The 6th episode of Game Audio Podcast is available now. It includes a discussion on the independent sound effects library world and other news and features. The guests this time were Chuck Russom and I (yeah, with my particular accent). It was a very enjoyable to do the episode, so hope you like it too. Audio file and Links at Game Audio Podcast … [Read more...]
December's Sound Design Challenge Announced
Shaun Farley has announced the sound design challenge for December. This one is pretty fun! Take a look: If there’s one thing that all sound editors/designers have in common, it’s that at some point we are all reduced to speaking in onomatopoeia. There are times where it’s just more efficient to to talk or write in nonsensical gobbledy-gook to communicate about the sounds we’re … [Read more...]
Sound Design Challenge #4 Announced
Shaun Farley has just published the details for the fourth sound design challenge. Let's get to work! This is a short video. And after you’ve downloaded it, you’ll see that it’s a timelapse. So how do you think I’m going to challenge you on this one? If you guessed that I will say, “No whooshes, swishes or the like…then congratulations, you guessed correctly.” Honestly, … [Read more...]
The Sound Collectors' Club, More Crowdsourcing Power in the SFX World
Michael Maroussas, creator of the of the great sonicskepsi blog, has launched a new and very interesting project, called "The Sound Collectors' Club", inspired by great projects like HISS and a ROAR and Soundsnap. Basically, it's a place where you can go, upload sound effects (according to a specific topic) to a SoundCloud group. Then you will have access to all the sounds … [Read more...]
Hart FX, The New Independent SFX Company of Colin Hart [Exclusive Q&A]
Some months ago, a very good friend of mine started to work on a new sound effects company, putting a lot of effort and passion on the first release, which turned really awesome. The name of this guy is Colin Hart, and is a pleasure for me to introduce you to Hart FX, a new fantastic place for amazing and affordable sound effects for sound designers. The first library … [Read more...]
September's Sound Design Challenge Announced
Shaun Farley from Dynamic Interference has announced the Sound Design Challenge for this month. For this month’s challenge, we’re going to be creating a sound design to fill in the space outside of the camera’s frame, but this is really more of a test of your storytelling skills. Details: Create and tell a story about the character in the video. Overall, the piece should … [Read more...]
Monthly Sound Design Challenge, Expanding Creativity Together
Shaun Farley has started a new interesting project called "Monthly Sound Design Challenge". Each month he gives a video footage (without sound) and anyone has the opportunity to design the complete soundtrack of the video, following some rules and also having the opportunity to get some prizes. Shaun explains the details: I’ve spent the last few years looking for something like … [Read more...]