As sound designers, our jobs usually entail creating a vivid sonic world to accompany a narrative. But often, the nature of the worlds we are creating presents some unique challenges; there's no doubt this was the case on ABZÛ, an upcoming underwater exploration game from Giant Squid Studios. In a recent blog post, Giant Squid's sound designer Steve Green delves into their … [Read more...]
TONSTURM 07 | The Sound Of Water
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/43476245[/vimeo] New library released by TONSTURM, The Sound of Water. With this soundpack you get a vast variety of deep, splashing, bubbling and bursting water sound effects recorded during extensive field recording sessions above and under the surface of water. The underwater sound effects of this library were captured with the mind blowing, high … [Read more...]
[Review + Demo] Rabbit Ears Audio – Hydrophonic
In the past year, Rabbit Ears Audio released Hydrophonic, a new sound effects library loaded with a wide variety of underwater recordings. I just finished a new video where I worked a lot with this library, so I'd like to give you my opinions about it. As Michael Raphael (owner of REA) explains in this fantastic article on Sonic Terrain, he spent a lot of time to develop this … [Read more...]
Hydrophonic, New Underwater SFX Library from Rabbit Ears Audio
Michael Raphael has announced the release of "Hydrophonic", a new sound effects library of amazing sounds recorded underwater. Time to get wet and be sucked in by the rip current! Hydrophonic is a moist library that features sounds recorded from a variety of subaquatic perspectives. For a period of 3 months, I dragged around my hydrophones wherever I could find water. My … [Read more...]
Rob Nokes Special: Recording Water Sounds for "The Guardian"
The SFX recording challenge on The Guardian was that the action sequences took place below and above water. My goal was to deliver a SFX library that was thick, rich and accurate. We were able to create a fantastic water sound library thanks to the work by Alex Daniels, the stunt coordinator on the film. … [Read more...]
How To Record Underwater Sounds with a Hydrophone
George Spanos has published a very cool article talking about hydrophones and how to record underwater sounds with them. You can also listen to some the sounds recorded. Ok, so now that the basics are covered where you may ask can one acquire one of these underwater recording devices? I used the Aquarian Audio Products H2A-XLR for the following recordings. The device itself is … [Read more...]