"The most important advice I can give is to do this because you love it, and it brings you joy. If it’s part of you and you can never get enough, you are on the right track." -Frank Bry … [Read more...]
Frank Bry Special: Reader Questions
Here are the answers to the questions you sent for Frank Bry. Hope you enjoyed the special as we did. Many thanks to Frank for the amazing work! Designing Sound Reader: Would you care to share your full gear? Some recording dos and dont's too perhaps? :) And they sound so clean! How post-processed are these samples? FB: Thanks for the kind words. My gear consists of a Sound … [Read more...]
Frank Bry Special: Sound Effects Transformation: From This to That
[Written by Frank Bry for Designing Sound] I don't often have time to mess around with the sounds I record. Between recording new sound effects and game sound design, I am just tapped out as far as time is concerned. The remainder of my available time involves cataloging new assets, editing metadata, or editing sounds for a new release. Every now and then I will wander off … [Read more...]
Frank Bry Special: Exclusive Interview
It's time to start with the articles of Frank Bry's month. Here is a really cool interview with him. We talked about several things, including his career, the tools he uses, creativity, gaming, and more. Designing Sound: Frank, please tell us how you started in sound design and describe the evolution of your career. Frank Bry: My career in sound design has been an evolution, a … [Read more...]
Jamey Scott Special: Reader Questions
Here are the questions made by the readers and answered by our special guest Jamey Scott. Designing Sound Reader: You said you enjoy building scenes from scratch. Where do you like to start? Background to foreground? Foreground to background? Jamey Scott: I prefer background to foreground. Frequently background stuff gets discarded as mixes get bigger, but I like to have it to … [Read more...]
Jamey Scott Special: Stem Workflow [Video Tutorial]
Jamey Scott has created a fantastic 15min long video tutorial on stem workflow. He showcases several Pro Tools templates he uses on sound design and mixing, giving details of the tracks, Aux/FX routing, stem organization, groups, etc. … [Read more...]
Emotion
"The lesson is, don’t play the visual, play the emotion." - Al Nelson … [Read more...]