After several fantastic effects, sequencers and sound manglers, the crazy minds at Twisted Tools have released a new sampler called S-Layer. It's basically a sampler for Reaktor focused on the interaction and control between sound layers, allowing you to rapidly create all kinds of sonic combinations. S-Layer allows to add up to eight layers of sound and manipulate the way … [Read more...]
Mavericks Of Sound Design Panel
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMjaGA9zo_o[/youtube] Spectrasonics has uploaded the full sound design panel that Eric Persing, Diego Stocco, Richard Devine and Scott Gershin gave at the 2011 Moogfest in Asheville, North Carolina. Maybe you remember that we shared several video recordings from the panel a couple of weeks ago, but this one has much better quality and … [Read more...]
Recording of the Sound Design Panel at MoogFest 2011
Recording of the sound design panel at Moogfest 2011, with Richard Devine, Diego Stocco and Scott Martin Gershin. Moderated by Eric Persing. The recording is divided in 6 parts, which you can watch here. … [Read more...]
SFX Lab #3: On Transformation
[SFX Lab, the laboratory of sound effects, a place dedicated to experiment and explore sound libraries. The main goal is to hear what happens when sounds of a specific kind are combined, processed, and transformed in several ways.] Over the years, transformation of sound has become a giant field that barely touches the infinite. Sounds can be manipulated in a lot of … [Read more...]
Mechanical Morphs, Foley FX, Animal Planet Sounds; New Libraries by The Hollywood Edge
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWmh-u7X2Uc[/youtube] The Hollywood Edge is showcasing three new SFX libraries at NAMM, including the following titles: Mechanical Morphs A must have for sci-fi and fantasy sound design. A library of 1372 sound effects recorded and mastered at 96kHz/24/Bit by two talented sound designers: Jim Stout and Richard Devine. Includes a lot of … [Read more...]
New Free Reaktor Ensemble with MI Presets
Some days ago, my friends Antonio Blanca and Richard Devine invited me to create some presets for a new Reaktor Instrument called Spacedrone MOD (free download). I created 10 sounds with 10 different variations. As you can see in the video above, there are two individual templates where you can create different sounds. There are several controls includin freq range, scales, … [Read more...]
Jim Stout Special: Making Of Hollywood Edge's "Mechanical Morph" with Richard Devine and Josh Kay [Exclusive Video]
Some time ago, on the Richard Devine Special we published a post about the making of "Mechanical Morph" SFX library of Hollywood Edge, made by Jim Stout, Josh Kay and Richard Devine. Here's another special feature about it, this time on video. … [Read more...]