Tim Prebble has announced the first remix competition of HISS and a ROAR: After playing with the sounds in the Tortured Piano library over the last few weeks, I’ve become fascinated as to the ways these sounds can be processed, altered & recontextualised… But I am even more so interested in what other people might do with the sounds…. So I’ve just released the FREE version … [Read more...]
Making of “Mangled Metal”, The New SFX Library of The Recordist
The Recordist has released Mangled Metal, a collection of 715 sound effects, including metal rips, tears, dents, scrapes, folds, slides, rubs, impacts, crashes, drops and more. Being a pack-rat runs in the family so I instinctively saved all kinds of metal like my old roof, appliances, stoves, containers, steel bars, pipes, barrels, etc. Recorded with a variety of microphones … [Read more...]
Sounddogs.com Launches New Site
[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/26036513[/vimeo] The new site of Sounddogs.com is now live: soundeffects.sounddogs.com features a large waveform viewer and audio player that enhances the previewing of sounds before purchase. Individual channels may be selected, this is especially good for polyphonic sound recordings of guns or on-board cars, tanks and airplanes. In layman’s terms … [Read more...]
July’s Featured Sound Designer: Axel Rohrbach
Axel Rohrbach is the lead sound designer of Dynamedion, an audio production studio based in Germany and focused on video games content. He's also co-founder and creative director of BOOM Library. This month we have the honor of feature him as our special guest, so let's get started! Bio Born 1981 in Frechen near Cologne, Germany. Parents got a music school, started with … [Read more...]
New SFX Libraries: Toys, Trains, Water, Springs, Mangled Metal, Holograms
New libraries have been released. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6htu053iRlw[/youtube] Daniel Gooding launches Affordable Audio 4 Everyone, with the introduction of The Magic ToyBox, a SFX library released as "pay as you can" model. Any purchase over $5 will go to charity. From the great depths of the basement, came forth the sounds of toys, and games of old. Over … [Read more...]
The Sound of “Super 8”
New article at M.P.E.G featuring the sound crew of "Super 8", including sound designer/co-supervising sound editor Ben Burtt, co-supervising sound editor Matthew Wood and Re-recording Mixers Anna Behlmer and Andy Nelson. For the pivotal train crash during Reel 2, Burtt faced a major challenge – how to sustain the tension without overwhelming the soundtrack. “My thought process … [Read more...]
“Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound”, Fourth Edition Now Available
I was browsing some suggestions Amazon did for the Kindle and found that Focal Press recently launched the fourth edition of "Practical art of Motion Picture Sound" (by David Lewis Yewdall), one of the best post-sound books out there. If you don't have read it yet, you definitely should! Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound, 4th edition relies on the professional experience … [Read more...]