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This Maze of Screams and Whispers is as Unsettling as it is Arousing

October 2, 2018 by Peter Hustedt

Rafael De Cardenas, visionary designer, and Sahra Motalebi, sound artist, combined to bring an eerily unsettling, yet super aesthetic environment based on the design of the maze, entitled AMAZE. The space itself looks like a David Lynch movie combined with mid century modern design, and the sound is a wild, interactive vocal-only sound scape by Sahra Motalebi. … [Read more...]

News: Sound Decision – Inside the world of audio branding

October 23, 2015 by Adriane Kuzminski

A cursor hovers over the time on a Windows 95 screen, displaying the date as October 23, 1995. An exclamation pops up to say, "You keep checking the date. You must be confused. It's 1995. That feeling that you installed Windows 95 a long time ago is just confusion. Windows 95 will now run Solitaire to calm you."

User Interface sounds are a breed of their own. Some clearly represent their actions, such as the epochal 'door opening' to indicate a contact has logged on or the equally attention-grabbing announcement that "you've got mail," which rationalized why you had to tie up the phone line another five minutes. Other sounds attempt to bind emotions to their actions; the wistful start … [Read more...]

News: Designing Sound Meetup at the 139th AES Convention

October 22, 2015 by Adriane Kuzminski

A crowd of people enter the exhibit show floor of the 135th AES Convention in New York City

It's that time of year again! If you’re attending the 139th AES Convention next week in New York City, come join us at 8:00 pm on Thursday, 29 October at Alfie’s Bar and Kitchen, located at 800 Ninth Ave on the corner of Ninth Ave and W 53rd St. If you plan on stopping by, please RSVP using the form at the end of this article. If you are not attending the AES Convention, but … [Read more...]

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