Ric Viers, author "The Sound Effects Bible: How to Create and Record Hollywood Style Sound Effects" and David Sonnenschein, author "Sound Design: The Expressive Power of Music, Voice and Sound Effects in Cinema" have joined forces and are announcing "Secrets for Great Film Sound, a new webinar series that will start in the next week, with an introductory webinar: Get essential … [Read more...]
The Recordist Releases Pigs HD Sound Effects Library (Special Offer)
Frank Bry (The Recordist) has released SoundBox HD - Pigs at only $10 until November 15th. I know November is usually the time of year that Turkey is on everyone’s mind but a fox came in and killed all the wild turkeys on my ranch earlier this year so I had to settle for recording some pigs. Oh well. Pigs. Until 11-15-10 get this collection of pigs sound effects for … [Read more...]
Game Audio 101, New Site Dedicated to the Technical and Creative Aspects of Sound in Games
Game Audio 101 is a new site created by Ben Long, composer, sound designer and audio director. The site has several articles form Ben and also interviews with sound professionals. Music, Sound Design & Dialogue are the three main components of audio in a game. Each of these carries a unique set of challenges. Our creative, technical and career content comes directly from … [Read more...]
Sound Ideas Announces General HD Sound Effects Library
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2eMfeEae7A[/youtube] Sound Ideas is announcing the new General HD Sound Effects Library, a new collection of over 20,000 sound effects recorded at 24-Bit/96kHz. Will be available soon at $3,995 (2,995 at pre-release) Available on Hard Drive - we started from scratch with state-of-the-art recording equipment and the best in microphones … [Read more...]
Symbolic Sound Releases Kyma Control for iPad
Kyma Users: If you don't have an iPad yet, you'd love to get one now. Apart of the amazing sound making apps you can found there, Symbolic Sound is announcing the release of Kyma Control, a new iPad app that offers different control options for Kyma/paca(rana) systems. For use in the studio, on stage, in a theatre or performance venue, in an installation, in the lab, at home, … [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...]
"The Sound Behind The Image" Lecture by Ben Burtt at AES 2010
Ben Burtt will give a lecture called "The Sound Behind The Image" at the 129th AES Convention. Much has been documented about the technical history of motion picture sound. We know a lot about the story of microphones, loudspeakers, and optical, magnetic, or digital recording processes. Very little has been said about the aesthetic history: Why do sound people do what we do? … [Read more...]