Andrew Spitz, know as founder of Social Sound Design and blogger at { sound+design }, where he showcases a lot of cool projects, such as his latest creation, called Sound Doodle, a very cool app for experimenting with sounds in many ways. Sound Doodle is a free desktop application for Mac that takes the act of doodling, and brings it to the world of sound. The interface … [Read more...]
“Secrets for Great Film Sound” Webinar Report #5 – Sound Effects Recording, SFX Libraries, Foley, Plug-Ins
[During this month, I'll be doing weekly reports about “Secrets for Great Film Sound“, a new webinar series hosted by David Sonnenschein and Ric Viers.] Last week's webinar was fantastic. Lots of theory and techniques from Ric Viers about the roles in post-production audio and also talked a lot about foley, including history, tips and techniques. Then he shared a lot of stuff … [Read more...]
“Secrets for Great Film Sound” Webinar Report #4 – Dialogue, ADR & Character Development
[During this month, I'll be doing weekly reports about “Secret for Great Film Sound“, a new webinar series hosted by David Sonnenschein and Ric Viers.] Last week's webinar was fantastic. David and Ric talked about dialogue, sharing all kind of techniques, tips and tricks on recording, mixing and editing dialogue. Ric shared a lot of useful tips and things to keep in mind when … [Read more...]
Soundminer HD Plus Released
Soundminer HD Plus (Win/Mac) is available now in the Soundminer Store at $399. Soundminer HD is not available yet. Soundminer HD is a new lower cost product line that offers users modular feature options as well as the option to run it on both Macintosh and Windows operating systems. The starting price for this product is only $199US and is packed with great Soundminer … [Read more...]
Interview with John Purcell at Waves
Waves has published an interview with another guy from its artists team. This time is not a sfx guy... it's a dialogue editor! and a great one: John Purcell, author of the wonderful Dialogue Editing for Motion Pictures: A Guide to the Invisible Art book. A very cool read for anyone: What's the main goal of a dialogue editor? A dialogue editor is responsible for every sound … [Read more...]
Tim Prebble and His Three Nominations for Best Sound at NZ Film Awards
I consider Tim Prebble a true master of the craft. He is an amazing sound designer and one of the most prolific contributors to this community. This week is New Zealand Film Awards, and guess what! Tim worked as sound designer in the three films nominated for Best Sound in a feature film. Tim has made an incredible post on his blog, talking about his work on the three films, … [Read more...]
Bruce Tanis Special: Reader Questions
Sadly, the Bruce Tanis special has come to its end. This month was amazing, with a really great amount of sound effects editing master classes given by Bruce. Here are the answers to the questions made by the readers during this month. Hope you like them! Designing Sound Reader: As a student/future sound editor, I've been anxious about the fact that there is no prescribed … [Read more...]