[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/25669979[/vimeo] Director Michael Bay and Producer Steven Speilberg return this summer for the third film in the Transformers franchise, Tranformers: Dark of the Moon. The amazing visual effects in this film are complimented by the talented efforts of the sound team including Re-recording Mixers Greg Russell and Jeff Haboush, and Supervising Sound … [Read more...]
Coll Anderson Special: Film Sound Discussion of “Catfish”
The recording for the discussion with Coll about Catfish is now available. I just want to give you a heads up that we had some technical issues. There were a few functionality ideas that, while they worked in our initial tests, didn't pan out for the discussion. We stumble our way through, and get things kind of sorted out about 6-7 minutes in. When you load in to the … [Read more...]
BOOM Library Releases Cinematic Trailers, Plus Tutorials, Special Offers
BOOM Library has released Cinematic Trailers, a huge package with over 2000 sound effects, including all kind of whooshes, impacts, rises, stingers, and more. As usual, BOOM offers two different packs: Construction kit: This huge 2 DVD collection contains unique recordings of all sorts movement, impact and rising sounds. We recorded a live orchestra for rises, had a big … [Read more...]
West Texas Gun Recording
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/23313309[/vimeo] René Coronado has recently published a fantastic three-part article on gun recording, including details on pre-production, reports of the sessions, how was the editing/tagging process and more. So a little while back I packed up the mics and headed out west to record some gunfire with my friends. Not because I had a project that … [Read more...]
AudioMedia: Battlefield Bad Company 2
This month's issue of AudioMedia magazine has an article with the audio team of Battlefield Bad Company 2. Read it here. … [Read more...]
The Recordist Releases Snowballs HD Ultra and Free Bear Trap Libraries
Frank Bry has released two new libraries on The Recordist. The first one is Snowballs HD Ultra, a package loaded with 298 snowball sound effects. The second one is a free library with great metal sounds recorded from a bear trap, Presenting Snowballs HD Ultra Sound Effects Library. My first 24-Bit 192kHz sound effects library release. Recorded over the 2010-2011 winter season … [Read more...]
Arrowhead Audio, New SFX Library by Fred Pearson, “Squelch, Squish and Splat” Pack Available
Fred Pearson has launched Arrowhead Audio, a new independent SFX company focused on producing royalty-free small sample packs for sound editors/designers with really affordable prices. The company has been launched along with a new library called "Squelch, Squish and Splat", a sfx package loaded with 455 samples at 96kHz/24-Bit. Some of the items used are: Grapefruits, … [Read more...]