[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/17717688[/vimeo] SoundWorks Collection has released a new fantastic profile, featuring Craig Henighan and his work on Darren Aronofsky’s "Black Swan" Darren Aronofsky’s (Requiem for a Dream, The Wrestler) “Black Swan” is a ballet thriller that follows Nina (Natalie Portman) as she is given the lead role in Swan Lake. As Nina sinks deeper and deeper … [Read more...]
Video Interview with Watson Wu
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pca9rIkuUkI[/youtube] Rode Microphones has started a new video series called Rode Rage featuring Ric Viers, who takes us on a tour of the 'who's who' of the entertainment audio world. In this episode of RØDE Rage Ric drops in on sound designer Watson Wu (Transformers: War for Cybertron, Need for Speed, Operation Flashpoint). Winston … [Read more...]
Jordan Fehr Launches Independent SFX Library
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/17246101[/vimeo] Jordan Fehr FX is a new independent sound effects library founded by Jordan Fehr, freelance sound designer based in Ohio. The first release is called Power From The Past, a collection of recordings taken from a made-and-break engine. Power From The Past is my first sound effects library for other designers. It is a collection of … [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...]
A Must-have Collection of Snow Sounds by The Recordist [Review & Demo]
In the video I was doing for BOOM, I also had the opportunity to use the Ultimate Snow library in there. It's another amazing collection recorded and distributed by Frank Bry under The Recordist. The library is amazing, as always. Frank is a true master in this thing. He record the sounds with the sound designer mind, so he really knows how to get a unique performance and lots … [Read more...]
Sound Design Challenge #4 Announced
Shaun Farley has just published the details for the fourth sound design challenge. Let's get to work! This is a short video. And after you’ve downloaded it, you’ll see that it’s a timelapse. So how do you think I’m going to challenge you on this one? If you guessed that I will say, “No whooshes, swishes or the like…then congratulations, you guessed correctly.” Honestly, … [Read more...]
Introduction to Game Audio: How Games are Different from Anything You've Worked On Before
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/16516382[/vimeo] SoundWorks Collection has published a very cool video featuring Brian Schmidt, founder of GameSoundCon. SoundWorks Collection is happy to partner with GameSoundCon to bring you one of the many in-depth sessions offered at this unique two-day conference. In this exclusive video, founder and creator of GameSoundCon, Brian Schmidt presents … [Read more...]