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Don’t Panic and Carry A Towel: When Things Go Horribly, Horribly Wrong

April 30, 2014 by Samuel Ejnes

As April comes to an end and we wrap up our topic for the month, “broken”, I wanted to take a moment and share something that I learned when I was first starting out, and something that I find myself having to remember quite often: how to react when everything starts to break. We depend on a lot of complex technologies in our day-to-day lives, some more intricate and … [Read more...]

Making The Best Out Of Something Broken

April 15, 2014 by Jack Menhorn

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

April 2, 2014 by Shaun Farley

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...]

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