I'm happy to announce Aaron Marks as our October's guest on Designing Sound. A multi-disciplinary audio professional with background in music composition, sound design, field recording, and more. Author of "The Complete guide to Game Audio" and teacher at The Art Institute of California. A very kind person ready to share lots of cool things with us this month. Bio Best known … [Read more...]
SWC: The Sound of "HALO: REACH"
http://vimeo.com/14683182 SoundWorks Collection has published a fantastic game audio profile, featuring the team behind the sound of "HALO: REACH". In this exclusive SoundWorks Collection game sound video profile we feature the talented sound team behind “HALO: REACH”, the blockbuster prequel to the best-selling Xbox franchise of all time. Bungie Studios Audio Director and … [Read more...]
January's Featured Sound Designer: Richard Devine
New year, new month and of course, a new special. This time we'll have a lot of knobs, crazy recordings, synths and a very noisy January, with Richard Devine. We'll have interviews, articles, videos and very cool stuff, stay tuned! Bio During the past three years, Richard Devine has remixed top Warp artists like Aphex Twin and Mike Patton (Faith No More). He has released 4 … [Read more...]
David Toop and the Digital & Experimental Music
Composer, musician and writer David Toop talks on this video about his interest on digital generated sound and the impact of that on experimental music, his love for the sounds and music making and his work on Laptop Orchestra. About David Toop David Toop is a musician/composer, writer, and curator. He has written four books, currently translated into eight languages: Rap … [Read more...]
"Observe and Report" – Exclusive Interview with Composer Joseph Stephens
Giving audiences a peek at the day-to-day of Mall Cop Ronnie Barnhardt, "Observe and Report" opened in theaters April 10th. Sound supervisor and re-recording mixer Terry Rodman brought along re-recording mixer Steve Pederson for an old-fashioned mixing stake out on dub 12 at the WB lot. The newly redesigned stage is put through a "normal morning" of prep, HERE. Production sound … [Read more...]
“Twilight” – Exclusive (Little) Interview with Composer Carter Burwell
"Twilght" descended into theaters November 21st, luring millions of tweens and this blogger, (only for this post, I swear!) to multiplexes. Supervising sound editor Frank Gaeta clocked time in editorial as well as the dub stages at Wildfire Studios alongside fellow re-recording mixers Marshall Garlington and Leslie Shatz. While Gaeta continued his working relationship with … [Read more...]