There's no doubt the sound design community is one blessed with some fantastic artists who are surprisingly willing to share their experiences and insights. This fact was confirmed recently with Randy Thom's announcement of a new blog discussing film sound. The blog, found here, already features three brief but insightful posts from Thom, and will no doubt be a source of … [Read more...]
Monthly Theme: Restriction
What do you think of when you hear (or read) the word restriction? Unfortunately, the word restriction often carries with it a negative connotation. Though within the creative process, restrictions can be quite beneficial, and sometimes inspiring. As Belle Beth Cooper explains in her Buffer blog post, "What restrictions do is take away some of the choices available to us, … [Read more...]
News: Dolby Institute “Conversations with Sound Artists” Podcast Series
We as a community are lucky to have a number of amazingly informative resources available to us, and podcasts count among the most popular. Well, add a new one to your listening list: the Dolby Institute, in conjunction with SoundWorks Collection, is presenting a limited number of podcasts in a series entitled "Conversations with Sound Artists". For the first episode, released … [Read more...]
Site Archives Updated!
It's been long overdue, but we've finally updated the archive links to include the featured topics we've been running over the last few years. Just hover over the "Archives" tab in the menu bar above, and click on "Featured Topics." Don't forget that there's a bunch of other cool stuff in the site archives, including links to the site's previous feature system, "Featured Sound … [Read more...]
The Month of Favorites
What is your favorite... sound design project? synthesizer? resource? application? story? piece of gear? technique? This month's theme is, to say the least, open to interpretation. I am sure you know that feeling. The one you get when you come across something that is just too good to keep to yourself and you feel the need to share it with any colleague that will listen. … [Read more...]
News: The Soundkeeper – Top 5 Sound Design Plugins
Recently, game audio industry vet Jeremy Rogers launched a new SFX library store & blog at www.thesoundkeeper.com. While the blog is still new, he's already putting out some interesting articles, including his most recent "The Top 5 Must-Have Plugins for Sound Designers". Check it out for Jeremy's plugin recommendations, as well as some brief descriptions on how he uses … [Read more...]
The Neglected Topic
This is going to be an odd month, because we're not going to talk about sound. Not directly anyways. There's a broad range of topics that are often neglected in discussions of our craft, and that's the business side of things. Media production programs in Colleges and Universities are practically a dime a dozen now...though they certainly don't cost a little more than a … [Read more...]