[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pca9rIkuUkI[/youtube] Rode Microphones has started a new video series called Rode Rage featuring Ric Viers, who takes us on a tour of the 'who's who' of the entertainment audio world. In this episode of RØDE Rage Ric drops in on sound designer Watson Wu (Transformers: War for Cybertron, Need for Speed, Operation Flashpoint). Winston … [Read more...]
Win 5,000 Sound Effects with The Sound Effects Bible's Christmas Challenge
The Santa of sound effects has arrived! Ric Viers, author of "The Sound Effects Bible" is giving away a free copy of the new Sound Effects Bible Hard Drive with 5,000 sound effects. To win, you will need to submit a video explaining or showing how "The Sound Effects Bible" has helped you record or create sound effects. The video must be submitted before December 20, 2010 and … [Read more...]
"Secrets for Great Film Sound", New 6-Week Webinar Series By David Sonnenschein and Ric Viers
After the succes of the Sound Design for Pros Webinars, David Sonnenschein is announcing a new webinar series, this time with Ric Viers, author of the Sound FX Bible and CEO of Blastwave FX. Whether you are starting out or have several years under your belt, this is the opportunity for you to get professional with your film audio know-how (and know-why). This 6-week webinar … [Read more...]
Ric Viers and David Sonnenschein Present "Secrets for Great Film Sound" Webinars
Ric Viers, author "The Sound Effects Bible: How to Create and Record Hollywood Style Sound Effects" and David Sonnenschein, author "Sound Design: The Expressive Power of Music, Voice and Sound Effects in Cinema" have joined forces and are announcing "Secrets for Great Film Sound, a new webinar series that will start in the next week, with an introductory webinar: Get essential … [Read more...]
Soundscalpel's Interviews with Ric Viers and JR Fountain
The guys at Soundscalpel have published two interviews on their articles section, one with Ric Viers (The Sound Effects Bible, Blastwave FX, The Detroit Chop Shop) and other with JR Fountain (Big Room Sound). Some sounds must be very difficult to record/create. Are there any particular sound effects you have had to make that stand out as problematic and what was involved in … [Read more...]
10 Free Recording Classes by Ric Viers Available Online at RODE University
RODE University has been updated, now offering 10 free online classes on recording sound for film and TV, delivered by sound effects master Ric Viers. Now you don't need to own a Rode mic to sign up to the classes. It's free and open to everyone. These are the topics: Ep 01: Location Sound Recording (NTG-3) - This week Ric Viers, author of The Sound Effects Bible, … [Read more...]
Ric Viers on Blastwave FX BUGS!
Blaswave FX has recently released BUGS!, a new SFX library featuring 700 sound effects recorded from all kind of insects, forest ambiences, etc. In the video you can see Blastwave FX's CEO Ric Viers talking about the library and how it was recorded. Blastwave FX brings you Bugs!, a creepy crawling collection that will infest your productions! With Bugs!, you get 700 sound … [Read more...]