Diego Stocco strikes back! This time with a new video of a new amazing work called Experibass. He said: Few weeks ago I visited a luthier looking for instruments parts, I had an idea in mind for an instrument I wanted to build. My curiosity was to hear the sound of violin, viola and cello strings amplified through the body of a double bass. I came up with a quadruple-neck … [Read more...]
Ben Burtt Special: Star Trek (2009)
Some of us were surprised when it was announced that Ben Burtt would be the Sound Designer for the new Star Trek film. Undoubtedly, the sound work was incredible (again). Casually, U.S.O reported yesterdey at Twitter that the issue #21 of Star Trek Magazine has an interview with Ben Burtt. Here is an excerpt: Sound Designer Ben Burtt talks about the elements of the original … [Read more...]
Interview with Don Veca, Audio Director for Dead Space Extraction
Original Sound Version had an interesting interview with Don Veca, Audio Director for the new Dead Space Extraction (Wii). Last year the had another amazing interview with Veca, and today he talks again. Some highlights: [...] This time around, it’s an on-rails shooter. Tell us about yours and the team’s approach given the change in genre. One of the main differences for audio … [Read more...]
Skywalker Ranch Tour (Part 1)
You've probably seen or heard talk about Skywalker Ranch, the amazing post-production building of Skywalker Sound, part of Lucasfilm and sound makers of the best sounds for films of all time. Sam from Skywalker Sound Blog made a post of a first part of a Skywalker Ranch Tour sharing some photos, videos and info. Don't miss it! Skywalker Sound is located in the serene rolling … [Read more...]
Ben Burtt Special: The Making of Sound of Wall-E
In the first Wall-E post I publish a hudge information and interviews about Wall-E. This second post is dedicated to watch and learn about all the techniques and tools employed by Ben Burtt designing the sounds of Wall-E. Let's check this four videos of a 30 mins demonstration on how Ben Burtt brought Wall-E to life and he answered a ton of questions from all the visiting … [Read more...]
"Piew, piew" "Tum, tum" Half-Life 2 Sounds Replaced By Modder’s Voice
It's time for some fun! A modder called Trase has made a mod of Half-Life 2 with sound replaced by his own voice. He replaced 1327 sound files except: Ambient noises like wind. some zombie voices. character voices (it would sound dumb). maybe i missed some minor physics like a trap door hidden somewhere in ravenholm and no one ever opens it. So funny! You can download … [Read more...]
The breaths in Film Sound
Tim Prebble from music of sound has published an interesting article talking about the role of breaths in Film Sound. Having suffered a nasty respiratory virus for the last while I’ve joked to a few people that my new hobby is ‘trying to breath normally” and its not far from the truth. Now I dislike ADR as much as most people, but when I meet someone who says they want … [Read more...]