Ira Greenberg is director of the Center of Creative Computation and is a professor at SMU. He's had a career as a painter, animator, designer, programmer, arts director, professor and author. In addition to having lectured at universities across the world, he's authored three books on creative coding, including the first major reference for Processing. His current research … [Read more...]
Jeff Seamster Special: Stay Current, Stay Connected
Article by Jeff Seamster Those of us working in the field of audio production are accustomed to either a lengthy haul of design and content creation starting in pre-production or a series of intense sprints from one project’s post-production to another. Whichever camp you might fall into, the time and focus required by our craft make it easy to fall behind the latest … [Read more...]
Harry Cohen Special: Exclusive Interview
Let's get started with this month's special. Below is an interview I had with our guest Harry Cohen, talking about the general aspects of his career. How did you get started in sound design and what's been the evolution of your career? I backed into sound design by accident; I showed up at EFX studios in Burbank to do some piano overdubs on a new-age-y album, and met the … [Read more...]
Coll Anderson Special: Creating Sounds with RiverRun
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfvq8-69frc[/youtube] Coll has sent us a video sharing one of the ways he likes to create abstract, yet related, sounds for the projects he works on. I'll let the video speak for itslef. Enjoy! Update: Coll has sent us some samples of the types of sounds he created. They're embedded after the jump. … [Read more...]
HOME THEATER GEEKS PODCAST interviews Sound Designer Erik Aadahl
Something tells me Erik "Transform-ed" his lunch break into a podcast session for this interview with Home Theater Geeks. Good Stuff. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCd1wW8M-0Q[/youtube] … [Read more...]
Behind the Art: Pelayo Gutierrez
[Behind the Art is a special section of Designing Sound created with the goal of studying the artistic and creative aspects of sound design, featuring several interviews dedicated to explore the minds and creative approaches of professional sound designers from all sides of the world, with the goal of expand our creative worlds and learn what others do in order to tell … [Read more...]
Rodney Gates Special: Exclusive Interview
As usual, below is an interview with this month's guest, Rodney Gates. Designing Sound: How did you get started and How has been the evolution of your career since then? Rodney Gates: In 1996 I attended the Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences in Tempe, Arizona. At the time, the focus of the school was on audio / music production with a little bit of post and live sound … [Read more...]