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Comment on SoundWorks Collection: Alice In Wonderland by christian

christian — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:58:47 +0000

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Comment on Why Electric Lady Thrives While Other Recording Studios Struggle by Billy Jack Myers

Billy Jack Myers — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 02:22:28 +0000

Nice to hear that the studio still exists. Wonderful!

Comment on Tomlinson Holman To Head Up Apple Audio? by Al Hanley

Al Hanley — Sat, 21 May 2011 06:11:43 +0000

Holman is an audio carney-barker, a blowhard self-promoter in an industry of big egos. I have difficulty imagining what kind of “science” this grossly unscientific marketer can bring to Apple. Most engineering at Apple toils in anonymity, for good reason. Holman’s bio says he’s responsible for Audessy, another so-called audio advance that most acousticians agree doesn’t work. He was fired by THX, his so-called 10.2 system is a fraud, and he’s got little respect of his peers in the engineering world. Holman is the “white van” of audio engineering circles.

Comment on Tomlinson Holman To Head Up Apple Audio? by Colin Hunter

Colin Hunter — Tue, 10 May 2011 17:22:19 +0000

Very interesting rumour!

Tomlinson Holman is also the author of the awesome book, “sound for film and television”. Well worth a read!

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Comment on New (Old) Fairlight Synth Is Ridiculous, Awesome. by synthetic

synthetic — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:02:00 +0000

There will also be an iPhone and iPad app using the original samples!

Comment on Exclusive: Memorable & Iconic Game Sounds by Mike Niederquell

Mike Niederquell — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:33:23 +0000

@Charlie – I really enjoyed that SoundWorks video. I think it offered some of the most valuable information throughout the series. You’re right about most of these sounds too, a lot of them do have pitch bend elements!

Comment on Exclusive: Memorable & Iconic Game Sounds by Charlie

Charlie — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 23:45:09 +0000

Fantastic collection, thanks!

One think I noticed – almost all these sound effects have some sort of pitch-shifting element. I’ve been noticing this everywhere since I saw an interview with the How to Train Your Dragon sound team (http://soundworkscollection.com/howtotrainyourdragonpanel). They mentioned that when they need a sound to stand out in a busy soundscape, they just make it slide up or down in pitch. Apparently we’re naturally attuned to these sliding-pitch sounds. Could explain why the Halo shield recharge and the Splinter Cell night vision stand out among the modern games.

Also, a quick funny story. I was in a gas station and heard the Sonic coin collect noise. I kept looking around for a Genesis or something…turns out it was the sound effect for their cash register!

Charlie @ soundlounge

Comment on The Singing Ringing Tree by soundslikenoise

soundslikenoise — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:19:58 +0000

What a brilliant concept! I wonder how far the sound travels. The sheep must have nightmares.

The other installations look in the project look impressive too.

Comment on Happy Holidays! by kingdango

kingdango — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 16:30:22 +0000

Does this count??? Not the best audio but if you’re a hardcore Glowstringing enthusiast, or a TRON fan you might like: