The School of Sound has announced the release of a reprinted version of "SOUNDSCAPE: The School of Sound Lectures 1998-2001", one of the most amazing books to read if you're involved with sound design or sound in general. SOUNDSCAPE is a compendium of presentations given during the first four years of the School of Sound investigating the modern soundtrack and the ways sound … [Read more...]
September's Sound Design Challenge Announced
Shaun Farley from Dynamic Interference has announced the Sound Design Challenge for this month. For this month’s challenge, we’re going to be creating a sound design to fill in the space outside of the camera’s frame, but this is really more of a test of your storytelling skills. Details: Create and tell a story about the character in the video. Overall, the piece should … [Read more...]
Wired Magazine: Ben Burtt Talks "The Sounds of Star Wars" Book
Wired has published an exclusive video featuring Ben Burtt, Randy Thom and the guys behind the sound of "Star Wars: Clone Wars" (Matthew Wood and David Acord) talking about the recently announced "The Sounds of Star Wars" book from J.W Rinzler and the legacy of the Star Wars sounds. There are also several video footage of the original recording sessions that Ben and Randy had … [Read more...]
Say Hello to Sonic Terrain, Our New Brother Blog Dedicated to Field Recording
I'm very proud to announce the born of Sonic Terrain, a new website I created with my good friends Nathan Moody and Colin Hart. Field recording deserves a complete web 2.0 portal, so here you have it: a place where all kind of professionals can learn from each other and share their different approaches to field recording. Here is the official info for the announcement: Sonic … [Read more...]
Small Motors, New SFX Library from Rabbit Ears Audio
Michael Raphael has announced the release of Small Motors, another great collection of sounds at his company Rabbit Ears Audio. The library includes a lot of different sounds from electric devices, robots, servos, clicks, buzzing machines, etc. Small Motors. Clicking, whirring, buzzing, grinding,servo sounds and robots. This library is composed of a variety of motor sounds … [Read more...]
New Free Reaktor Ensemble with MI Presets
Some days ago, my friends Antonio Blanca and Richard Devine invited me to create some presets for a new Reaktor Instrument called Spacedrone MOD (free download). I created 10 sounds with 10 different variations. As you can see in the video above, there are two individual templates where you can create different sounds. There are several controls includin freq range, scales, … [Read more...]
Something is Coming in the Field…
Get ready for another online place to have fun with sound... The date? 08-09-2010 :-) … [Read more...]