Recently, MMO news site Ten Ton Hammer caught up with the audio team at ArenaNet, developers of the Guild Wars franchise. In an in-depth overview of their recent work, sound designers Jerry Schroeder and Drew Cady shared some of their approaches, techniques, and experiences in creating the highly detailed sounds that fill the worlds of Guild Wars 2 and its expansion pack Heart … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought 6 – Feeling Sound
As the year continues, many of these posts will be philosophical in nature. Some will be in contradiction to previous postings. These are not intended as truths or assertions, they’re merely thoughts…ideas. Think of this as stream of consciousness over a wide span… Picking up an element from last week's thought... "sound is the result of a physical event." It's the … [Read more...]
News – Cities and Memories: Dada Sounds
In another unique take on found sounds and field recording, Cities and Memory has put together a new project titled Dada Sounds to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Dada avant-garde art music. Tomorrow marks a century after the 1916 founding of Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, Switzerland, which was commonly held as the birthplace of Dada, an abstract art … [Read more...]
News: SoundWorks Collection Interview Series – Mark Ulano & Hateful Eight
In a recent entry in their interview series, SoundWorks Collection speaks to Mark Ulano, production sound mixer for Quentin Tarantino's upcoming film, The Hateful Eight. Take a listen and hear stories that could only originate from a Tarantino shoot, told by one of the best productiou sound mixers in the business. … [Read more...]
Monthly Theme: Audio Programming
This month at Designing Sound, we are focusing our lens on the concept of Audio Programming. The above image is from David Padilla's (AKA dabit) Banjo (here is the github link), which is a MIDI looper for live performance. He is a professional programmer (and an audio hobbyist) who's work producing music within a programming language is quite impressive and academically … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought 5 – Unexpected Language
As the year continues, many of these posts will be philosophical in nature. Some will be in contradiction to previous postings. These are not intended as truths or assertions, they’re merely thoughts…ideas. Think of this as stream of consciousness over a wide span… All sound communicates. Sound is the result of a physical event. Whether it be the wind blowing through the … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought 4 – ???
As the year continues, many of these posts will be philosophical in nature. Some will be in contradiction to previous postings. These are not intended as truths or assertions, they’re merely thoughts…ideas. Think of this as stream of consciousness over a wide span… This week's post is a short rhetorical question, and I'm piggy-backing off of last week's connection between … [Read more...]