The most fun and creatively satisfying part of sound design, to me, is finding everyday objects and using them in a way no one designed them to function. Recording your own material is rewarding and something I urge everyone to do. In this I want to outline my process in finding new and creative props to create new and creative sounds.. Sometimes the sound you need is sitting … [Read more...]
SoundWorks Collection: Masterclass With Mark Mangini
SoundWorks Collection has published an extensive masterclass video featuring Sound Editor Mark Mangini (Blade Runner 2049, Mad Max: Fury Road) where Mark gives insights about his approach to sound editing. You can watch it here. … [Read more...]
Our Favorite Sounds of 2017
The year 2017 has been one of many great articles, interviews, and discussions here at Designing Sound and we want to thank all of our readers for their attention, suggestions, contributions, and overwhelming support. There have been so many great films, shows, games, and events this year that we thought we would share some of our favorites for you to go back and check out in … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought #90 – “But hey, if it sounds good…”
As has come before; 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…Please bare with us as we traverse the abstract canals of audio musings. Additional … [Read more...]
Paul Shikata Interview: The Sound Editing For Fargo
Our friends at Creative Fieldrecording have published an in depth interview with Paul Shikata about his work & experiences as Sound Editor for Season Two of the widely acclaimed TV show Fargo! … [Read more...]
Focus on your design. Quickening your workflow in Pro Tools.
So you’ve just been handed in some video with no sound in it, and you’ve been asked to finish your work later tonight. Yet you don’t know whether you’ll be able to accomplish your task on time or not. This is a more common situation than you may think.You might have been in the industry for quite some time, and so you’ve developed your own methodology. If you haven’t, or … [Read more...]
Reaper Tutorial Series – An Interview with David Farmer
Tutorials. We all watch them, we all know that at some point in time, we will be reaching for that search bar when we are trying to overcome a particular hurdle, and you can guarantee that there is an answer to be found in the darkest corners of the Internet. Although the resulting content and indeed source of the result can be, let’s say, questionable at times. So when you … [Read more...]