"Earth Is A Solar Powered Jukebox" is the title of Gordon Hempton's newly released book on Quiet Planet. Gordon Hempton, The Sound Tracker®, covers both science and art as we learn about how sound behaves in natural habitats and how this knowledge can be skillfully applied to produce award winning field recordings and compelling sound designs. [...] Novices and experts, alike, … [Read more...]
Beep Book Released
The Beep Documentary Project just announced that the Beep Book is now available. The book contains transcripts of interviews with over 100 game audio professionals from a range of areas of game sound's history. Interviews include artists such as Marty O'Donnell (Halo), George "The Fat Man" Sanger (7th Guest), Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy), Yoko Shimomura (Kingdom Hearts), … [Read more...]
Creative Field Recording: Book Recommendation Round-Up
Looking for some good sound-centric reading this summer? Paul Virostek of Creative Field Recording has collected a number of must-read lists, reviews, and resources on some of the best books focused on creative recording and sound design in a recent blog post. Included in Paul's list are some of Designing Sound's own recommendations, found here and here, but be sure to check … [Read more...]
BOOK: Keywords in Sound – Edited by David Novak and Matt Sakakeeny
Steven Feld, Jonathan Sterne and Ana Maria Ochoa Gautier are among contributors to a new book, Keywords in Sound. Described by publishers Duke University Press as, "a definitive resource for sound studies", this collection of twenty essays attempts a dialogue with some of the philosophical and historical keywords that permeate the discipline of Sound Studies. Keywords in … [Read more...]
Interview: Rob Bridgett and Game Audio Culture
Rob Bridgett is no stranger to us here at Designing Sound. Constantly writing and engaging in community discussion; Rob has put out a new book called "Game Audio Culture". Here are some questions Damian Kastbauer and I put together for Rob. Can you tell the few Designing Sound readers who don't know who you are a bit about your background in sound design, game … [Read more...]
“From the Shadows of Film Sound” by Rob Bridgett, Now for iBooks
Rob Bridgett has released a digital ePub version his book "From the Shadows of Film Sound". It's available now at $9,99. As a practitioner in video game development, Rob Bridgett has explored and written about the connective tissue between film sound production and a newly emerging video game audio production culture. This new volume brings together, for the first time, freshly … [Read more...]
Sound Effects Bible LE and New Holiday Package
Ric Viers has announced some new stuff at The Sound Effects Bible: There's a new version of the hard drive, The Sound Effects Bible LE, available at $299: The Sound Effects Bible Library LE is a collection of 5,000 sound effects recorded by Ric Viers and his team at the Detroit Chop Shop including close to 2,000 new and previously unreleased sound effects. All of the sounds … [Read more...]