Here is the final article of the great David Farmer Special, an interview we had with him, talking about his work on LOTR. I tried to ask for the stuff you can't find detailed in other interviews or the BTS of the DVDs, so... Hope you enjoy it! Designing Sound: When did you start on the films and how what were initial conversations with Peter Jackson and company like? David … [Read more...]
Making Orcs with Chuck Russom FX's Dogs Library [Video + Review]
Some days ago, my friend Chuck Russom sent me an amazing library for beta testing and for doing a demo/review in the same day of the release, which is today. So here we go! The Library The library is called Dogs, and includes 158 sounds at 192kHz/24-Bit, recorded from 14 different trained dogs. The sounds are really great, include all kind performances and have a pretty good … [Read more...]
The Music and Sound of "Front Mission Evolved"
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkAm5nGkKls[/youtube] Double Helix has created this cool development diary on the music and sound of Front Mission Evolved. Featured in the video are composer Garry Schyman and audio director JP Walton. We're preparing a cool article about the sound of this great game. Expect it here soon. Via: The Sonic Spread | Video: Machinima … [Read more...]
Sound Design and Horror Film Workshop with Alan Howarth at Unsound Festival 2010
Alan Howarth will be giving a free Workshop on Sound Design for Horror Films on October 22 at Unsound Festival 2010. The place is TBA and the tickets are free. A horror sound design workshop with one of the masters in the field, Alan Howarth, who has worked on countless movies including the "Star Trek" series, "Poltergeist", "The Thing", "Raiders of The Lost Arc", "Exterminator … [Read more...]
Ren Klyce and Michael Semanick on "The Social Network"
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/15382753[/vimeo] New great video from SoundWorks Collection, featuring Ren Klyce and Michael Semanick talking about the sound of "The Social Network". In The Social Network, Director David Fincher and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin explore the moment at which Facebook, the most revolutionary social phenomena of the new century was invented – through the … [Read more...]
David Farmer Special: Video Tutorials on Elastic Audio and Surround Panning Automation
David Farmer has created two amazing video tutorials for his Designing Sound Special. Take a look: Using Glide to Automate Surround Panning in Pro Tools [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R9nwI4o4To[/youtube] Elastic Audio in Pro Tools - Basics for Sound Design [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NOP-D4RnTU[/youtube] … [Read more...]
Sonnenschein's Webinar Report: Week III – Rules Of the Brain Road
Today is the fourth webinar from the Sound Design for Pros webinar series of David Sonnenschein. I'm going to give you a little reprot about last week's work. The las webinar was really great. David started reviewing several of the homework sent for that class. Then he talked about brain, and how humans perceive sound and process it. He give us a lot of different techniques … [Read more...]