Recently, I had the pleasure of sitting down with 10+ year Sound Designer and all around audio veteran Andrew Dearing to chat about a topic in which I will admit I know very little about: the world of freelance. With the recent boom in technology over the last decade, it's no wonder that creatives are starting to find viable and even stable careers out of remote … [Read more...]
Thumbsticks: Em Halberstadt GDC18 The Sound Design Of Night In The Woods
Thumbsticks has published a wrap-up of Em Halberstadt's GDC18 talk on the sound design of "Night In The Woods", about the importance of off-screen sounds to establish a mood and using sound design to create intangible feelings in a player. You can read the full article here. … [Read more...]
Rycote: Interview With Codemasters Senior Sound Designer Chris Jojo
Rycote has published an extensive interview with Chris Jojo, Senior Sound Designer at Codemasters (Formula 1, GRID, DiRT Rally). From planning to best practices for mounting/installing microphones, routing cables and protecting the cars in the process, Chris explains in great detail his approach to the challenging task of recording car audio. You can read the full … [Read more...]
2018 GDC Meetup & Synth Museum Sign Ups
As previously mentioned, we're hosting a Pre-GDC gathering with the help of UVI. We'll be meeting to chat, play pool, and drink/eat at The Broken Rack in Emeryville on Sunday, March 18th starting at 2PM. We'll also be guiding groups over to the Vintage Synthesizer Museum, throughout the afternoon and evening. The Broken Rack (5768 Peladeau St, Emeryville, CA) is a little off … [Read more...]
Annual Pre-GDC Meetup on Sunday March 18th
Wait, why is there a company logo at the head of this post?! For the last few years, we've held a community meetup in San Franciso the Sunday of the week of GDC. We're continuing that tradition this year, but this time we've got a sponsor! You may have spotted this on our Facebook or Twitter feeds already, but this year we're doing something a little special. Thanks to UVI's … [Read more...]
Our Favorite Sounds of 2017
The year 2017 has been one of many great articles, interviews, and discussions here at Designing Sound and we want to thank all of our readers for their attention, suggestions, contributions, and overwhelming support. There have been so many great films, shows, games, and events this year that we thought we would share some of our favorites for you to go back and check out in … [Read more...]
Getting Your Feet Wet: A Guest Contribution from Andy Bertolini
This is a guest contribution coming to us from Andy Bertolini. Having recently worked at Anki, and at Somatone before that, Andy is a fantastic Voice Over editor also deft in the arts of audio middleware. He has been the person who has solved our problems before we were aware they even existed, and we couldn't have shipped our latest title without him. … [Read more...]