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Sound Design and Anime: A Brief History

September 13, 2018 by Braden Alexander

In the last decade or so, Japanese Animation (more commonly known as Anime) has taken the cultural world by storm. Large conventions across North America attract hundreds of thousands of visitors annually while streaming services dedicated entirely to Anime have millions of subscribers watching every day. Just as modern manga artists share common influences to their art … [Read more...]

Monthly Theme: History Of

January 1, 2018 by Jack Menhorn

In all of the industries we sound professionals work in, we are constantly looking to the future. We are looking forward at deadlines, new projects, vacations, conventions, invoices, and bills. In my experience; the past history of what we do and how we did it is a bit deemphasized. We live in a time where there are museums for video games, TV, and film but I am not aware of … [Read more...]

Researchers Restore First Ever Computer Generated Music Recording

September 27, 2016 by Michael Klier

New Zealand researches have successfully restored a 65 year old recording of computer-generated music, created on a gigantic contraption built by British genius Alan Turing. Turing, who's best known as the father of computing who broke the WWII Enigma code, was also a musical innovator. But his pioneering work in the late 1940s on transforming the computer into a musical … [Read more...]

Beep Book Released

August 3, 2016 by Michael Klier

The Beep Documentary Project just announced that the Beep Book is now available. The book contains transcripts of interviews with over 100 game audio professionals from a range of areas of game sound's history. Interviews include artists such as Marty O'Donnell (Halo), George "The Fat Man" Sanger (7th Guest), Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy), Yoko Shimomura (Kingdom Hearts), … [Read more...]

Beep: A Documentary History of Video Game Sound – Kickstarter Announced

August 25, 2014 by Joshua Kaplan

Karen Collins, author and editor of four books on video game audio, and an accomplished sound designer in her own right, is currently directing the production of Beep, the very first documentary history of video game music and sound design. This ambitious project aims to cover the history of game audio, from Victorian mechanical arcades through today's orchestral performances. … [Read more...]

A Brief History of Delay

July 22, 2013 by John Black

An interesting examination of the origins of 'delay' as an effect, and the technologies that led us to where we are today. From Groove3's Youtube Channel. … [Read more...]

From Wax to Bits: Dynamics of the Film Sound Medium

July 1, 2013 by Samuel Ejnes

As dynamics month comes to a close, I thought it would be fun to talk about the evolution of film sound mediums and how they impact dynamics. Since the widespread introduction of sync sound to films in the early 20th century, the technologies involved have changed quite dramatically. From experiments with wax cylinders and phonographs to magnetic tape and Dolby Digital, each … [Read more...]

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