The thing about wisdom is that you can't really ever receive it. You can read and watch everything there is to find about sound and come away with little more than good conversation. Lessons have to be learned personally, and experience only ever happens to you when you're ready. So it is that I feel myself finally ready to think seriously about some of the things I've seen … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought #63 – Social Distortion
A few years back, shortly after graduating college, I attended a senior project showcase for students who were in the year below me. I got talking to a friend of mine who revealed some big news. He had landed an internship in which he'd be working in game audio for a prestigious company. I was thrilled and congratulating him when I noticed that I was far more excited hearing … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought #62 – GDC Wrap Up: What Was Your Takeaway?
In reflecting on GDC last week, I find several themes coming to mind. I can talk about attending Sightglass coffee at the crack of dawn, where I was able to appreciate the openness of the audio community and their willingness to share experiences, advice, or knowledge. Or, I can muse about the talks themselves, wrapping up in a conclusion-like statement an overview of the kind … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought 61: The Colors Of Sound
Through an article on one of y my favorite blogs, I recently learned about a rare neurological crossing of senses which is called Synesthesia. In one particular manifestation of the phenomena called Chromesthesia, individuals associate sounds with colors & even shapes. Not in a metaphorical sense, like we’re used to for describing sounds, but as actual … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought #60 – A Perspective on the Growing Pains in VR
The term "VR" encompasses it all. The platform, the technology, the medium, the content, all of which are experiencing a rapid development, rapid failure period during which we have no agreed upon procedures or format. Currently we have just a few key players developing different pieces of hardware with different capabilities and its yet to be seen whether they will continue to … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought 59 – GUI
We deal with graphical user interfaces every time we touch a computer, whether that's our development rig, an ATM, or our phone. How does the design of a GUI affect how we feel about the rest of the associated experience? … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought 58 -The Sounds that Aren’t There
What is the sound of one hand clapping? I remember the day I figured out this riddle as a wee youth, only to see it replicated on an episode of the Simpsons shortly thereafter. Bart and I both thought alike: a clap does not need two hands to make sound, one hand can clap and make a pleasantly fleshy soft impact sound. If a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to … [Read more...]