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News – Film Sound Guru Randy Thom’s New Blog

February 29, 2016 by admin

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...]

Sunday Sound Thought 9 – Constructing Which Reality?

February 28, 2016 by Shaun Farley

Sunday Sound Thought 9 – Constructing Which Reality?

As the year continues, many of these posts will be philosophical in nature. Some will be in contradiction to previous postings. These are not intended as truths or assertions, they’re merely thoughts…ideas. Think of this as stream of consciousness over a wide span… Though it's not the first time Randy Thom has voiced his opinions about "detail" in sound design, his first … [Read more...]

Sound Show – The Revenant, with Randy Thom and Martin Hernandez

December 17, 2015 by Shaun Farley

Sound Show – The Revenant, with Randy Thom and Martin Hernandez

This Saturday (December 19th), attend a discussion of the sound for Alejandro Iñárritu's The Revenant with Supervising Sound Editors and Sound Designers Randy Thom and Martin Hernandez. The presentation will be held at the Fox studio lot in Los Angeles, CA, at 7PM. Please note that this not a film screening, but a discussion of the design work that went in to particular scenes … [Read more...]

News: Dolby Institute “Conversations with Sound Artists” Podcast Series

August 27, 2015 by admin

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...]

“ADC, it’s easy as 1 10 11” – A Retrospective from the Pros

February 28, 2015 by Richard Gould

“ADC, it’s easy as 1 10 11” – A Retrospective from the Pros

I was born in England in 1988. Some of my earliest memories involve old BBC and Mac computers. I grew up listening to CDs, MiniDisks, playing "Duck Hunt" on my sister's NES. The dial-up modem sounds are imprinted on my memory. I recall my father ordering books from Amazon.com back when that's all Amazon sold. In my teen years I assembled my own computer to save money and grew … [Read more...]

Real Spaces

September 18, 2014 by Shaun Farley

Real Spaces

When we say “space”, people generally think of two things: outer space, or a bounded area that something fits into. It's a safe bet that most people in the sound community immediately think of the latter. So often we focus on the characteristics of a space...how far a sound carries, reflections and reverberation time, etc. Certainly that helps us define a space, but...for the … [Read more...]

Immersive Sound: From Production to Playback

August 26, 2014 by Shaun Farley

Immersive Sound: From Production to Playback

Mix Magazine, The MPSE and CAS have collaborated to put together a one day conference (September 6th, 2014) at Sony Studios in Culver City (Los Angeles, CA) exploring the Dolby Atmos and Auro 3D formats. Mix has been advertising this event for a while now, but details were fairly sparse. Things appear to have been locked down, and the schedule is now up on the event's website. … [Read more...]

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