BABY DRIVER Tim Cavagin, Mary H. Ellis, Julian Slater BLADE RUNNER 2049 Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Mark Mangini, Mac Ruth, Theo Green DUNKIRK Richard King, Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo, Mark Weingarten THE … [Read more...]
Watson Wu: Hearing is Believing
Recently, Watson Wu helped Mercedes-Benz Canada put sound at the forefront in the company's new commercial. The 30-second spot, mixed in 9.1-channel Dolby Atmos for theaters, gives moviegoers the chance to feel surrounded by a Mercedes-AMG Sedan as it whips around in the darkness, squealing tires and all. With a good pair of headphones (and if you don't mind a little YouTube … [Read more...]
Twenty Thousand Hertz Podcast: UI Sound Design
A recent issue of the 20k podcast revolves around UI sound design and how these sounds interact with us in our everyday life. Guests are Will Littlejohn, Facebook’s Director of Sound Design and Conor O’Sullivan, Sound Design Lead at Google. You can listen to the episode here. [Image Source] … [Read more...]
Boom Box Post: The Sound Of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shellraiser
Boom Box Post just posted a short video that takes us behind the scenes of the sound design process creating the post apocalyptic vehicle sounds (specifically the Shellraiser) of Nickelodeon’s CG Animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGGyXydtor0 … [Read more...]
Cakewalk Ceases New Product Development
Cakewalk just issued a statement that the company will cease new product development and reduce overall operations. Cakewalk is assuring that their software products and servers will continue to operate, monthly updates for SONAR however will cease. You can read the full story here. … [Read more...]