GETTING THE RECORDINGS Recording is one of the most fun parts of the sound experience for me, yielding fresh material to work with and inevitably leading to unexpected ideas. I consider it central to the sound design process. Part of the fun is the stories you're left with. While recording, I've: Caught a microphone zeppelin on fire while doing stovetop ignition bursts … [Read more...]
A Field Recording Guide by Chuck Russom
Chuck Russom has published on his blog an interesting article on field recording, providing the audio and the slides of his Field Recording Lecture at Game Developers Conference 2006. He talks about the importance of a good field recording, what's inside the common field recording bag, how to get ready for a session, how to record sounds well, and more. Audio Slides A … [Read more...]
Recording Cars for "Forza Motorsport 3"
Check this interesting article at Jalopnik featuring the car recording sessions for "Forza Motorsport 3". In a way, it's best to think of driving sims as being like the movies, where huge amounts of lighting and makeup are required in order to make people look exactly like they do in real life. Along the same lines, you cannot simply stuff an expensive microphone up the … [Read more...]
Charles Deenen Special: Car Recording Guide
The following article contains small excerpts of the 65 page “Need for Speed” Car Recording Guidebook, published internally at Electronic Arts, written by Charles Deenen. Car sounds are some of the most inspiring and entertaining sounds to record. Like a human voice, each car has a signature sound, with the driver being the actor. Recording these machines should be simple … [Read more...]
New Sound Effects Recording Group on Flickr
Recently, sound designer Chuck Russom created a new Flickr Group to collect pictures of sound effects recording sessions of sound designers and field recordists out there. See the slideshow to view some of the images from the group, and join the group to share yours! … [Read more...]
Richard Devine Special: Making Of Hollywood Edge's Mechanical Morph
Richard Devine, Josh Kay and Jim Stout are creating a new sample library for The Hollywood Edge, called Mechanical Morph. Let's check some exclusive images, videos and info from the making of. … [Read more...]
Andrew Lackey Special: 11 Field Recording Tips
Sound recordists are a special breed. On a recent trip to Zambia, the safari guides were very interested in the sound I recorded of the animals and villager’s ceremonial drumming. Apparently no one ever records sounds there. Here are 11 general tips from my experience field recording for film, games, music and fun. 1) Put together a really great rig. Building your rig is … [Read more...]