I’ll be up in L.A. for E3 starting today through the rest of the week. Updates will probably be scattered but if you’ll be attending the event send a message and let’s meet up!
Develop has posted an article talking with Swedish developer, DICE about the audio for Battlefield: Bad Company 2. They talk about some interesting things. One thing in particular that stood out for me was how the audio team was in charge of controlling the sensitivity of the controller rumble and camera shakes to better sync [...]
BlackCoffee.com has a great post discussing ‘brand sonification’. It highlights how important sound can be when potraying a product – “Sound is an opportunity to communicate and differentiate because it provides an opportunity to interact even when no one is looking.”
Discovery Channel’s ‘How It’s Made’ has a special on how microphones are constructed. If you didn’t already know, check it out and educate yourself. Heck, I’ve made it easy, just click through and push play.
I’ll be in Hawaii all next week so if you see any updates that’s probably a bad sign. I’ll bring my rig – maybe I’ll pester a chicken and bring back a nice little gift for you all. See you soon!
Mix Online has a great write up about the soundscape for Ridley Scott’s ‘Robin Hood’. They go into detail about the mixing process, Foley and their conscious effort for designing different sounds for each character’s armor and horse. Jump through for the article.
Now this is mobile recording. Instructibles.com has an easy to follow install of a USB port using existing spare paneling. You know, the extra panels that aren’t used when you decide to not get the navigation system or four wheel drive option. Now you can power that M-Box or any other USB powered device from [...]
The Zoom H1 is a X/Y stereo recorder that can capture up to ten hours of audio on a single AA battery. It holds up to 32GB of microSDHC memory and can capture resolutions up to 24bit/96kHz. Look for it on July 30th for it’s full debut and click through for the entire press release.
TC Electronic is offering all of their plug-ins half off from now until June 15th. So if you’ve been waiting to snag a Tube-Tech simulator now’s the chance. Click through for the link.
Some awesome individuals over in Germany are studying the sounds of bottles and caps to get the perfect sound when opening and pouring a nice cold one. Now they just need to practice on how to pour it. Click through for the video.
TC Electronic’s is releasing their PolyTune app through iTunes for free right now. I’ve read that it’s only for the first 25,000 downloads so snatch it up while you can.
Live Nation has is offering tickets free of service fees for all their owned and operated amphitheaters this month. This is great considering these fees usually make up around 30% of the ticket costs. Some of the biggest artists are a part of this deal: Alice in Chains, MGMT, B.B. King, Ozzfest, Rush, Elton John, [...]
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Chuck Russom has posted a recording from guest blogger and cosmopolitan, Paul Lackey (Audio Director for Electronic Arts – Los Angeles). In the recording you’ll hear many of the exotic locations Paul has traveled to throughout his career. Click on through for the embedded sample.
David Steinwedel has a great recording of a treadmill. It sounds like some kick ass material for the sci-fi/tech realm. Check it out after the jump.
Sanken has introduced their new “short shotgun” microphone, the CS-2. The mic has an 120mm acoustic tube in a 250mm body using Sanken’s rectangular capsule for more define directionality. They mic also features a “high boost” switch that will compensates for the attenuation of high frequencies when the mic is used with a windscreen/windjammer.
Click through for a video from Wimpy Burgers showcasing a boom operator down on his luck.
Bear McCreary (Battlestar Gallactica) has announced that he is composing the music for his second large scale video game title, the military shooter, SOCOM 4. Bear goes into detail about the inspirations and setups but what caught my eye was that he has written eight hours of music – which seems like a massive amount [...]
Roland UK has put together a mouse based off of Boss’s popular DS-1 distortion pedal. The ‘Tone’ and ‘Dist’ knobs work as the left and right mouse button and a convenient scroll wheel has been added to the side. There’s also an LED that lights up when the device is attached.
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 [...]
Are you older than seven years old? Well swing by your local Toys “R” Us and grab yourself a copy of Pro Tools. The monster toy retailer describes it as a way to “easily and affordably craft professional-sounding songs and remixes with M-Powered Essentials software – no experience needed.” With no experience needed, what are [...]
The following music video is put together entirely from the sounds of Craftsman tools. I’ve seen many of these before but I particularly like when the motors get involved about halfway through. Hit the jump for some of the most manly music on the Internet. RHo! RHo! RHo!
Designing Sound has an exclusive interview with Andrew DeCristofaro, Michael Payne and David Farmer of the recent film, “A Nightmare on Elm Street”. In the interview they talk about some of the challenges they came across while designing for the film such as how far to take the dream sequences without giving it away to [...]
Guardian.co.uk has a great article up about the process of writing the score for “Red Dead Redemption”. Among other things, it goes into detail on how musicians, Bill Elm and Wody Jackson restricted themselves to keep the entire score in A minor at 130 BPM. Playing through the game myself, it sounds completely random at [...]
With the upcoming release of ‘Toy Story 3′, Pixar and Dolby Laboratories are working together to release the film in 7.1. Expressing to most theaters currently supporting Dolby Digital Surround EX that they will only need a software update and ones without will have to invest around $700 per theater – it’s hardly a question. [...]
