DS: Like many other audio professionals that I know, you've got a background in music. Do you consider that the driving force behind entering an audio profession? How did that background in musical performance affect your first foray into audio production? JS: Since musicians are attuned to their aural surroundings, either naturally or through training, they’re also … [Read more...]
HISS and a ROAR CHIMES
CHIMES, new library on HISSandaROAR recorded by Tim Prebble. Wind chimes can be incredibly useful for colouring an ambience with subtle harmonics – I used them to great emotional effect as a nostalgic/memory device in the war film Home by Christmas. But they are also incredibly rewarding as source material for creating ambient textures and drones via processing. Bell trees … [Read more...]
December’s Featured Sound Designer: Jeff Seamster
December's here, and it brings with it our next featured sound designer...Jeff Seamster. Jeff’s career in game development and interactive audio includes high-profile titles such as Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe, Blitz: The League II, SimCity Societies, Caesar IV, and Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War. He has been responsible for sound design at Midway Games and Stainless … [Read more...]
Recording Mountain Air, TONSTURM’s New Library
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/32139444[/vimeo] TONSTURM's first ambience library Mountain Air is available now at $99 (Introductory offer until Dec 24th. Regular price is $119) This ambience sound pack features surround sound recordings which were captured during an extensive field recording trip in the beautiful Alps of Austria and Tyrol. You get 7.12 GB of clear and wide … [Read more...]
Ren Klyce Talks “Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
We got to sit down with Ren Klyce, Oscar-nominated sound designer (Social Network, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), to ask a few questions about the technical and creative sides of the sound design process for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. We learned how Klyce (pictured below) and his team created the soundscapes of freezing cold and blind terror for the film. … [Read more...]
Recording of the Sound Design Panel at MoogFest 2011
Recording of the sound design panel at Moogfest 2011, with Richard Devine, Diego Stocco and Scott Martin Gershin. Moderated by Eric Persing. The recording is divided in 6 parts, which you can watch here. … [Read more...]
Harry Cohen Special: Opening Inglourious Basterds
I got Harry Cohen on the phone to talk about one of my favorite scenes, the opening of Inglourious Basterds. There's nothing big or over the top in this scene, it just an excellent example of subtle technique in support of the moment. In the course of the chat, we occasionally diverge into some interesting work-flow tangents. Hope you enjoy it. Designing Sound: The scene was … [Read more...]