Of Nature and Things is a series of sound art installations by Dutch sound designer Fedde ten Berge, where he collaborated with ceramicist Frank van Os. Three ceramic pieces were built that cause the audience to investigate their sonic, visual and sculptural properties. The audience can explore and interact with the objects, which get more sonically interesting as the audience … [Read more...]
The New York Times: Listen to the World
Image from The New York Times In this year's Voyages issue of The New York Times, editor-in-chief Jake Silverstein leads the reader (or rather, the listener) through an audible tour of several interesting-sounding places around the world. Scroll through the environments and enjoy the sight and sound of everything from bursting geysers to crackling shrimp. The experience … [Read more...]
Lavalier Microphone Techniques for Field Recording
Lavalier microphones are useful in a lot of situations when you're in the field. Their small size makes it easy to fit them into tight spaces to record perspectives that you wouldn't normally be able to listen to. You can get very close to small objects or even insects or birds and given that they're usually omnidirectional, they are great for recording natural … [Read more...]
Frank Serafine Dies at 65
Frank Serafine, Emmy and Oscar winning sound designer, who worked on titles like The Hunt for Red October, Tron and Star Trek, died September 12 after being struck by a motorist. He was 65. Read more on variety.com here. … [Read more...]
Shadow of the Tomb Raider in Dolby Atmos
In this video the crew behind Shadow of the Tomb Raider discuss mixing the game in Dolby Atmos. They talk about how they added height information with Atmos, how this extra information is valuable for the gameplay and how the mix translates to other sound systems. See the video on Youtube here. … [Read more...]
Wildfire Field Recording with Thomas Rex Beverly
In this blog post, Thomas Rex Beverly shares his experience with a wildfire field recording session in the Davis Mountains, West Texas. On this trip he recorded a pack of wild coyotes fleeing the area as the wall of flames scorched everything in its path. Listen to the haunting coyote calls and read Beverly's tips on how to record coyotes here. … [Read more...]
Escape Room Sound Design for the Battle of Britain
photo credit: Oli Harrison, Oliharrison.com Interesting description of escape room sound design, which appears to be an up and coming avenue for sound designers. Escape room sound designer Oli Harrison describes his process of creating an immersive WWII experience for an escape room, transporting the attendants into the audio world of 1940. … [Read more...]