BMW’s blog has a detailed read about designing the acoustics and engine sounds for the upcoming diesel engines.  It goes into detail how they used dampening materials to prevent unwanted buzzing and noise as well as employing sound designers to bring in an artificial engine sound to give the usual unappealing diesel engine characteristics a more pleasant tone.  Hit the jump for the link.

Source:  http://www.bmwblog.com/2010/05/24/bmw-active-sound-design/

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Mike Niederquell works as a Sound Designer in the video game industry.

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