Waves Audio has released the Sound Design Suite, a new bundle packed with 30 plugins oriented to sound design tasks. It was developed in collaboration with Charles Deenen and Scott Martin Gershin. With over 30 plugins hand-picked especially for sound designers and post production facilities, the Waves Sound Design Suite is a comprehensive and cost-effective collection of audio … [Read more...]
Bruce Tanis Special: Using Default Audio Suite Plugins in Pro Tools
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...]
New Post Pros in the Waves Team
Waves has added new profiles of post-production professionals to his "Artists Team". Hope to see new ideas coming from this relationships! “I've been using Waves plugins extensively for over 10 years. I used to haul around a rack full of gear we used to refer to as ‘The Bigulator.’ Waves was a critical piece of the puzzle to finally allow me to work entirely in-the-box. Aside … [Read more...]
Chuck Russom Special: Using Sound Libraries
One of the readers asked if I could give some tips on how to process library sounds and what to do when you can’t record your own source. It is a common misconception that sound teams that work on films, AAA game titles, or teams that do a lot of sound recording do not use commercial sound libraries. The fact is, no matter how large the budget, or how much time you have to … [Read more...]
Charles Deenen Special: Quick Sound Design with Soundminer and Plugins
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgamcXElbzs[/youtube] Charles Deenen has created this exclusive video for Designing Sound showing one way to fast sound effects designing with Soundminer and plugins. The software used is Soundminer 4.2 and Pro Tools 8. Plugins are Waves, McDSP, SoundToys and other stuff. Enjoy! How do you design sounds in a fast way? Your stories are … [Read more...]