[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/18841497[/vimeo] SoundWorks Collection has published a new video, featuring 65 minutes of discussion with the team behind the sound and music of "TRON: Legacy". Explore the sound and music of “TRON LEGACY”, the long awaited sequel continuing the adventures through the world inside your computer The sound team behind the film will take you … [Read more...]
“Metal Impacts”, New SFX Library of Chuck Russom FX, Q&A Included
Chuck Russom has announced the release of Metal Impacts, a new SFX library loaded with more than 900 sounds. Metal Impacts could be called a sword library, but no actual swords were used to create it. My goal was to put together a set of sounds that could be used to design swords and other metal weapons. With a creative imagination, you’ll find many other uses for these … [Read more...]
Mark Lampert on The Sound of “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” (Videos)
Great article on Game Informer, featuring four videos where Audio Director/Sound Designer Mark Lampert talks about the sound direction, sound design, voice, and music of "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim". In a sprawling role-playing epic like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, good audio can make or break the experience. An out-of-place musical theme, a poor voice actor in a key role, or … [Read more...]
The Sound of “Super Meat Boy”, an Interview with Jordan Fehr
VFS has interviewed Jordan Fehr (who maybe you already know because of his sfx work at Jordan Fehr FX), sound designer on "Super Meat Boy". Super Meat Boy, the indie platformer released in fall to near-universal praise, has a lot of charm, which is good when you’re giving gamers crippling cases of claw-hand from obsessively playing this punishing game. Retro fan service, … [Read more...]
VARIETY: Music shapes sound effects
Variety has published a very cool article on how music shapes sound effects. There's a long history in film of finished musical scores being rushed to the final mixing stage and then being shoehorned in amid the dialog and effects in a sometimes contentious battle over sonic real estate. But in recent years, more directors have turned to composers earlier in the filmmaking … [Read more...]
TONSTURM Releases Electricity SFX Library, Q&A Included
TONSTURM is announcing the release of their second library, called Electricity, loaded with 192kHz recordings of amazing high voltage devices and crazy experiments with electricity. This soundpack is all about high voltage. We risked our lives to serve you highly unique and exciting electricity sound effects. All sounds are recorded, edited and mastered in High Definition Audio … [Read more...]
Secrets of Audio Post Survival
Interesting article on Mix Online about different surviving techniques and methods of audio post professionals: There you are: relaxing in that nice, ergonomically correct chair that’s perfectly situated front and center of your console, completely protected from the harsh conditions of the world outside. When you stop and think about technical field crews—those poor camera … [Read more...]