If you missed David Sonnenschein's "Sound Design for Pros" the last year, now you have the opportunity to attend again, since David is announcing new webinar series, starting with two free introduction sessions. Each of the six webinar sessions has an hour lecture-demo presentation, plus an hour of interactive analysis of participants’ submitted sound design (completed or … [Read more...]
The School of Video Game Audio, Online Education by Game Audio Professionals
Perhaps many of you have wondered sometime if there's any kind of online school for learning how to create audio for video games. Well, the wait is over and the first online game audio school will be launched in the next summer. It's called "The School of Video Game Audio". Here are the official details: The Facts The games industry is changing and expanding every month as a … [Read more...]
“Secrets for Great Film Sound” Webinar Report #5 – Sound Effects Recording, SFX Libraries, Foley, Plug-Ins
[During this month, I'll be doing weekly reports about “Secrets for Great Film Sound“, a new webinar series hosted by David Sonnenschein and Ric Viers.] Last week's webinar was fantastic. Lots of theory and techniques from Ric Viers about the roles in post-production audio and also talked a lot about foley, including history, tips and techniques. Then he shared a lot of stuff … [Read more...]
“Secrets for Great Film Sound” Webinar Report #4 – Dialogue, ADR & Character Development
[During this month, I'll be doing weekly reports about “Secret for Great Film Sound“, a new webinar series hosted by David Sonnenschein and Ric Viers.] Last week's webinar was fantastic. David and Ric talked about dialogue, sharing all kind of techniques, tips and tricks on recording, mixing and editing dialogue. Ric shared a lot of useful tips and things to keep in mind when … [Read more...]
“Secrets for Great Film Sound” Webinar Report #3 – Sound Design
[During this month, I'll be doing weekly reports about “Secret for Great Film Sound“, a new webinar series hosted by David Sonnenschein and Ric Viers.] Last week's webinar was very interesting. David talked about his methodology for enhancing story and emotion by using sound, and how to create a soundscape with good relationship with the dramatic content of the project. That … [Read more...]
“Secrets for Great Film Sound” Webinar Report #2 – Production
[During this month, I'll be doing weekly reports about “Secret for Great Film Sound“, a new webinar series hosted by David Sonnenschein and Ric Viers.] Last week's webinar was fantastic. This time, Ric and David talked a lot about production stage. Ric is an expert on recording no matter if it's in the field, in the studio or on location. He explained a lot of interesting … [Read more...]
Aaron Marks Special: So, You Want to Be a Sound Designer?
People often ask why I’m a sound designer and how I ended up with an active career creating sounds. It’s not something I specifically sought out but now that I’m a dozen years into doing it professionally, I’m really happy that I’m here. I actually started as a composer with the dream of scoring blockbuster Hollywood films but with the unpredictability of life, I ended up on … [Read more...]