The Recordist has released Prop Planes, a new library of the Soundbox HD series. These airplanes are from a casual visit to The 6th annual Sandpoint Fly-In on a beautiful sunny day in North Idaho. A few minutes after arriving at the small town airport planes started pulling up and performing a quick engine run-up as they prepared for take off. Nobody bothered me as I was … [Read more...]
Inside the Waves Sound Design Suite [Pt 2] – Renaissance and V-Series
Continuing with this series of articles dedicated to explore the Waves Sound Design Suite, now let's move to a very special plugins included in the suite. I'm talking about the amazing Renaissance and the (recently added) V-Series. The Sound Design Suite doesn't include the whole Renaissance Maxx Suite, but it includes enough tools for sound design purposes. All those … [Read more...]
“Secrets for Great Film Sound” Webinar Report #3 – Sound Design
[During this month, I'll be doing weekly reports about “Secret for Great Film Sound“, a new webinar series hosted by David Sonnenschein and Ric Viers.] Last week's webinar was very interesting. David talked about his methodology for enhancing story and emotion by using sound, and how to create a soundscape with good relationship with the dramatic content of the project. That … [Read more...]
Sound on Film: “Uncle Boonmee”
Sound and Music has a fantastic section called Sound on Film, where you can find several interesting articles already published. On of the lasts is a great interview with sound designer Akritchalerm Kalayanmitr, talking about his work on "Uncle Boonmee". The predominant sound in the film is that of the natural world: insects, birds, water and weather. While this is in the … [Read more...]
Having Fun with The Recordist’s Ultimate Mud and Ultimate Splash [Review and Demos]
I admire Frank Bry a lot, not only for his great design work and philosophy, but also for the incredible job he does at The Recordist, one of the leading companies in this era of sound effects independence. Today I'll talk about two of his recent libraries: Ultimate Mud and Ultimate Splash. Apart of the great sounds included in Frank's libraries, there's a lot of "hidden" … [Read more...]
The Sound Collectors Club – February’s Theme: Wind
The theme for february's collect at The Sound Collectors Club has been announced: Wind! The result of the vote for the ‘Night and Day’ theme was a three way tie, so I’ve decided to give all three contributors the chance to choose a theme over the coming months. First up is Dan Gallard of Sonik Boom Sound in Australia who has chosen ‘Wind’ to be February’s theme: “My theme … [Read more...]
Soundminer HD Available Now
Soundminer HD is now available on the Soundminer Store at $199 (Windows or Mac). There's also an "Universal HD" versión ($299) that allows you to run your license in both operating systems. You can also buy the HD version and update to the Universal HD version for $100 whenever you want. Main Features Includes our advanced super fast robust V4 Search engine with support for … [Read more...]