Once year ago I decided to start this adventure called Designing Sound. You can see the archives starting from 2007, but that's because Designing Sound was merged with Filmsound Daily a few months ago. I started with a simple idea of a site where I can share info about sound design, and now, I see the amount of content generated by the site and the lot of time I spent on it … [Read more...]
Jim Stout Unveils "Stout Sound", His New Website for Online SFX Distribution
This model of sound effects distribution by individual sound designers is becoming even more popular. Now the turn is for Jim Stout, who is announcing the release of his own SFX company called Stout Sound. This time we have a different approach. Jim focuses on developing affordable sound packs including designed sounds ready to use on all kind of multimedia projects. This is … [Read more...]
Ben Burtt Named Silver Award Winner for Helping to Preserve San Anselmo History in Films
Ben Burtt has received the Silver Award by the Town of San Anselmo, for his work on preservation of history in films. Ben Burtt, who helped preserve San Anselmo history in films, has been named a Silver Award winner. Burtt documented the local floods of 1982 and 2005 in “The Great Flood of 1982” and “12/31.” He says, he “collected footage from 15 or 16 different people and … [Read more...]
Tim Prebble Presents SEAL VOCALS, New SFX Library of HISS and a ROAR (With Exclusive Q&A)
Tim Prebble has announce the release of SEAL VOCALS, a new great sound effects library for HISS and a ROAR, this time featuring lovely Seals talking to a microphone. My primary goal was to isolate the seal vocals from the ambience, for use in creature vocal design, so this library was recorded using a Sennheiser MKH70 microphone due to its “excellent directivity… particularly … [Read more...]
Blastwave FX Announces the Winners of its Last Sound Design Competition
This is the video submitted by Martin Schütze, winner of the recent sound design competition created by Blastwave FX and Avid. Martin will get the full package prize, which includes a full version of Avid Media Composer, an Mbox with Pro Tools LE, Blastwave FX Sonopedia Library The Sound Effects Bible and DV Toolkit 2 for Pro Tools LE. Judge's Comments: What I enjoy so much … [Read more...]
Online Sound Design Seminar – The Power of Human Voice in Media, with David Sonnenschein and David Collins
David Sonnenschein continue with his fantastic seminar series. The last one was very cool. David shared lots of interesting and inspiring ways to get some creativity using sound in different ways, trying to not only listen, but also analyze the sound in several aspects, feel it, and treat them to achieve different goals. There's a new online seminar scheduled, check the details … [Read more...]
Steinberg Nuendo 5 Now Shipping, with New ADR Toolset, New Video Engine, Better File Management and More
Steinberg has released the fifth version of his acclaimed post-production DAW solution, Nuendo. The new version has lots of new features, including: ADR Toolset - A new tool for spot and organize recording takes, such as for multiple roles by using a flexible marker track system. All marker tracks can be sorted and filtered in the marker window, which helps the user to keep … [Read more...]