In this interview, Ben Minto, who worked as sound director on Star Wars Battlefront, tells about what sets Dice apart from the typical triple A studios and what his responsibilities are as a sound director. He also talks more generally about his sound design process; for example how he uses sound libraries to create new source material. Read the interview here. … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought #73 — A Voice
I finished Haruki Murakami's "Wind / Pinball" a while ago, and this month's Language / Lingo theme got part of it resonating in my memory. The novels are forewarded with Murakami's own narrative on how he came to realize he should be a writer. It dawned on him in a moment: the crack of a double in a Jingu baseball stadium, then, "In that instant, for no reason and on no … [Read more...]
Cranking Down the Volume to Create Buzzsaw 2
[written by Jim Stout] Blastwave FX is known for its signature sound and style. Feedback from their customers usually includes comments like “unique”, “high quality” and “clean” -“super clean”, in fact. However, one product prides itself on being anything but clean – Buzzsaw. The innovative distortion library was created in 2007 and released in early 2008. Since then, it has … [Read more...]
John Kassab on “Childhood of a Circle”
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/38799240[/vimeo] Motionographer has published an interview with sound designer John Kassab, talking about his work on the short film "Childhood of a Circle" As I was being transported back to my youth watching Childhood of a Circle, I noticed a thread lining several recent posts here… Melbourne-based audio designer & deep sea diver John Kassab has … [Read more...]
The Recordist Talks Guns, M60 Machine Gun HD Library Available
The Recordist has released M60 Machine Gun HD, a new sfx library available at $50. Presenting The M60 Machine Gun HD Professional Sound Effects Library, a multi-channel collection of 129 Broadcast WAV tracks recorded at 24-Bit 192kHz and 24-Bit 96kHz. The M60 is a belt-fed machine gun that fires the 7.62 mm NATO cartridge (.308 winchester) commonly used in larger rifles. … [Read more...]
Supervising Sound Editor Lon Bender on “Drive”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvBhpkeckTY[/youtube] Supervising Sound Editor Lon Bender of Soundelux discusses the creative process behind the sound design for DRIVE. Soundelux … [Read more...]
Tutorials: Dialogue Editing, Pro Tools Editing Bootcamp
Some great tutorials I've found recently. Dialogue Editing by John Purcell (via sonicskepsi) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d5XIzKlWFk[/youtube] Other parts here. Pro Tools Editing Bootcamp (4-part series) by Brent Heber [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/29590577[/vimeo] Part 2 | 3 | 4 … [Read more...]