We're happy to announce that we've got another Designing Sound Discussion Group coming this Sunday! We'll be hosting a live chat with Noah's Craig Henighan and Coll Anderson. Given this month's theme, we'll be focusing in on a discussion of the impact of Dolby Atmos on their work for the film. Of course, we won't be restricted to that, so make sure you come with your questions … [Read more...]
The World in Three Dimensions…
There was a time when people argued that theatrical (even home) sound has long been three dimensional. Maybe there are still some that make that claim. With the rise of binaural audio, Dolby Atmos and Auro 3D, sound actually is entering the third dimension. This is just a small semantic argument. Surround sound, in its traditional 5.1 and 7.1 formats, wasn't technically three … [Read more...]
Spanner
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yEDKE6hV7E[/youtube] We don't use to talk so much about plugin news, but this fantastic. spanner is a powerful surround channel manager, panner, remapper and folddown plugin for AVID Pro Tools. it is the result of years of personal frustration with the Pro Tools panner and bussing setup and solves many of the common complaints about … [Read more...]
SFX News 12.03.12
The Recordist released Ultimate Ice 2.5 HD Pro Ultimate Ice 2.5 HD Pro Sound Effects Library is a small 24-Bit 96kHz addition to Ultimate Ice 2.0 with some BIG ice cracks and impacts from a perfectly round lake in North Idaho. Also included are fast ripping ice cracks from another 800 acre lake a short distance from Round Lake and some special designed ice sounds from here … [Read more...]
Recording Mountain Air, TONSTURM’s New Library
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/32139444[/vimeo] TONSTURM's first ambience library Mountain Air is available now at $99 (Introductory offer until Dec 24th. Regular price is $119) This ambience sound pack features surround sound recordings which were captured during an extensive field recording trip in the beautiful Alps of Austria and Tyrol. You get 7.12 GB of clear and wide … [Read more...]
David Farmer Special: Video Tutorials on Elastic Audio and Surround Panning Automation
David Farmer has created two amazing video tutorials for his Designing Sound Special. Take a look: Using Glide to Automate Surround Panning in Pro Tools [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R9nwI4o4To[/youtube] Elastic Audio in Pro Tools - Basics for Sound Design [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NOP-D4RnTU[/youtube] … [Read more...]
Dolby Surround 7.1, Toy Story 3 and The Future of Sound In 3D Films
SFGate has published an article talking about the Dolby Surround 7.1 Mix on Toy Story 3, the future of sound for 3D films, and how the people could take this new sonic adventure. Walt Disney Co.'s Pixar made the latest installment of its "Toy Story" franchise in 3-D to satisfy the growing appetite for immersive visual effects. Its next challenge: getting the sound effects to … [Read more...]