Since Designing Sound is now the home of the Sound Design Challenge, I thought it only appropriate that the winner's interviews be posted here as well. Here's the interview with Hrishikesh Dani, winner of April's challenge - SDC009: The Game Audio Challenge... Designing Sound: So, why don't you give us a little description of who you are, what you do and how you got into sound … [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...]
Sound Design Challenge #10 Announced
June's Sound Design Challenge is now open: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hywfn0euPe4[/youtube] After a short break, the Sound Design Challenge is back. There's a saying that goes, "Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery." When we hear something interesting we're to ask ourselves, "How was that made?" Obviously, the easiest way to get an answer to that, is to … [Read more...]
Sound Design Challenge #9: A Walk On The Beach
This month's Sound Design Challenge is now live, and it's a game audio based challenge designed for even beginners to handle. It's a great learning opportunity if you're looking to get your feet wet. There's even an extended deadline this time around; a full two weeks. We have plans to migrate the Sound Design Challenge over here to Designing Sound in the future, but until … [Read more...]
Sound Design Challenge #8: Synthesizing Radio
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHvdZdsIZxg[/youtube] Shaun Farley has published all the details for this month's sound design challenge. I’ve arleady mentioned that this month’s challenge is going to be tied to the video above. You won’t need to download it, because we’re not actually using the video. You’re task this month, is to synthesize the “natural radio” sounds … [Read more...]