Special thanks to Brad Dyck for submitting this wonderful interview with Rob Bridgett to DesigningSound! GDC RB: It’s funny, see the bags of coffee up there? That’s Sightglass coffee. It’s an incredible coffee shop in San Francisco. It’s funny because that’s where I met Damian (Kastbauer) at GDC this year. It was early, I was a little hung over and saw he tweeted about … [Read more...]
The Women’s Audio Mission and Sound Channel: An Interview with Terri Winston
Last year (2010) at the AES convention in San Francisco, I took a few moments to visit and chat with the wonderful ladies of the Women's Audio Mission. Women's Audio Mission is a non-profit organization, "dedicated to the advancement of women in music production and the recording arts." This visit to their booth was the first time I had heard of the organization, but their … [Read more...]
Pro Tools 10 at AES – Part 2
This is a follow up post to Jamie's article from last night. I spent some time at the Avid booth today to get answers to questions I developed after catching up on the press release data; and to also address some of the points that Jamie brought up in his article. Let's start out with this fancy new multiple file formats in the session. It's quite happy looking at nearly … [Read more...]
"The Sound Behind The Image" Lecture by Ben Burtt at AES 2010
Ben Burtt will give a lecture called "The Sound Behind The Image" at the 129th AES Convention. Much has been documented about the technical history of motion picture sound. We know a lot about the story of microphones, loudspeakers, and optical, magnetic, or digital recording processes. Very little has been said about the aesthetic history: Why do sound people do what we do? … [Read more...]
Rob Bridgett Special: Lectures About Game Audio Production
Four lectures of Rob Bridgett with information and good tips for game audio production, focused on the audio model on Scarface. GDC Canada 2009 - Post-production Audio Panel GDC Canada 09 - Post-production Audio Panel By Rob Bridgett, Leonard Paul, Gordon Durity, Jason Ross Genre: game audio Tags: audio, games, lecture, post-production, sound design Download : MP3 Audio A … [Read more...]
The Sound FX Trampoline by Blastwave FX
Blastwave FX presented The Sound FX Trampoline, at this year's AES convention in New York, NY. So funny! Jumping on the trampoline triggers sounds from Blastwave FX high definition sound effects libraries. The higher you jump, the lower the pitch, and if you jump over twenty-five times a delay kicks in. This video shows a few brave jumpers. You can hear the sounds of a colobus … [Read more...]