Guest contribution by Douglas Murray I was inspired to finish this write-up after reading the feature list of the new Zynaptiq UNFILTER plugin. Their web site says: You can also apply the measured filter response from one recording to another – placing the two in the same acoustic "world”. Or you can create roomtone to fill editing gaps, by applying a measured filter … [Read more...]
Designing Sound Discussion Group – Acoustics Primer
We've got our next webinar/live presentation scheduled, and it will take place on Saturday, July 20th, at 1PM Eastern/10 AM Pacific (U.S. time). Our presenter this time will be Dennis Foley, of Acoustic Fields. He'll actually be doing two presentations for us here on the site. The first, as noted in the title of the post above, will be an acoustics primer to help us better … [Read more...]
The Sound of the Room
Whether we stop to consciously think about it or not, acoustics has a huge impact on the work we do. At the most basic level, knowledge of the playback environment or medium affects how we approach a given project: broadcast, web, theatrical, home video, conference floor, etc. Maybe we add more bass for web distributed pieces, or reduce the dynamic range slightly for a product … [Read more...]