Broken wax cylinder containing the 'first' film soundtrack circa 1894-1895 In 'broken' month I wanted to find out a little more about what's being done to fix (and preserve) some of the broken pieces of film history. The story of the Dickson Experimental Sound Film (link to view at the end of the article) seemed to be a good way into the subject and I am indebted to Ken … [Read more...]
Harvesting Anomalies
Guest Contribution by Ivo Ivanov Take a moment to think about the magnitude of all the rejected material that disappears during your editing process. Material with unwanted artifacts, discarded without much further thought, as it is rendered useless due to a number of auditory issues or location-specific problems. Now imagine if those discarded bits of audio were actually what … [Read more...]
Making The Best Out Of Something Broken
It is fitting that with our theme of "Broken" this month I would accidentally wash my Zoom H1 Handy Recorder in the washing machine. I had taken the H1 with me to GDC just in case any cool sounds popped up for me to record (they didn't). So when I got home and tossed the backpack in the wash to get the San Francisco grime off of it I completely forgot the very light H1 was … [Read more...]
Broken
Now that yesterday's global silliness is behind us, it's time to announce April's theme: "broken". What can I say?! We like the open ended topics that provide ample opportunity for interpretation. As sound designers, we rely on manipulation...pushing materials beyond their limits to see what interesting sounds they create under stress, or at that threshold where they go … [Read more...]