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[16 Aug 2011 | No Comment | ]
Catching Up With SoundWorks Collection

I’ve been pretty busy over the last couple months. In that time SoundWorks Collection have produced multiple videos I haven’t had the chance to share. In case you missed them there a slew after the jump.

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[23 Jun 2011 | No Comment | ]
SoundWorks Collection: Pixar’s “Cars 2″

SoundWorks Collection have put together another video with the Skywalker Sound crew for their work on Pixar’s Cars 2.  They talk about the source recording of cars and how passionate director John Lasseter is towards the soundtrack for the film.

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[12 Jun 2011 | No Comment | ]
Flashback: The Sound Design of Tron (1982)

Synthtopia has stumbled upon a cool video showcasing how some of the elements from the original Tron were designed using Foley recordings and re-sampled through a Fairlight CMI.

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[31 May 2011 | No Comment | ]
SoundWorks Collection: Noise Removal

“Marie Ebbing & Jonathon Stevens offer advanced noise removal services for music and film post production using a suite of tools by the software developer Algorithmix. These noise removal tools are divided into 2 categories, broadband — including surface noise, hiss & hum; and transient — including camera hydraulics, coughs, page turns and other instantaneous [...]

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[8 May 2011 | No Comment | ]
SoundWorks Collection: The Lost Thing

Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer John Kassab discusses his extensive work on this animated masterpiece bringing to life the world of the Lost Thing.

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[8 May 2011 | No Comment | ]
TONSTURM Fulfills Your Whooshing Desires

The fellas at TONSTURM will be releasing a pretty awesome sounding whoosh library shortly.  You can check out their demo video after the jump.

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[8 May 2011 | 2 Comments | ]
Tomlinson Holman To Head Up Apple Audio?

Holman’s name might not be familiar to you but his contributions to the audio industry surely are. Tomlinson Holman was the inventor of THX (Tomlinson Holman X-Over) and developed the first 10.2 sound system.

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[5 May 2011 | No Comment | ]
The Less Manly But Enduring, K-Tek E-Z Boom

K-Tek is gearing up to offer production sound recordists an easier and less fatiguing way to boom a scene. The E-Z Boom is set to only be available for rental contracts until a certain demand is needed.

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[23 Apr 2011 | No Comment | ]
Tom Bellfort Talks “Source Code”

One of the few movies this year that had suprised me at the theater was Source Code.  The movie was a lot of fun and was way better than I had expected.  Designingsound.org has published an exclusive interview with Tom Bellfort in which he talks about his work on the film.

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[23 Apr 2011 | No Comment | ]
Erik Aadahl Chats With “Home Theater Geeks”

Scott Wilkinson of the internet show “Home Theater Geeks” has published an hour long video interview with Sound Designer Erik Aadahl.