Richard Devine, Josh Kay and Jim Stout are creating a new sample library for The Hollywood Edge, called Mechanical Morph. Let's check some exclusive images, videos and info from the making of. … [Read more...]
Avatar: Creating The World of Pandora – Sound Design and Score
Avatar again? Yes. This time on a video with some general info about the sound design and score of the film. Sound design was key in making Pandora a believable, unique world. Sound editor Christopher Boyes explains how real-world sounds were manipulated in such a way as to make them unique to Avatar's world. More Avatar @ Designing Sound Via Wired … [Read more...]
Sound Waves: Listening to The Universe; Dane A. Davis and The Sound of "The Last Mimzy"
Check this fantastic featurette on the sound of "The Last Mimzy", with sound designer Dane A. Davis and some professors and physicists talking about some aspects of the movie and great info about the perception of sound. … [Read more...]
New Tutorials on “Sound Re-Design for Film” by Nick Maxwell
As many of us know, "re-design" the best way to show your sound design skills when you haven't worked on a project yet. Just download a video (trailer, animation, gameplay) in a good quality, delete all the sound there and start making your own. When you're showing your reel, do not forget to clarify that you have modified the original material and only use it for demonstration … [Read more...]
Test FMOD Sounds on the iPhone Simulator
Engine Audio has launched a new free application to test custom FMOD soundbanks on the iPhone Simulator. We here at Engine Audio were looking for a way to test the new integration of the FMOD audio system on the iPhone platform. So we developed an FMOD soundbank testing application for the iPhone simulator. Firelight Technologies, creators of the FMOD engine, provides great … [Read more...]
Richard Devine Special: Conversation at Whole Music Club
Here are four videos of a great conversations of Richard Devine at Whole Music Club talking about some his career. It's more electronic music oriented, but have really great info about Richard, such as his first gear acquisitions, his first records, his commercial career and more. Let's see: … [Read more...]
Richard Devine Special: Experiments
One of the most active "fields" of Richard Devine is the experimentation with sound. He has a lot of really cool videos on his Vimeo account, with some experiments made on synths, virtual instruments, effects, controllers, etc. Let's see: The Ekdahl Moisturizer is a spring reverb where the springs are exposed so they can be played/hit/fiddled with. I was just playing around … [Read more...]