Ourstage.com has published a nice interview with sound designer Ren Klyce, talking about his work on "The Social Network". OS: What were some of the biggest challenges in recording for The Social Network? RK: There’s two big scenes, in terms of mixing…the opening sequence, which takes place at a bar between Mark Zuckerberg and his girlfriend Erica Albright and them breaking … [Read more...]
Logic
"There's a point where you can talk about things logically and then, after that, you have to leave the word of logic. I don't know where a lot of these ideas come from. They just do". - Alan Splet … [Read more...]
Video: "How to Train Your Dragon" M.P.S.E Sound Show, with Randy Thom, Al Nelson and Gary Rizzo
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/16554818[/vimeo] SoundWorks Collection has published a new fantastic video featuring Supervising Sound Mixer and Sound Designer Randy Thom, Sound Designer Al Nelson, Sound re-recording Mixer Gary Rizzo, Director Chris Sanders, and Film Editor Darren Holmes talking about the sound of "How to Train Your Dragon" in the M.P.S.E Sound Show at Skywalker … [Read more...]
TONSTURM, New Independent SFX Library from Cologne, Germany
TONSTURM is a new sound effects library for sound designers, founded by Tilman Hahn and Emil Klotzsch. Both work as Sound Designers/Editors in Cologne, Germany. They created this platform not just to provide unique sound effects, but also to live out their passion. They're releasing his first sound effects package, called "Breaking Glass", featuring more than 500 sounds … [Read more...]
Jamey Scott Special: Exclusive Interview
Let's get started with the Jamey Scott Special! Here is an exclusive interview with him, talking about several aspects of his career, workflow, tools, and more! Hope you enjoy it. DS: Please introduce yourself... how you get started in sound and how has been the evolution of your career? JS: Ok, well let's see… I've been involved in what we're calling sound design now for … [Read more...]
"My Hart is Racing", New SFX Library from Hart FX
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/15339560[/vimeo] Colin Hart has announced the release of "My Hart is Racing", a new sound effects collection of drag racing cars. This is my second library release. It might be small in size, but it’s epic in sound! 46 files in 96k/24b goodness. The are cars, bikes, Jr dragsters, all sorts of stuff in the library. I’ve got recordings from the beginning … [Read more...]
From N64 to Wii, Re-imagining "GoldenEye 007" – Exclusive Interview with Graeme Norgate and Steve Duckworth
First of all, I'd like to thank Cormac Donnelly, who kindly offered to contribute to Designing Sound by doing this great interview for the GoldenEye 007 games. Let's read! On November 2 Activision released their re-imagining of GoldenEye 007 on the Nintendo Wii. To mark the event we thought we’d not only have a chat with Steve Duckworth, Head of Audio at Eurocom working on the … [Read more...]