Guest Contribution by Dan Lyth The story of the 'bedroom producer' recording music at home has been told often and I myself have happily been that character for many years. But recently, a love of field recording (and my day job as a sound designer) tempted me towards doing something a bit different. What would it be like to leave the studio and record an entire album … [Read more...]
Acoustic Dirt
Guest Contribution by Rob Bridgett who is (probably) the most Easterly Audio Director in North America. 47º 34' N, 52º 41' W. Since June, 2000 he has worked as a video game developer. DESIRABLE NOISE There are a lot of problems in the modern world with noise, and it is interesting the effect that the aesthetic of noise has had on media such as film, game, radio … [Read more...]
David Farmer Special: Field Recording Videos
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHI0-oA9UKg[/youtube] David Farmer has published more than 20 videos taken from his field recording sessions. You'll find a very good dose of inspiration. From worldizing, to ambience recording, fails, accidents and more. It's great! Feel free to go to David Farmer's YouTube Channel and have fun! … [Read more...]
Charles Maynes Special: Worldizing
Some years ago, MPEG published a very interesting article of Charles Maynes talking about his approach on the use of the worldizing technique: For some of us in sound and music circles, “worldizing” has long held a special sense of the exotic. Worldizing is the act of playing back a recording in a real-world environment, allowing the sound to react to that environment, and then … [Read more...]
12 Videos Featuring Walter Murch and The Sound Design of 'THX 1138'
You can't miss this! I just found 12 videos on YouTube featuring Walter Murch and the Sound Design of THX 1138, a classic sci-fi film directed by George Lucas. Maybe you already watched the first video, when Walter talks about the Worldizing technique, but pay attention to the other 11 videos.. really interesting stuff! If you want more get the 2 Disc Collector's Edition of … [Read more...]
Walter Murch Special: The Concept of Worldizing
Worldizing, an amazing sound design concept created by Walter Murch. Watch the video to know all about that process. There are at Filmsound one interesting article about Worldizing; Walter said: George (Lucas) and I took the master track of the two-hour radio show with Wolfman Jack as DJ and played it back on a Nagra in a real space - a suburban backyard. I was fifty-or-so-feet … [Read more...]