Spitfire Audio have released a YouTube Featurette for their upcoming Hans Zimmer Percussion library. Recorded at Air Studios via an unsurpassable signal chain. 96 rarefied microphones, into Neve Montserrat pre-amps, the world’s biggest Neve 88R desk (which was exhaustively re-gained at every dynamic layer for optimum signal quality), via a dual chain to HDX and Prism converters … [Read more...]
Man Of Steel Soundtrack : Sculptural Percussion
Amazing behind the scenes footage of Chas Smith who created custom instruments which Hans Zimmer utilized as sound sources on the Man Of Steel soundtrack. … [Read more...]
Separating Your Signal from the Noise: The Intersection Between Bit Depth and Branding
As a sound designer, there are many different thoughts that come to mind when considering a topic such as noise. Everything from using tone generated noise, like white noise in the designing of sound effects, to a technical discussion on different types of dither algorithms, but when I kept thinking about noise, one slightly different viewpoint of the word "noise" kept coming … [Read more...]
The Sound of "Inception"
The July's Issue of Mix Magazine includes an article about the sound of "Inception", the upcoming film of Christopher Nolan. The article contains some spoilers, so maybe would you like to see the film first. Becauseof the overwhelming success of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan is viewed in popular circles as a premier “popcorn movie” director, delivering … [Read more...]
It Begins…
If you know me, you know a bat-nerd. I grew up on batman, I have seen the franchise through good times and bad (1997 was excruciating). That said, I was very stoked on Chris Nolan's retooling of the series with 2005's "Batman Begins" and with the release of the second Nolan helmed film this July my excitement is nearing fever pitch. So this is a warning if you will, there … [Read more...]
October: Mix Magazine
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...]
September: Mix Magazine
September's issue of Mix Magazine unloaded a bunch film sound articles online today.... "The Invasion's" Gregg Rudloff, "Captivity's" Melissa Hofmann, and "Halloween's" Perry Robertson unleash their tales of horror sound, HERE. Franklin Martin, director of the documentary "Walking on Dead Fish" carries us through post production of his film, HERE. A showcasing of composer … [Read more...]