The third edition of the Sonic Arts Award is accepting submissions until 20 January 2015. Sonic artists, researchers and sound designers, and others, are encouraged to enter their work into one (or more) of four categories: Sound Art, Sonic Research, Soundscapes, Digital and Media Art. Each category winner will receive €1000.00, and there are additional prizes, including an … [Read more...]
GameSoundCon – Game audio workers survey and a sound design contest!
GameSoundCon, gearing up for their 10th conference, which will take place October 7-8 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, have made two recent news announcements. Game Audio Workers Survey First up, the results of the GamesSoundCon and Games Audio Network and Guild (GANG) joint survey that looked at working in the game audio industry are out. Whilst the … [Read more...]
AudioGaming competition — results!
The results are in! Thanks for taking part in the competition, I'm told the AudioGaming crew were quite overwhelmed by all the responses they received. Here's what Amaury said: Some quotes were just too funny so we decided to award two prizes. One for the best serious quote, one for the funniest. The two winners will get full post-production bundles. (..drum roll..) Serious … [Read more...]
AudioGaming : Competition
AudioGaming is about to celebrate five years of developing procedural audio plugin magic and would like to offer two DS readers a post-production bundle each — for free — through a simple competition. Here's what you need to do: Help them find a quote for the procedural audio plugin bundle A quote that could go on a box like the one below The quote needs to be ten … [Read more...]
The Hybrid Animal Sound Design Competition
No matter how deep your interest in animal husbandry may be, you're probably never going to figure out what the spawn of a camel and a mollusk might sound like. Or will you? Interested sound designers still have a little more than a week left to enter the Hybrid Animal Sound Design Competition, where the creation from scratch of a brand new animal call could net a share of … [Read more...]
Sonic Arts Award – Deadline extended until 10 February
The original 1st February deadline for the Sonic Arts Award 2014 has been extended to 10th February 2014. This year's competition, its second edition, is currently inviting entrants in the following four categories: • Sound Art • Sonic Research • Soundscapes • Digital Art A prize of €1000.00 will be awarded to the winner in each category. There are also a … [Read more...]
What Is ‘The Most Beautiful Sound In The World’?
BeautifulNow and The Sound Agency are accepting entries for the 'The Most Beautiful Sound in the World'. Anything that encourages people to stop and think about the ecology of sound is a good thing in my book, which is one of the particular appeals of this competition. Simply record your sound, photograph it, and explain why you think it's the most beautiful sound in the … [Read more...]