Congratulations to SoundCloud user, Manuel, who won the popular vote for the Sound Scavenging Sound Design Challenge! He wins a copy of the Futzbox plug-in from McDSP (a sincere thank you to McDSP for sponsoring this challenge). Hopefully, there will be a forthcoming interview with Manuel as well. As a reminder, the next Sound Design Challenge will start on September 15th. See … [Read more...]
Voting For SDC011 Now Open
Public voting for the Sound Scavenging challenge is now open. Until we can get a polling/voting system working on the site here, voting will continue to take place at www.DynamicInterference.com. Head over to this post to review the finalists' entries and cast your vote! … [Read more...]
Sound Scavengers Entries and Discussion
We're winding down on the judging, and public voting will open soon. In the meantime, there's been a request for a place to discuss the entries. In the past, I've opened posts to be dedicated to questions, answers and comments about the entries. This seems like a good time to bring that idea back; after all, I always say that I want us to use this competition to share ideas. … [Read more...]
Reminder: 5 Days Left in SDC011
Just a short reminder, that the 11th Sound Design Challenge closes in 5 days (5PM on August 11th, U.S. Eastern Standard). This is your chance to win a free copy of McDSP's Futzbox plug-in. All five sounds in the Scavenging challenge have been revealed, and here they are again for your convenience: A “dry” toilet flush (meaning little to no reverberation). The challenge with … [Read more...]
Sound Design Challenge #11: Sound Scavenging
It's time for the next Sound Design Challenge! We're really excited to have this one sponsored by McDSP. They're offering up a copy of their Futzbox plug-in to the winner. Please take the time to thank them by following them on Twitter @McDSP_PlugIns and visiting their Facebook page (feel free to "Like" it while you're there). We're going to try something a little different … [Read more...]
Sound Design Challenge…Changes Coming
As I mentioned in the winner announcement for June's Challenge, I've got some info to share regarding our little competitions. First off, let me get the least interesting bit of news out of the way. In the course of running these for nearly a year now, it's become apparent to me that I can't keep up the once a month schedule (at least, not the way I'd like to). This thing on … [Read more...]