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Modular System Retrospective from a Sound Designer

February 13, 2018 by Richard Gould

This is a guest contribution by Seattle-based sound designer Chris Burgess. Chris has been working principally in game audio for the last several years to support his "healthy" addiction to synths. Recently he's worked on Guild Wars 2, Middle-earth: Shadow of War and République. I built my first modular system about seven months ago and dove in with an understanding … [Read more...]

Sunday Sound Thought #91: Music and Sound in the Digital Age

October 15, 2017 by Ashley Coull

"As has come before; many of these posts will be philosophical in nature. Some will be in contradiction to previous postings. These are not intended as truths or assertions, they’re merely thoughts…ideas. Think of this as stream of consciousness over a wide span…Please bare with us as we traverse the abstract canals of audio musings." -Designing Sound   With the … [Read more...]

“ADC, it’s easy as 1 10 11” – A Retrospective from the Pros

February 28, 2015 by Richard Gould

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I was born in England in 1988. Some of my earliest memories involve old BBC and Mac computers. I grew up listening to CDs, MiniDisks, playing "Duck Hunt" on my sister's NES. The dial-up modem sounds are imprinted on my memory. I recall my father ordering books from Amazon.com back when that's all Amazon sold. In my teen years I assembled my own computer to save money and grew … [Read more...]

“From the Shadows of Film Sound” by Rob Bridgett, Now for iBooks

January 29, 2012 by Miguel Isaza

Rob Bridgett has released a digital ePub version his book "From the Shadows of Film Sound". It's available now at $9,99. As a practitioner in video game development, Rob Bridgett has explored and written about the connective tissue between film sound production and a newly emerging video game audio production culture. This new volume brings together, for the first time, freshly … [Read more...]

October: Mix Magazine

October 3, 2007 by Jake Riehle

October's issue of Mix Magazine unloaded a few film sound articles online today. Mostly mini-bio's on each person along with links to past articles featured in the publication... SKIP LIEVSAY KEN HAN AND BILL MARINO HANS ZIMMER BEN BURTT … [Read more...]

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