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Interview with Ben Minto, Sound Director from Dice

October 19, 2018 by Morten Brogaard

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

May 21, 2017 by Luca Fusi

A wedge is cut out of a green apple, revealing the flesh of an orange.

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

July 13, 2012 by Miguel Isaza

[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”

April 13, 2012 by Miguel Isaza

[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

November 8, 2011 by Miguel Isaza

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”

October 19, 2011 by Miguel Isaza

[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

October 3, 2011 by Miguel Isaza

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...]

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