I love the Fallout franchise. The gameplay style is fantastic, the technology is top notch and all the places and stories are really unique. After the success of Bethesda with the great Fallout 3, now the turn is for Obsidian, who released "Fallout: New Vegas", a new installment of the game which bring us to a journey through the world of New Vegas, a post apocalyptic … [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...]
More About the Sound of "TRON: Legacy"
The december's issue of AudioMedia is available online now, including an interesting article about the sound of "TRON: Legacy", featuring conversations with supervising sound editors Addison Teague and Gwen Whittle. AudioMedia - December 2010 (jump directly to the article) … [Read more...]
"Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath" – Dev Diary 3: Audio
Sound designer Michael Taylor has published an interesting article about his experience on porting audio from "Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath" (Xbox) to FMOD (for PC and PS3). Welcome to the third instalment of the Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath Development Diary! In this edition, we will take a look at how we have been working on increasing the fidelity of the audio for the next … [Read more...]
Craig Henighan on the Sound of "Black Swan"
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/17717688[/vimeo] SoundWorks Collection has released a new fantastic profile, featuring Craig Henighan and his work on Darren Aronofsky’s "Black Swan" Darren Aronofsky’s (Requiem for a Dream, The Wrestler) “Black Swan” is a ballet thriller that follows Nina (Natalie Portman) as she is given the lead role in Swan Lake. As Nina sinks deeper and deeper … [Read more...]
"The Sounds of Star Wars" – Interview with Ben Burtt and J.W Rinzler
NPR has published an interview with Ben Burtt and J.W Rinzler, discussing several things about "The Sounds of Star Wars" book. It takes only a few seconds of sound — a spaceship launching, the familiar clash of lightsabers — to know that you are positively not in Kansas anymore. These are the sounds of Star Wars — from a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, … [Read more...]
Frank Bry Special: Passion and a Microphone
I was not sure of the title for this article. Maybe it should be called Nothing But Time on My Hands or What Am I Going To Do Today. Well, whatever the title should be is not relevant; the most important thing is— What is your passion? Dateline: When I was a city dweller Back in my so called youth I spent many a day and night just wandering around with my recording gear … [Read more...]