Diego Stocco returns with the third in his video series of advanced & experimental sound design techniques Feedforward Sounds. In this tutorial entitled "Creative Miking Techniques" Stocco goes into great detail to explain some of his techniques developed for sound design through creative recording. "From my point of view, even in these days where plugins, controllers and … [Read more...]
SoundWorks Collection – Leslie Ann Jones
[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/107447137[/vimeo] In the latest offering from SoundWorks Collection, the spotlight is on Leslie Ann Jones, Director of Music and Scoring at Skywalker Sound. This 10-minute profile explores Jones’ musical roots and her 30-year career as a recording and mixing engineer. Check out other SoundWorks Collection videos at: soundworkscollection.com … [Read more...]
“Deconstructing the Soundtrack” Master Class in London
The School of Sound (the folks behind The New Soundtrack academic journal and the School of Sound International Symposiums) and the London Film School are teaming up again to offer a 2 day Master Class on October 25th and 26th in London. The seminar will be conducted by Stephen Deutsch, Larry Sider and Annabelle Pangborn. Experts Larry Sider, Annabelle Pangborn and Stephen … [Read more...]
Patch a Day Challenge
Anton Woldhek, whose name you may recognize from the Game Audio Podcast, is a little excited for this month's theme. So excited, in fact, that he wants people to join him in a "patch a day" challenge. I think it's a great idea, though I'm doing a bit too much traveling at the moment to probably get started on it until next week (though I suppose my Pure Data Wavetable … [Read more...]
SFX Independence – September 2014 (Part 2)
Part 2 of our September roundup comes a little late (Part 1 is here in case you missed it), but there's plenty of interesting and unusual independent sound libraries to be found here. And don't forget, if you've got a recently-released sample library that you'd like to be considered for inclusion, use the Independent SFX submission form to tell us about it! Gateway Part 1 - … [Read more...]
SFX Independence – September 2014 (Part 1)
It has been a little while since the last SFX Independence post. So many new sfx libraries have come to our attention during that time that this roundup comes in two parts, designed to make it more digestible. Part 2 will follow later in the week. Our aim is to provide readers information about the best and most innovative independent sound effects library available, so if … [Read more...]
Join Designing Sound at the AES 137 Conference in Los Angeles!
After the rousing success of our meetup at last year's show in New York (seriously, it was great!), we've decided to do it again this year! So, come join us for food and drinks at Tom's Urban on Thursday, October 9th, at 8:30 PM. Both Shaun and I will be there and we look forward to meeting all of you! More info and how to RSVP after the jump. … [Read more...]