There's no doubt the sound design community is one blessed with some fantastic artists who are surprisingly willing to share their experiences and insights. This fact was confirmed recently with Randy Thom's announcement of a new blog discussing film sound. The blog, found here, already features three brief but insightful posts from Thom, and will no doubt be a source of … [Read more...]
News: SOMA – Behind the Sound
There's a common joke among game audio artists and designers: if you ask any number of sound designers what genre they'd most like to work on, the odds are good they'll all say "horror", twice. It's no surprise it's such a common answer, either; horror games offer designers some of the most interesting and diverse sound design opportunities one can come across. There's no doubt … [Read more...]
Interview with Steve Tibbo – Emmy Winning Production Sound Mixer for ABC’s “Modern Family”
GUEST CONTRIBUTION BY DALE CROWLEY A few days after this interview with Steve Tibbo, he was nominated for the 6th time for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for his work on ABC's "Modern Family", where he has been the production sound mixer on every episode other than the pilot. The episode that was nominated is called "Connection Lost". We discuss this … [Read more...]
News: Tonebenders Podcast: Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
On the most recent episode of the Tonebenders Podcast, the guys talk to experienced sound designers Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl about their long and varied careers, working philosophies, and recent films. Some of the recent films Van der Ryn and Aadahl have worked on are Transformers: Age of Extinction, Godzilla (2014), World War Z, and Argo, among others. Head over to … [Read more...]
Sweet Justice: Sweetman’s Sweet Spot
In the most recent blog post over at Sweet Justice, sound designer Chris Sweetman shares some of his decades of experience, and discusses the importance of experimentation and the use of organic sounds in modern sound design. He also discusses some of his experiences on major films, as well as his approach to tools like Izotope Iris. Head over to their blog to check it out now! … [Read more...]
SoundWorks Collection: The Sound of Tomorrowland
In a new entry of their continuing series of film sound profiles, the fine people of SoundWorks Collection feature a discussion with Tomorrowland's sound designer, Kyrsten Mate, and re-recording mixer, Gary Rydstrom about their work on the recently-released movie. You can hear their discussion here. … [Read more...]
Aotg.com: Audio Levels and Metering Pt. 1
As part of our continuing goal of promoting greater cross-discipline learning with media editing site Art of the Guillotine (Aotg.com), we'd like to bring your attention to their recent article Audio Levels and Metering: Pt. 1. While the article is largely focused at educating editors on good level and metering practices in non-linear editors, there's some valuable information … [Read more...]