Did you participate in the recent Sound Design Competition created by Blastwave FX? Did you like it? The Hollywood Edge is also announcing a new Sound Design Contest, with the re-introduction of its Community forums. For those unfamiliar, the community is simply a location for not only THE users, but for all amateur and professional musicians and sound designers to network and … [Read more...]
Blastwave FX + Mix Magazine Sound Design Competition Results
Blastwave FX has announced at AES, the results of the Sound Design Competition. The winner is Tobias Poppe of Dusseldorf, Germany. Congratulations, Tobias!! very good job! Poppe and all other participants downloaded 50 free sound effects from www.blastwavefx.com and created a soundtrack to footage of water balloons hitting people in the face. The winning prize was a one-year … [Read more...]
First International Kyma Symposium Starts Today
The first International Kyma User Symposium starts today at Barcelona, Spain. U.S.O will be covering all the event, you can follow the activity with: Twitter - Hashtag --> #KISS09 Flickr - Tag --> KISS09 Facebook - Kyma Users Group U.S.O - Twitter | Flickr About Kyma X is a powerful visual programming language for music and sound, originally created by Symbolic … [Read more...]
Ben Burtt to Receive the Charles S. Swartz Award From the HPA
The Hollywood Post Alliance has announced that Ben Burtt will receive the organization’s Charles S. Swartz Award for Outstanding Contribution in the Field of Post Production, recognizing his powerful artistic impact on the industry. The award will be bestowed on Mr. Burtt on November 12th during the Hollywood Post Alliance Awards gala at the Skirball Center in Los Angeles. HPA … [Read more...]
Sound Design with AudioCubes LoopShaper
Percussa has launched an application for AudioCubes called LoopShaper, the first app in a series of tools we are releasing to let you use AudioCubes without needing other software. It’s a great little sound design tool and hosts your favourite VST plugins. LoopShaper is a standalone application, hosts your VST instruments, and lets you interact with them in a hands on fashion … [Read more...]
Cinema Audio Society to honor Randy Thom
Re-recording mixer/sound designer Randy Thom will receive the Cinema Audio Society's Career Achievement Award at the 46th CAS Awards on Feb. 27 at the the Millennium-Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. He has shared in 14 Academy Award nominations, winning for best sound editing for "The Incredibles" and best sound for "The Right Stuff." He's been nominated four times by CAS and … [Read more...]
First International Kyma User Symposium in October
Kyma X is a powerful visual programming language for music and sound, originally created by Symbolic Sound in 1987 and still going strong today. The Kyma sound design environment is used by composers, researchers and sound designers for realtime sound generation and manipulation. The First International Kyma Symposium will be held from the 8-10 October 2009 at the Niu Espai … [Read more...]