Jim finishes his great special with another video, where he talks about his favorite software tools for sound design, answering several questions asked by the readers during this month. All the answers to the reader questions will be published on Monday. … [Read more...]
Jim Stout Special: Making Atmosphere Sounds
Jim Stout is back with another video tutorial, showing how to make atmospheric/wind style effects with synths and processing. Tools: Neko | Sylenth 1 | Reaktor … [Read more...]
GrainCube, a Free Reaktor Instrument for Granular Sound Manipulation
JazzMutant, Devine Sound, Rachmiel, Twisted Tools and ABSoundscapes announced the release of GrainCube, a new free instrument for Reaktor, specifically aimed towards sound designers looking for granular gestural sound manipulation. GrainCube is a four part granular processing instrument with numerous randomizing functions and modulation capabilities that allow for … [Read more...]
Richard Devine Special: Experiments
One of the most active "fields" of Richard Devine is the experimentation with sound. He has a lot of really cool videos on his Vimeo account, with some experiments made on synths, virtual instruments, effects, controllers, etc. Let's see: The Ekdahl Moisturizer is a spring reverb where the springs are exposed so they can be played/hit/fiddled with. I was just playing around … [Read more...]
Tron Legacy, Sound Design Recreation in Ableton Live
Let's check this Tron Legacy video published by Sound Designer and Producer Chris Kowalski. The sound of the video isn't the original sound design work of the movie, it's a sound recreation made by Chris on Ableton Live, with some libraries, Propellerhead Reason, and Reaktor. Chris said: "Two things i would loved to have.... Nudge ....and the ability to change the grid to … [Read more...]