Covering both the subject of last month's DIY and this month's of Fear, we spoke with Diego Stocco about his work as a sound designer, composer and performer. Diego creates eclectic musical experiences with custom built instruments and experimental recording techniques. He loves discovering hidden sounds from organic sources, objects and materials, with an unorthodox musical … [Read more...]
Mavericks Of Sound Design Panel
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMjaGA9zo_o[/youtube] Spectrasonics has uploaded the full sound design panel that Eric Persing, Diego Stocco, Richard Devine and Scott Gershin gave at the 2011 Moogfest in Asheville, North Carolina. Maybe you remember that we shared several video recordings from the panel a couple of weeks ago, but this one has much better quality and … [Read more...]
Interview with Eric Persing, Founder of Spectrasonics
It Seems that the Virtual Instruments Magazine is back to life. They have a new issue with nice content, including a great interview with Eric Persing, sound designer, composer and founder of Spectrasonics, one of the best companies in the would of virtual instruments. Check: What led you to sound design? I never really pursued being a sound designer, because at the time there … [Read more...]
Danny Elfman, Ominsphere and Terminator
Danny Elfman, a Grammy Award-winning musician and compositor responsible of the well known "The Simpsons" main theme and music of films such as Spider Man 3, Hulk, Bettlejuice, and many others. This time, Danny discusses scoring of the Terminator Salvation, with Spectrasonics Omnisphere. Elfman often used two Omnispheres for up to sixteen possible sounds at once. He says “I … [Read more...]
Music and Sound Design for The Conduit (Wii) by Diego Stocco
Music 4 Games has done an interview with Diego Stocco to talk about his profession and the Sound Design/Music Composition of The Conduit, a new first-person shooter exclusively yo the Nintendo Wii. Diegoo is an composer and sound designer. He produces music for Spectrasonics, and is one of the principal sound designers of Atmosphere and the amazing core library of Stylus RMX … [Read more...]