Continuing with the Sound Essentials series, articles created to provide resources and tips to learn sound design. Since I give the first list of recommended books, some people told me if we could recommend more of them, ans the answer is: yes. Buy software, buy gear, it's ok, but also buy Books! I consider them as one of the best ways to spend money, and come on, they're … [Read more...]
Tutorial: Game Audio with Unreal 3 Engine
Richard Stevens has uploaded a tutorial map built in the Unreal 3 engine at the IASIG education working group page. The group aims to facilitate education in all things interactive audio related and we're currently developing international curriculum guidelines for the subject that we hope will prove useful to educators and also to students looking for courses. For our own … [Read more...]
Constructing Vehicle Sounds using samples, synthesis and post-processing
West Latta has published a new Sound Design Tutorial at Audiotutts+ with a nice tutorial called "Constructing Simple Vehicle Sounds". In film, television, and games, vehicle sound has evolved into a deeply creative and compelling class of design. Master sound designers such as Walter Murch, Randy Thom, and Ben Burtt have elevated the art of vehicle sound design in numerous … [Read more...]
Field Recording, A Beginner’s Guide (Pt 1)
AudioTuts+ again with a new tutorial/guide, this time about the basics of Field Recording, with useful information about this sound world. Field recording seems a dark art to many sound designers and composers, yet it is one way to create rich libraries of original material. Through some simple guidance and advice, this two part tutorial will give you a brief introduction to … [Read more...]
Basic Synthesis Tutorials and Videos
Jason Timothy has published a really useful post on his web The Music Software Training Blog talking about the basics of synthesis, explaining several types and the main elemetns of synthesis. "I wanted to give you some basic concepts to synthesis that you can quickly use to better your sound design abilities. My hope is that I am able to help people who haven’t yet had the … [Read more...]
Four Hours of Sound Design with the New Operator Series by Nick Maxwell
Sound Designer Nick Maxwell has just released a new series of videos of his wonderful collection of sound design tutorials for Ableton Live. Sound Design with the Operator synthetizer in Ableton Live is available now for only $40 directly from nickstutorials.com. About the new series FM synthesis represents an extremely powerful set of tools for creating your own sounds, and … [Read more...]
Sound Design Essentials: Websites
Everything have a start point. Here is the first part of a series of essential resources, sites, tutorials, and tools related with this funny thing called sound design. I begin with 30 websites for learning sound design for games, film and interactive media. General purpose KVR Audio - The Internet's number one news and information resource for open standard audio plug-ins. … [Read more...]