Although we are halfway into a new topic month here on Designing Sound; listening through Empty Sea’s new Robobiotics library makes me think about last month’s “Noise” topic. Of course not in any negative way mind you, but noise in the way Rob Bridgett described it as: “desirable noise”. If you think about it robot servo motor sounds/foley have become an integral part of … [Read more...]
Accidents
"Think outside the box. That's why sound is fun. You keep your ears open, and if you hear something accidental, you can try to work it into the film. It happens all the time." -Ben Burtt … [Read more...]
Charles Deenen Special: Quick Sound Design with Soundminer and Plugins
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgamcXElbzs[/youtube] Charles Deenen has created this exclusive video for Designing Sound showing one way to fast sound effects designing with Soundminer and plugins. The software used is Soundminer 4.2 and Pro Tools 8. Plugins are Waves, McDSP, SoundToys and other stuff. Enjoy! How do you design sounds in a fast way? Your stories are … [Read more...]
Ben Burtt Special: Star Wars – The Sounds [Part 1]
Ben Burtt doesn't have a large list of films, but when he made the sound design of Star Wars, he created a new wave of sound making, introducing new techniques and certainly a new world of sounds. I'll divide the information about Star Wars Sound into five parts: The Sounds [Part 1] The Sounds [Part 2] Phantom Menace Attack of the Clones Let`s begin with the first part: … [Read more...]