I gave up a quasi-staff position nearly a decade ago in order to pursue a career as a freelance sound effects editor. Certainly, there are positives and negatives to both of these paths but, at the time, I was being offered a one-film job at a different facility from the company where I'd been working for a few years. I had pretty much reached the highest plateau available to … [Read more...]
Charles Deenen's Sound Design Webinar is Available for Viewing Online
Some days ago Charles Deenen gave a webinar talking abou the use Waves plugins for sound design, and also answering some questions from the attendees. The webinar is available for viewing online now! After clicking on a video link you will be prompted to sign into the webinar system. Please use the following information to view any of our previous webinar videos: Username – … [Read more...]
Charles Maynes Special: Weapons SFX Recording and Design
Here's another interesting article published some years ago by Charles Maynes, this time on Gamasutra, talking about his approach on weapon sound effects recording and design. Some things have changed in Charles' process, but it's a worth reading anyway. Check: The romantic notion of sound design is what gets a lot people into film and game sound; that idea of creating sounds … [Read more...]
DIY Guide to Create Custom Cables for Field Recording
Nick Meade has published a very detailed tutorial on his blog about creating custom cables for a microphone setup that he uses for MS stereo recording. Of course the tutorial works for any cable and any job. One of the lessons I have learned in my career is that good gear is hard to find. Great purchases always require a decent amount of research and even then you may not … [Read more...]
Sounddogs.com Blog Featuring Field Recording Experiences, Guides, Tips, Examples, and More
Sounddogs.com, one of the biggest SFX companies of the whole world, has launched his own blog, where they feature lots of interesting stuff from its president Rob Nokes, a very talented sound recordist and designer. In the blog you can find everything related to Sounddogs, and also recording stories, tips for recording specific kind of sounds, interviews and special features … [Read more...]
Jim Stout Special: Making Monster Voices
In this video, Jim shows how he made monster voices using a Roland V-Synth GT and recordings. … [Read more...]
Jim Stout Special: Making Mechanical Sound Effects
Jim Stout recording and processing mechanical sounds. … [Read more...]