In this blog post, Thomas Rex Beverly shares his experience with a wildfire field recording session in the Davis Mountains, West Texas. On this trip he recorded a pack of wild coyotes fleeing the area as the wall of flames scorched everything in its path. Listen to the haunting coyote calls and read Beverly's tips on how to record coyotes here. … [Read more...]
PANO : Foley Synthesizer by Noise Makers
Sound effect synthesis is finally coming back into vogue and with recent increases in development as well as processing power; we are seeing great leaps in quality. In that regard I have asked Charles Verron, a developer of PANO to write this article explaining what they have been up to with their "foley synthesizer." … [Read more...]
Frank Bry Special: The Making of Ultimate Fire Sound Effects Library
[Written by Frank Bry for Designing Sound] This is a little different from my previous articles. I had planned to write a massive article on the making of the library. I have been writing so much lately that I thought it was best to give the written language a break from my abuse and half baked prose. I decided the making of this library was best told with visual images and … [Read more...]
The Recordist Releases Ultimate Fire SFX Library
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/17806164[/vimeo] The Recordist has released Ultimate Fire Soundbox HD, an insane collection of fire recordings, including 583 sound effects recorded at 192kHz/24-Bit. At long last, here it is, after four long years and zero trips to the emergency room, what every serious sound designer needs: A professionally recorded fire sound effects library. I … [Read more...]
The Recordist Announces Ultimate Fire SFX Library
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/17402320[/vimeo] The Recordist has announced Ultimate Fire SFX Library, a new huge SoundBox Pro SFX Library loaded with over 700 fire sound effects. It's coming December 15, 2010. Here is my teaser video for my next Ultimate SFX library. This video was really a gas to make (No pun intended). I re-lived all those scorching hot moments standing within 4 … [Read more...]
"The Recordist", an Independent SFX Company by Frank Bry [Exclusive Q&A]
Frank Bry is a sound designer and recordist who has worked on several game titles such as Dungeon Siege Series, Supreme Commander Series, Metroid Prime Series and more. He also likes to record sound effects and has an incredibly amount of sounds in his library. Today I'm going to talk about his company, called The Recordist, a place where Frank deliver sound effects since … [Read more...]