June's Sound Design Challenge is now open: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hywfn0euPe4[/youtube] After a short break, the Sound Design Challenge is back. There's a saying that goes, "Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery." When we hear something interesting we're to ask ourselves, "How was that made?" Obviously, the easiest way to get an answer to that, is to … [Read more...]
Sound Design Challenge #9: A Walk On The Beach
This month's Sound Design Challenge is now live, and it's a game audio based challenge designed for even beginners to handle. It's a great learning opportunity if you're looking to get your feet wet. There's even an extended deadline this time around; a full two weeks. We have plans to migrate the Sound Design Challenge over here to Designing Sound in the future, but until … [Read more...]
Sound Design Challenge #8: Synthesizing Radio
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHvdZdsIZxg[/youtube] Shaun Farley has published all the details for this month's sound design challenge. I’ve arleady mentioned that this month’s challenge is going to be tied to the video above. You won’t need to download it, because we’re not actually using the video. You’re task this month, is to synthesize the “natural radio” sounds … [Read more...]
New Sound Design Competition from Waves Audio and Designing Sound
I'm excited to announce a new sound design competition, developed in collaboration between Waves Audio and Designing Sound, with a Sound Design Suite Native (or a different Waves bundle or upgrade of equivalent value) as the prize for the winner. General Information Download the competition package that includes a clip from Need for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed™ (courtesy of … [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...]
October's Sound Design Challenge Announced
Shaun Farley has announced the October's sound design challenge. This time the challenge is without picture, and the prize is a pack of Drag Race recordings. Well, another month is gone, and it’s time for the next challenge. This month’s challenge is all about getting back to the roots of our interest in sound design…making noise. I’m going to give you three sounds. You’re … [Read more...]