This is a guest post by Timothy Muirhead, a sound editor based out of Toronto and also co-host of the Tonebenders sound design podcast. You can reach him via twitter @azimuthaudio. M.O.S. ….. We all know this means that no sound was recorded with the with the visual at hand. Most of us have heard that the origin of the M.O.S. is that a German director working in … [Read more...]
A New Approach to Internships?
Guest Contribution by Timothy Muirhead Although we all like to talk about sound work as a very creative discipline it is also a technical one. Universities and other post secondary institutions really have their hands full trying to teach both sides of the craft - the hows and the whys. Most come up short on one side or the other and that is why the industry has come to rely … [Read more...]
The Tonebenders on Education
The fine gentlemen over at The Tonebenders Podcast have once again graciously tied into this month's theme. Their latest podcast, a conversation with Brenda Jaskulske of the University of North Texas, is now up for your listening pleasure in all of the usual places. I'm embedding the Soundcloud version below, but head over to their site to learn more about Brenda and how to … [Read more...]
The Tonebenders – Vehicle Recording Roundtable
I'm really stoked by the way The Tonebenders Podcast has been jumping onto our monthly topics when they can. This time, they've got a spectacular roundtable conversation with Rob Noke, Watson Wu and Max Lachmann. Give it a listen, and make sure to visit the Tonebenders webpage to find out more information about their guests in this episode. Thanks for the contribution, … [Read more...]
Tonebenders Ep.11 – Big Gun Design Case Study
Episode 11 starts with the hosts answering a backlog of listener questions, including inquiries on recording fire, large file transfers and more. Then we try something new as Rene builds a huge laser cannon blast on the fly while the creative process behind a sound effects is explored. Plus, we announce the first Tonebenders homework assignment... Check the podcast at … [Read more...]
Thanks to our January Contributors
We'd like to thank our guest contributors for January's plug-in features: Charles Maynes for sharing his genius matrix idea Frank Bry for exploring the colorations that transient shapers can offer Tom Todia for presenting a way to create lots of sound variants extremely quickly The Tonebenders (Timothy Muirhead, René Coronado and Dustin Camilleri) for sharing some of their … [Read more...]
The Tonebenders Share Plugin Secrets
To round out Plugin Use/Abuse Month here on Designing Sound here are some neat tips and tricks from the 3 hosts of the Tonebenders Podcast. Timothy Muirhead: Convolution Reverbs are amazing tools to have in your arsenal of plugins. Unlike conventional digital reverbs which simulate theoretical spaces with arbitrary parameters, convolution reverbs use signal processing to … [Read more...]