[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/24230801[/vimeo] New video of SoundWorks Collection featuring Marie Ebbing and Jonathon Stevens who talk about their work on removing noise from recordings. Marie Ebbing & Jonathon Stevens offer advanced noise removal services for music and film post production using a suite of tools by the software developer Algorithmix. These noise removal tools … [Read more...]
Pitch Shift Vs. Speed Shift
Colin Hart has posted an interesting article over on his website. The article is in response to an idea that David Sonnenschein and I discussed when talking about Colin's winning entry in January's Sound Design Challenge. Specifically, we were wondering if there was a perceivable difference between a 192k recorded file when it was pitch shifted via plug-in processing, or when … [Read more...]
Using Dropbox for Sharing Pro Tools Sessions Between a Group
Charles Deenen has published a useful guide on his site explaining how to setup Dropbox for sharing Pro Tools sessions quickly between a group of people, in the cloud. Dropbox allows you to work “virtually” in a group with Protools, sharing sessions almost instantly. However there are a few rules to follow during the workflow, to make this process smooth. The following is … [Read more...]
New Audiokinetic Forums, Wwise 2011.1 Available with iOS/3DS Support and Improvements
Audiokinetic has released Wwise 2011.1, loaded with new features and enhancements: Now supports Apple iOS and Nintendo 3DS Enhanced Voice Limiting System Solo & Mute buttons (in the Mixing Desk, Property Editor, Schematic View, Soundcaster, Music Segment editor, etc) Convolution Reverb EQ New List View that streamlines daily operations including searching, validating … [Read more...]
Sound Doodle, New Sound Manipulator by Andrew Spitz
Andrew Spitz, know as founder of Social Sound Design and blogger at { sound+design }, where he showcases a lot of cool projects, such as his latest creation, called Sound Doodle, a very cool app for experimenting with sounds in many ways. Sound Doodle is a free desktop application for Mac that takes the act of doodling, and brings it to the world of sound. The interface … [Read more...]
Inside the Waves Sound Design Suite [Pt 6] – Other Important Tools
Welcome to the sixth and last article in these series dedicated to explore the plugins included in the Waves Sound Design Suite. Finally I'm going to talk about some important tools included in the bundle: DeEsser LoAir PAZ Psychoacoustic Analyzer PS22 Stereo Maker S1 TransX DeEsser Although DeEsser is dynamics/frequency processor, I think it's more a special tool for … [Read more...]
Waves Interview with Ben Minto
Waves Audio has published a very cool interview with sound designer Ben Minto. Let's read: Ben Minto is an Audio Director/Sound Designer working out of EA DICE’s Stockholm studio. Over his 12 years working in the games audio industry, he has accumulated vast insight and knowledge into all aspects of field recording, sound design, and production. Ben’s credits include audio … [Read more...]