Tim Prebble has published a fantastic article on his blog, talking about the sound design of "The Warrior's Way". Tim talks about several of the creative challenges he had on the film, how he used different recordings and effects and also describes the sound work in specific scenes. It's very inspiring! We started sound editorial at the beginning of May and did an initial 10 … [Read more...]
Making Sci-Fi Weapons with Fireworks Library [Review + Demo]
It's time for another review and demo of a HISS and ROAR library. Now is the turn for an amazing library: Fireworks, recorded by Tim Prebble with other three recordists. The Library The library includes several kinds of fireworks and different performances for each one. Also, they recorded the library in multi-channel 192kHz WAV format, so you can find several takes from each … [Read more...]
Tim Prebble and His Three Nominations for Best Sound at NZ Film Awards
I consider Tim Prebble a true master of the craft. He is an amazing sound designer and one of the most prolific contributors to this community. This week is New Zealand Film Awards, and guess what! Tim worked as sound designer in the three films nominated for Best Sound in a feature film. Tim has made an incredible post on his blog, talking about his work on the three films, … [Read more...]
The Art of Sound Design, An Interview with Tim Prebble
Tim Prebble has been interviewed by Ande Schurr at "The Big Idea". The interview is really interesting and full inspiring, don't miss it! Sound Designer Tim Prebble is at catch for my freelance series. He has an office across the road from Peter Jackson's Park Road Post, is a thrice finalist in this year's Qantas Film and Television Awards for Best Sound Design and has a fan … [Read more...]
New HISS and a ROAR Forum and Four Crowd Source Libraries Announced
Tim Prebble has added a forum section to the HISS and a ROAR site, a place for collaboration between HISS and a ROAR customers and contributors of the crowdsource SFX libraries, which menas that this collaboration model is working really good. Tim talked on his blog about the reasons of the forum: 1. I figure it is a better long term means of discussing crowd source sound … [Read more...]
FIREWORKS, New Multi-Channel SFX Library of HISS and a ROAR [Includes Exclusive Stories]
Tim Prebble is announcing the release of Fireworks a new HISS and a ROAR library recorded by him and other three recordists. This library is also the first one offered with a multi-channel 192kHz version. The collection of over 180 fireworks includes large Multi-Shot Fireworks (Solar Flare, Red Mantis, Purple Perry, Holiday Fun, Night Rocket, E.T, Meteor, The Brick, Black … [Read more...]
Review + Sound Design Challenge: Making Creature Sounds with Seal Vocals
Some weeks ago, Tim Prebble went to a Cape Palliser, New Zeland to record a family of Seals. He released all his recordings as a new HISS and a ROAR library called Seal Vocals. General Toughts Well. The download and delivery system was great, as always. I have the MAX version of the library, which comes with a total of 210 sounds at 96kHz and 24-Bit. All of them perfectly … [Read more...]