The first crowdsource sfx library of HISS and a ROAR has been finished and Tim Prebble is ready for the second collection: Room Tones. Traditionally Room Tone referred to the recording of (near) silence on set, to help dialogue editors with filling their tracks/matching backgrounds to different camera/mic angles and/or extraneous sound. It’s also known as a buzz track … [Read more...]
10 New RODE Rage Interviews with Entertainment Audio Professionals
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4w7pGbqLMc[/youtube] As I told yesterday, RODE has started new video series called Rode Rage, where Ric Viers interviews several professionals of the entertainment audio world. Well, they have published more videos, including very cool interviews with other ten sound professionals, including: (Links to DS TV. Complete playlist … [Read more...]
More About the Sound of "TRON: Legacy"
The december's issue of AudioMedia is available online now, including an interesting article about the sound of "TRON: Legacy", featuring conversations with supervising sound editors Addison Teague and Gwen Whittle. AudioMedia - December 2010 (jump directly to the article) … [Read more...]
Video Interview with Watson Wu
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pca9rIkuUkI[/youtube] Rode Microphones has started a new video series called Rode Rage featuring Ric Viers, who takes us on a tour of the 'who's who' of the entertainment audio world. In this episode of RØDE Rage Ric drops in on sound designer Watson Wu (Transformers: War for Cybertron, Need for Speed, Operation Flashpoint). Winston … [Read more...]
"The Sounds of Star Wars" – Interview with Ben Burtt and J.W Rinzler
NPR has published an interview with Ben Burtt and J.W Rinzler, discussing several things about "The Sounds of Star Wars" book. It takes only a few seconds of sound — a spaceship launching, the familiar clash of lightsabers — to know that you are positively not in Kansas anymore. These are the sounds of Star Wars — from a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, … [Read more...]
Frank Bry Special: Passion and a Microphone
I was not sure of the title for this article. Maybe it should be called Nothing But Time on My Hands or What Am I Going To Do Today. Well, whatever the title should be is not relevant; the most important thing is— What is your passion? Dateline: When I was a city dweller Back in my so called youth I spent many a day and night just wandering around with my recording gear … [Read more...]
Jordan Fehr Launches Independent SFX Library
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/17246101[/vimeo] Jordan Fehr FX is a new independent sound effects library founded by Jordan Fehr, freelance sound designer based in Ohio. The first release is called Power From The Past, a collection of recordings taken from a made-and-break engine. Power From The Past is my first sound effects library for other designers. It is a collection of … [Read more...]