Editors note: This series of articles by Ariel were initially planned to be for the 'Featured Sound Designer', but due to recent changes to Designing Sound they will simply be posted each Wednesday over the month of November. And now, please allow Ariel Gross, Studio Audio Director at Volition to introduce himself in his own words. The year is 1991. Ariel Gross is 12 years … [Read more...]
Iris Review
I guess you already heard of Iris, the most recent creation of the masterminds at iZotope. A spectral processing tool created specially for dealing with recorded material, being able to extract, combine and process all kinds of sounds based on visual representations of frequency, amplitude and time. At this stage of the game, when we've clearly surpassed the limits of what we … [Read more...]
Making Of “Cars”, Boom Library’s Latest Release
 (Written by Tristan Horton and Axel Rohrbach of Boom Library) At Boom Library we like to take a category of sound and then completely go to town on it. A Cars library has been in on our hit-list for some time, but there have been so many car sounds recorded in the past - how could we push this even further, (beyond the obvious advantages of high-definition 24bit/96kHZ … [Read more...]
Sylvain Lasseur Interview
Symbolic Sound has published on their blog called "the eight nerve", an interview with sound designer Sylvain Lasseur talking about his use of Kyma system and several aspects about his work. Sound designer Sylvain Lasseur is not just bi-coastal; he’s bi-contintental, working part time in Paris and part time in Los Angeles! We recently had a chance to ask him a few questions … [Read more...]
Inside Look at the Creation of Movie Sound Effects
New article of Mix Magazine dedicated to sound effects, featuring sound editors Harry Cohen, Christopher Assells and Jon Title. From the clang of a sword to the roar of a monster to the rev of a car engine, Hollywood directors depend on sound designers and sound effects editors to craft the sonic elements that help add impact and interest, set the mood or ratchet up the terror … [Read more...]
Tim Nielsen Special: On the Art of Economy
[Written by Tim Nielsen] I want to write a series of relatively small 'thought for the day' type articles on a variety of topics. In the first, I want to expand on something that came up in the introductory interview, when I said that my main advice to people entering into their careers should learn when to stop. One of the things that I love and admire, not only in sound, … [Read more...]
West Texas Gun Recording
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/23313309[/vimeo] René Coronado has recently published a fantastic three-part article on gun recording, including details on pre-production, reports of the sessions, how was the editing/tagging process and more. So a little while back I packed up the mics and headed out west to record some gunfire with my friends. Not because I had a project that … [Read more...]