Every sound designer has to make new whooshes in record time. Whenever I’m stuck in that position I've always tried to come up with some quick automated ways. A long time ago I made a template that allows me to quickly make new whooshes, and on top of it it’s incredibly fun to “operate” since you get to actually orchestra the whooshes in realtime. I’m still using this template … [Read more...]
Charles Deenen Special: Car Recording Guide
The following article contains small excerpts of the 65 page “Need for Speed” Car Recording Guidebook, published internally at Electronic Arts, written by Charles Deenen. Car sounds are some of the most inspiring and entertaining sounds to record. Like a human voice, each car has a signature sound, with the driver being the actor. Recording these machines should be simple … [Read more...]
The Sound of "BioShock 2"
Check this nice video featuring Audio Lead Michael Kamper talking about the sound of BioShock 2, one he best games I've played this year. I recommend to watch the rest of "Art of the Game" parts. Really cool stuff there! Soon I'll be posting more info about the sound design of BioShock 2. Stay tuned! BioShock 2 Website Via: Machinima … [Read more...]
Blastwave FX and Avid Announce New Sound Design Competition
Blastwave FX and Avid announced a new Sound Design Competition with the chance to win more than $12.000 on Avid/Blastwave FX products. RULES Submit: A 0:30 – 0:45 second video with stereo soundtrack. The total length should include the intro and outro video clips provided in the Competition Download Pack. You must use at least three sound effects from the competition … [Read more...]
Sound Design Essentials: 6 Recommended Books and 11 Google Books Links
Continuing with the Sound Essentials series, articles created to provide resources and tips to learn sound design. Since I give the first list of recommended books, some people told me if we could recommend more of them, ans the answer is: yes. Buy software, buy gear, it's ok, but also buy Books! I consider them as one of the best ways to spend money, and come on, they're … [Read more...]
Charles Deenen Special: Quick Sound Design with Soundminer and Plugins
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgamcXElbzs[/youtube] Charles Deenen has created this exclusive video for Designing Sound showing one way to fast sound effects designing with Soundminer and plugins. The software used is Soundminer 4.2 and Pro Tools 8. Plugins are Waves, McDSP, SoundToys and other stuff. Enjoy! How do you design sounds in a fast way? Your stories are … [Read more...]
Avatar Sound Panel with Director James Cameron, Producer Jon Landau and the "Avatar" Sound Team
SoundWorks Collection has a new surprise! More than 47 minutes of video featuring Director James Cameron, Producer Jon Landau and the "Avatar" Sound Team (Supervising Sound Editor / Sound Designer / Sound Re-Recording Mixer Christopher Boyes, Sound Re-Recording Mixer Gary Summers, Sound Re-Recording Mixer Andy Nelson) on the Avatar Sound Panel conducted at the Fox Studios, … [Read more...]