CulturedVultures has published an interview with Peter Albrechtsen on his work on the documentary "Generation Wealth". Albrechtsen talks about how he combined an intimate and personal sound with the cold topic of the docu, materialism, and reveals a couple of sound design tricks along the way. Peter Albrechtsen is affiliated with designingsound.org Read the full … [Read more...]
SoundWorks Collection: The Sound of The Idealist
In a recent video, SoundWorks Collection speaks to Sound Designer (and Designing Sound Contributing Editor) Peter Albrechtsen and Sound Rerecording Mixer Lars Ginzel about their work on the Danish film "The Idealist". In the video, they discuss their uniquely sonic approach to the film, which concerns a journalist who exposes the biggest political scandal in Danish history. … [Read more...]
SFX Independence – April 2015
Let us know about recent independent sfx library releases by using the SFX Independence Submission Form. Matter Mayhem SoundMorph https://soundcloud.com/soundmorph/matter-mayhem-sound-pack-preview Announcing one of their largest libraries ever, Matter Mayhem from SoundMorph is all about debris and destruction. Created in collaboration with Frederic Devanlay … [Read more...]
Our Favorite Sounds Of 2013
The year 2013 has been one of changes, additions, and collaboration here at Designing Sound and we want to thank all of our readers for their attention, suggestions, contributions, and overwhelming support. There have been so many great films, shows, games and events this year that we thought we would share some of our favorites for you to go back and check in case you missed … [Read more...]
Peter Albrechtsen – Sound Design Master Class Available on Vimeo
He's one of our contributors, he gave a master class on sound design for documentaries, and you can watch the whole thing on Vimeo right now! [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/60171257[/vimeo] … [Read more...]
Six New Bloggers
Many thanks for everyone who sent me all those kind messages! The new editors are: Abigail Sie Damian Kastbauer Jamie Hardt Peter Albrechtsen Shaun Farley Varun Nair … [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...]