At the time of writing, recent graduate and field recordist Chris Trevino has a Kickstarter campaign called "The Japan Sound Effect Collection" which he plans to be a collection of ambiences, train passes, and walla. Chris was kind enough to answer a few questions about his current campaign. Designing Sound: Tell us a little bit about your own background in sound and field … [Read more...]
The Hybrid Animal Sound Design Competition
No matter how deep your interest in animal husbandry may be, you're probably never going to figure out what the spawn of a camel and a mollusk might sound like. Or will you? Interested sound designers still have a little more than a week left to enter the Hybrid Animal Sound Design Competition, where the creation from scratch of a brand new animal call could net a share of … [Read more...]
Sound Effects Bible LE and New Holiday Package
Ric Viers has announced some new stuff at The Sound Effects Bible: There's a new version of the hard drive, The Sound Effects Bible LE, available at $299: The Sound Effects Bible Library LE is a collection of 5,000 sound effects recorded by Ric Viers and his team at the Detroit Chop Shop including close to 2,000 new and previously unreleased sound effects. All of the sounds … [Read more...]
Crash Course In Location Sound, Special 2 Hour Webinar with Ric Viers
Crash Course In Location Sound is a two hour live webinar that will give you an overview of location sound for film and television taught by Ric Viers, author of The Sound Effects Bible. This is your opportunity to learn the tricks of the trade as well as insider secrets to lav placement, booming techniques, plant mics and more. There will be a Q&A session, so bring your … [Read more...]
10 New RODE Rage Interviews with Entertainment Audio Professionals
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4w7pGbqLMc[/youtube] As I told yesterday, RODE has started new video series called Rode Rage, where Ric Viers interviews several professionals of the entertainment audio world. Well, they have published more videos, including very cool interviews with other ten sound professionals, including: (Links to DS TV. Complete playlist … [Read more...]