Guest Contribution by Carlos Alberto Manrique Clavijo "The vocation of the sound film is to redeem us from the chaos of shapeless noise by accepting it as expression, as significance, as meaning. . . ."[0A] "(…) When does sound become music? Above all, in the supreme states of pleasure and displeasure experienced by the will, as a will which rejoices or a will … [Read more...]
Sound Design and Music: Diluting the Distinctions, Strengthening the Art Form
Guest Contribution by Doron Reizes Traditionally, the concepts of music composition and sound design have been viewed as distinctly separate creative audio disciplines. Karen Collins points out in her article, “The Sound of Music, or the Music of Sound?” that, "What is often referred to as “non-musical sound”, or sound effects (including percussion) wasn’t used in Western … [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...]
Waves Sound Design Competition: Finalists and Winner
Waves has published the results of the sound design competition where Designing Sound collaborated. The winner is Toby Hulse, who did a fantastic job on the video. Take a look: [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/20419400[/vimeo] Congratulations, Toby!!! You can read a detailed description of Toby's process and use of the plugins/sounds here. Judges' comments about the video: Charles … [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...]
Waves Releases Sound Design Suite, Plus New Interviews with Charles Deenen and Scott Martin Gershin
Waves Audio has released the Sound Design Suite, a new bundle packed with 30 plugins oriented to sound design tasks. It was developed in collaboration with Charles Deenen and Scott Martin Gershin. With over 30 plugins hand-picked especially for sound designers and post production facilities, the Waves Sound Design Suite is a comprehensive and cost-effective collection of audio … [Read more...]
Sound for Film Profile for "Star Trek" (2009)
We have already seen several info about the sound of Star Trek. If you were expecting more, here it is an interesting new "Star Trek" sound for film profile. In this sound for film video profile we answer the question, “Is there sound in outer space?” and “If there is sound in space, what does it sound like?” The “Star Trek” sound team including Supervising Sound Editor Mark … [Read more...]