Guest Contribution by James Bretz The documentary Out of Nothing is my first feature, and the first feature for our entire P-51 Pictures team. It’s more than just a story about motorcycles. It’s a human story. It follows four men who follow their passions and dreams, and it tells one of many stories that are a part of a larger community of individuals and teams involved in … [Read more...]
Hart FX Releases New Alligator Library
Hart FX has released Hart a Gator, a new library of alligator sound effects, cut from 10 hours of material recorded at 192kHz. Alligators are quiet, stealthy creatures that roam the swamps and marshes of Florida like big, scaly, green ninjas. You see one silently skimming along, then all of a sudden it disappears! They hardly make any sound either – except for this one time of … [Read more...]
Finalists for SDC013: Creepy Advertising Announced
The judging has ended, and we have our finalists. Congratulations to Andre Albino, Chris Fox, Hugo Haas, Saro Sahihi and Peter Veres on their selection to the community vote. Of course, they are still vying for your individual votes to take the prize offered up by Colin Hart and Hart FX. Head over to Dynamicinterference.com to review their entries and cast your vote. … [Read more...]
Reminder: 24 hours left in the Sound Design Challenge
Just a very short reminder that if you plan on entering Sound Design Challenge #13: Creepy Advertising, your entry needs to be submitted to the Vimeo group by 5PM (U.S. Eastern Time) tomorrow...strict cutoff. Get those entries in for your chance to win the massive Hart of Steel sound effects library from HartFX! … [Read more...]
Sound Design Challenge #13: Creepy Advertising
The last challenge was awesome, and it was all thanks to your participation. We're hoping to repeat that success this time with our new challenge. Our sponsor this time is Hart FX, owned and operated by Colin Hart. Colin is offering up his "Hart of Steel" library, which is a massive 22 gigs of industrial tools. I've got a copy of it myself, and trust me when I say...this is a … [Read more...]
Hart FX Announces New Releases, Motorcycle Sound Library Available for Free
Colin Hart has been very active with his company Hart FX, since the recent announcements of new releases (LFE Effects, two more), new assistant, and also new fantastic blog posts about their field recording trips. Colin has also released a new free library of sounds recorded from a Yamaha R1 motorcycle, at 96kHz/24-Bit. [soundcloud … [Read more...]
Pitch Shift Vs. Speed Shift
Colin Hart has posted an interesting article over on his website. The article is in response to an idea that David Sonnenschein and I discussed when talking about Colin's winning entry in January's Sound Design Challenge. Specifically, we were wondering if there was a perceivable difference between a 192k recorded file when it was pitch shifted via plug-in processing, or when … [Read more...]