[During this month, I've been doing weekly reports about “Secrets for Great Film Sound“, a new webinar series hosted by David Sonnenschein and Ric Viers] The last week we finished the webinar series, discussing a lot of things regarding the final mix Ric started giving a lot of advices and overall overview of mixing. He talked about how to focus the audience with the mix and … [Read more...]
Peter Albrechtsen Special: Backgrounds in the Foreground
[Written by Peter Albrechtsen for Designing Sound] Let’s start with talking not about choice of sounds but choice of words. In the US, background ambiences are called backgrounds – or just BG’s. In Denmark, though, we call them atmospheres. For me, that’s actually a better word to describe this part of the soundtrack, as background sounds can add so much texture, feeling and … [Read more...]
Game Audio Podcast #8: Interactive and Dynamic Mixing
The eighth episode of Game Audio Podcast has been released and features Rob Bridgett (Radical Entertainment) Kristofor Mellroth (Microsoft Game Studios) and David Mollerstedt (DICE). Listen/Download: Game Audio Podcast #8 … [Read more...]
An Interview with Craig Berkey
Vancouver Sun recentlty published an article featuring Craig Berkey, sound designer and re-recording mixer on "True Grit". When Craig Berkey quit his job at a BC Tel subsidiary to study sound recording, the company president called him in. "'He said 'I've seen people do this before,' " recalls Berkey, 48. " 'It's okay, I'll leave a slot [open] for you, because usually people … [Read more...]
Ren Klyce Talks “The Social Network” Mix
The New York Times has published an article featuring Ren Klyce, who shares how was his approach on mixing an important scene of "The Social Network". As part of our continuing quest to help you win your Oscar pool – and again, not at all as part of an end-of-season notebook dump – the Bagger returns to the hard-to-predict sound design category. When we spoke with Ren Klyce, … [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...]
Peter Albrechtsen Special: The Sound of Music [Part 2]
Music is sound and sound is music. That’s how it is for me. I’m a big fan of all kinds of music and music really influences all aspects of my work. I wanted to share with you some different songs and talk about how they’ve inspired my work. It’s by no means a list with all the artists I love – there’s no Kraftwerk, no Fela Kuti, no Miles Davis, no Slayer, no Philip Glass, no … [Read more...]