We’re starting off this month’s special with an exclusive interview with our guest Tim Nielsen, discussing influences, creative methods, techniques, and much more. Hope you enjoy it. Designing Sound: How did you get started in sound design? What’s been the evolution of your career? Tim Nielsen: I have to blame my dear friend and brilliant sound person Addison Teague. … [Read more...]
SFX News: Windhowler, Sonic Beatbox, SFX Bible Kit, Tortured Piano Remix
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/27283568[/vimeo] -- TONSTURM has released his fourth sound effects pack, called The Windhowler: This Soundpack is based on the recordings of the very rare Mole-Richardson Windhowler Moleeffect Type 2281. During extensive recording sessions we captured every aspect of this inimitable sound effect instrument. All sounds are recorded, edited and mastered … [Read more...]
The Sound of “Guild Wars 2”
Two nice videos about the sound of Guild Wars 2 published by ArenaNet. Sound recording: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuOUNFsPyiY[/youtube] Sound design: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiamRvDqk9s[/youtube] … [Read more...]
Rabbit Ears Audio Releases “Brooks Streams Waterfalls”
Michael Raphael has released "Brooks Streams Waterfalls", the announced new library of Rabbit Ears Audio. REA 007 is a celebration of moving water in nature. From small trickles to rushing torrents, Brooks Streams Waterfalls is for those who need a variety of water movement in their library. Locations were chosen based on their variety of elements. Water sounds most unique … [Read more...]
August’s Featured Sound Designer: Tim Nielsen
It’s a great pleasure to introduce this month’s featured sound designer at Designing Sound: Tim Nielsen. Mainly located at Skywalker Sound, Tim has a long, diverse and impressive credit list, working both as a sound designer, supervising sound editor and effects editor, and he will share lots of articles, tips and thoughts with us. Enjoy! Bio: Tim Nielsen was born in 1971 … [Read more...]
“Limbo” – Exclusive Interview with Martin Stig Andersen
It takes a strong game to weave so seamlessly the combination of art contained within. Limbo was a game that so totally embodied itself that it found its way atop most “Best of...” lists the year of it's release on XBLA. With the game properly ported and recently released on PC and PSN, DesigningSound.org took some time to catch up with Martin Stig Andersen. When I saw Martin … [Read more...]
Axel Rohrbach Special: Making of Cinematic Trailers
[Written by Axel Rohrbach] Here is a teaser video showing some of the things we recorded: [vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/23965688[/vimeo] But this is only a very small part. Creating the "Cinematic Trailers" was one of the biggest challenges for us so far. The goal was to provide a designed collection with sounds having both, the quality you expect when you are in a cinema … [Read more...]