Full Sail has uploaded the recording of a panel called "Beyond 5.1: The Future of Sound for Picture", with sound designers Harry Cohen and David Farmer, and re-recording mixers Marc Fishman and Gary Rizzo. Livestream embed code doesn't work properly, so go to this page for watching the video. … [Read more...]
The Recordist Talks Guns, M60 Machine Gun HD Library Available
The Recordist has released M60 Machine Gun HD, a new sfx library available at $50. Presenting The M60 Machine Gun HD Professional Sound Effects Library, a multi-channel collection of 129 Broadcast WAV tracks recorded at 24-Bit 192kHz and 24-Bit 96kHz. The M60 is a belt-fed machine gun that fires the 7.62 mm NATO cartridge (.308 winchester) commonly used in larger rifles. … [Read more...]
Making of BOOM Medieval Weapons
Here's a Q&A I had with Axel Rohrbach of BOOM Library, talking about the process on their latest release, Medieval Weapons. Could you tell us a bit about the process on this library? What happened on the different stages of production? First we had a rough concept of what should be included in that library. Of course there have to be tons of elements for the Construction … [Read more...]
“Cabbit”, Exclusive Interview with John Kassab
"Cabbit" is a short animation film by the artist, Soogie. It has been in production for over 3 years and is now being co-produced and sound designed by John Kassab (Kickstarter campaign). We spoke to John about his sound design work on 'Cabbit' and why he decided to sit in the producer's chair. What attracted you to Cabbit? I am a huge fan of visual art and animation so, … [Read more...]
SFX News: Antique Cameras, Machine Guns, Creatures, Balloon Squeaks
Some recent sfx news: - Sound Editor, Designer and Mixer, Richard Humphries runs a sfx library, where he has released three packages so far, including Antique Movie and Still Cameras, Whooshes-Stingers and Hits Vol-1, and Machine Guns. Visit Takoma Media for more info. [soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/20382478"] - Daniel Gooding released The Monster Creature … [Read more...]
The Sound of “Transformers: Fall of Cybertron”
Game Informer has published several videos about the sound of "Transformers: Fall of Cybertron". When we decided upon Transformers as a cover story, I started asking around the office looking for ideas for our video coverage. Without a second of hesitation, Game Informer's own Jeff Cork demanded to learn how the team at High Moon Studios recreates the iconic sounds of the … [Read more...]
Ann Kroeber Special: Sound for Games – Exclusive Interview
Don't forget to sign up for the live chat with Ann on October 29th. You've contributed to a number of very well known games and franchises in recent years. What's are some of the similarities and differences you've encountered between the game and film industries? As far as sound in these two industries, both film and game sound brings us into the picture and stirs up our … [Read more...]