In an era where recording studio after recording studio is closing down, Electric Lady is doing well and historic engineer Eddie Kramer explains why. Jump through for a link to the New York Times article and an excerpt from the piece.

The super quiet Prius is adding an under the hood speaker to project audio that pitches based on speed.  This will be an $150 option that can be toggled on and off to warn pedestrians about an approaching vehicle.  Check out the video and take a listen. Mario’s in there too, picking up coins.

In this video you’ll hear Burtt get grilled by Attractions Magazine while he was in Florida attending Star Wars Celebration V.  They’ll ask tough questions like whether he considers himself a Sith or Jedi.  Or what about a Ewok or a Wookie?  Who will he choose!?  He also talks about Wall-E and reusing sound effects [...]

This is scaring the shit out of me.  Synthtopia has posted a video they found of a sing along Barbie head being circuit bended.  Check out the video after the jump if you’re into Barbie with a splash of Satan.

AudioOrchard has added their toolset to the cloud and is letting users take pre-existing loops to compose songs. It’s super simple and fun to mess around with if you enjoy programs like Abelton or FL Studio.

The special edition Halo Reach console will ship with two unique sounds supposedly from the upcoming game.  One sound will play when you eject the disc tray and the other will play when you power the console on.  What are these sounds?  Hit the jump to take a listen.

There have been a bunch of rumors floating around now about new interfaces that Avid will be announcing today.  After the jump you can see pictures of some of them.  There is also a new saturation plug-in called Heat being released.

The guys over at Gamespot have a discussion up with Russell Brower, Audio Director on Blizzard’s Starcraft 2.  I’m acutally surprised with how long the interview is considering it’s just audio.  Take the jump and have a read.

I got out to see Scott Pilgrim this weekend and thoroughly enjoyed it. If you’re a video game/comic book nerd like I am you’ll probably feel the same way. Other than just plane sounding good, the soundtrack is filled with tons of subtle little audio gems like nostalgic sounds from Zelda and other 8-bit classic [...]

Universal Studios in Hollywood has given us a new attraction this summer in King Kong 360 3-D.  A new ride that was developed with guidance from Peter Jackson and his famous New Zealand crew.  Hit the jump for a video of the audio team discussing their efforts.