First off... Congrats to DSX user Pierre-Marie Blind! You're our first winner, and you get this awesome software bundle from Soundmorph! We still have a ton more to give away this month. What are we giving away? All this... Software: Software bundle from Soundmorph (Already awarded) 2 Licenses of Sound Particles Zynaptiq Morph Zynaptiq Adaptiverb … [Read more...]
Designing Sound Exchange December Give-Away!!!
Do you like talking with your peers about sound design, whether it be aesthetics or the technical side? Do you like the opportunity to win free stuff like access to premium tutorials, sound effect libraries and truly fantastic sound design tools? Yeah. We thought so. This month, we're running a special event over on Designing Sound Exchange. All throughout December, we're … [Read more...]
Site Maintenance This Weekend
The last time we took down the site for maintenance, about 3 years ago, Varun mentioned what kind of a beast this site is. At some point this weekend, probably on Saturday, we'll be taking the site down for a new round of maintenance. This will be to reorganize the site a bit (hopefully making things a little easier to find), improve the experience on mobile devices, and a … [Read more...]
Become a Designing Sound Correspondent
Back in April, we put out an open call for new contributing editors. Holy crap, were we overwhelmed by the response! Over 50 people stepped forward and threw their names into the hat. Going through all of that data wasn't easy, and we didn't have the opportunity to sit down and speak directly with all of you. We've selected our new "staff" and are busy getting them up to speed, … [Read more...]
Introducing Designing Sound Exchange!
We've got a brand new feature on the site today! We've added a discussion area... Welcome to Designing Sound Exchange! We're calling it a discussion area and not a forum, because it's not really set up like a forum. Many long time readers may remember a site called Social Sound Design, and we've modeled DSE after it. If you remember how that site was, before it merged with … [Read more...]
Dynamics…What’s Your Range?
For June, we've chosen to focus on the theme of "Dynamics." As the title of this post implies, we don't think of this topic as narrow or specific. There are two obvious directions this theme can go. We could start a discussion about the use of dynamics processing: compressors, limiters, expanders, or transient enhancers. How do we use these in the design phase to mold a … [Read more...]
In Consideration of Time…
April has ended and May has begun. No matter what we do, or how we may try to control it, time continues to march forward at its own pace...regardless of our needs or wants. Last month, we had a very specific theme. While there was ample opportunity to explore different approaches and uses, everything focused on a particular type of toolset. We thought it would be interesting … [Read more...]