George Spanos has created a new Game Sound Design Website. It has several articles, videos, and a forum. Looks great! There is an interesting article covering the info about the sound of Dark Sector, a third person action shooter that "thrusts you into Hayden Tenno's mysterious world". Let's read: Sound Design and Music The sound design of Dark Sector was also really … [Read more...]
Constructing Vehicle Sounds using samples, synthesis and post-processing
West Latta has published a new Sound Design Tutorial at Audiotutts+ with a nice tutorial called "Constructing Simple Vehicle Sounds". In film, television, and games, vehicle sound has evolved into a deeply creative and compelling class of design. Master sound designers such as Walter Murch, Randy Thom, and Ben Burtt have elevated the art of vehicle sound design in numerous … [Read more...]
Dane A. Davis Special: The Art of Sound Design
This is an article from Danetracks, published on Post Magazine on November 1, 2002. We can clearly see the Dane's vision about "The Art of Sound Design" and see more about danetracks and its members. … Dane Davis, president of West Hollywood's Danetracks, Inc. (www.danetracks.com), doesn't see himself simply "painting by numbers with sound" in the "see a bird, hear a bird" … [Read more...]
Dane A. Davis Special: The Matrix [Part 2]
The second part of this special about the sound design of Matrix, awesome work by our August's featured Dane A. Davis. This time let's check this interesting article from Mix Magazine featuring Davis and Danetracks: The edgy, effects-laden feature-directed by the Wachowski brothers (whose directorial debut was the stylish Bound, also with sound design by Davis)-is a … [Read more...]
Sound Design Tips for Getting the Most from your Synths
Electronic Musician has published a useful article called Going Beyond Presets, with five top Sound Designers offering tips for getting the most of your synths. In the late '60s and early '70s, there were probably fewer than 20 synthesizers on the market, all costing in the tens of thousands of dollars. Today, life is good: There are hundreds of electronic musical instruments … [Read more...]
Dane A. Davis Special: Treasure Planet
Treasure Planet, an animated film produced by Walt Disney Pictures released on November 27, 2002. Dane A. Davis was the sound designer, sound editor and creator of Morph's (character) amazing voice. Mix Magazine has an interesting article with the information about the sound process of Treasure Planet. Here is some info about sound design: A major challenge was melding … [Read more...]
Dane A. Davis Special: The Matrix [Part 1]
The Sound Design of The Matrix has been one of the most famous in recent years. An awesome sound work by our August featured sound designer Dane A. Davis. Therefore, I decided to divide into several parts the information about the sound of The Matrix (1999), a famous science fiction-action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski. In this part, I found two amazing … [Read more...]