“The sounds of the wild West include tough talking characters, vicious animals, and harsh environments that play a large role in the telling of this story. Helping craft these duties include longtime collaborators Sound Re-recording Mixer and Supervising Sound Editor Skip Lievsay, Sound Re-recording Mixer Greg Orloff and Dialogue/ADR Editor Byron Wilson.
“The SoundWorks Collection pulls back the curtain on the talented Imagineers who are responsible for the sounds and music of the Walt Disney theme park properties. In our exclusive video profile we explore the history and role of the audio team as they share their stories and creative challenges. We also visit the original John [...]
Dave Grohl gives NME a tour of his home studio where the Foo Fighters recorded and are currently mixing their upcoming record which has yet to be titled. He talks about how the entire album uses analog equipment and how the new record wont sound like any other previous release from the band. Check out [...]
Deadmau5 has posted some pictures of his home studio on his facebook account. Check them out after the jump.
“I’ve found creating audio for the iPhone to be a very approachable task. Count your lucky stars because other mobile devices, such as some other cell phones or the Nintendo DS, use a MIDI and archiving system that has many more ins and outs than the iPhone does. I am not able to discuss these [...]
Moog has taken the technology used in their E1 guitar to create a lap steel in which they were showing off at NAMM 2011. Check out some videos and specs after the jump.
In a location that was originally scouted by the management of Pearl Jam to hold a boycott concert against Ticketmaster, Indio, California is now the official home for over 25,000 people during a few days in spring we dedicate to the Coachella Festival. The official lineup for the 2011 musical bonanza has been released. Who [...]
“In a sprawling role-playing epic like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, good audio can make or break the experience. An out-of-place musical theme, a poor voice actor in a key role, or a goofy sound effect can ruin the immersion, pulling players out of the excitement of the game. At the same time, strong audio [...]
Developer Splash Damage has been publishing developer diaries leading up to the release for their first person shooter “Brink”. A recent diary featured Splash Damage’s Audio Director, Chris Sweetman. I’ve posted an excerpt from the article after the jump.
Firelight Technologies has started publishing a series of instructional videos with sound designers and others who have been using their audio engine, FMOD and it’s designer interface. Check out a few videos after the jump.
Through the jump you can find a list with most of the nominees for the 47th annual CAS awards!
In the 1980s, Fairlight Instruments turned the music industry on its head by developing the first commercial instrument based on sound sampling. See the history page for more background. That company was wound up at the end of the eighties. Fairlight’s successor, Fairlight.AU, is now the world leader in professional audio editing, recording and mixing.
Tim Prebble (The Warrior’s Way, 30 Days of Night) has posted a write up about how to safely travel with recording equipment. It’s one of the many detailed blog postings he has created and I recommend checking out the rest of his site.
Explore the sound and music of “TRON LEGACY”, the long awaited sequel continuing the adventures through the world inside your computer The sound team behind the film will take you behind-the-scenes of the science fiction epic, presenting special excerpts from the movie. Watch how the sound team approached various elements of the mix and edit [...]
Hey, guys! This weeks listen was a recording a made a couple weeks back. It turned out a little more lackluster than I thought it would but it could still be very useful. Take a listen.
Film Music Magazine has constructed an interview with Dead Space composer, Jason Graves. He’s back for the sequel and you can read about his inspirations and how he’s trying to keep it fresh, all after the jump.
Some incredibly gifted person has created this beautiful device for us. Now we no longer have to be bored while ironing our clothes.
Before I got out to see Tron: Legacy I had the impression that the movie would be heavily influenced and involved with Daft Punk’s musical score. Upon seeing it my theory was apparent and the score was on the forefront of the soundscape for the film. This isn’t a bad thing by any means however [...]
TC-Helicon has released “VoiceJam”. An iPhone/iPad looping app for recording ideas. It works similar to a looping pedal and they are marketing it to be used with your voice but whose to say you can’t use other things?
The SoundWorks Collection recently captured an intimate discussion with the sound team of Director David O. Russell’s “The Fighter”. In this 50-minute discussion, we are led through the creative process by Supervising Sound Editor/Designer Odin Benitez, M.P.S.E., Re-Recording Mixer Myron Nettinga, and Re-Recording Mixer John Ross, C.A.S. The discussion was moderated by Bruce Carse.
The Singing Ringing Tree is a wind powered sound sculpture resembling a tree set in the landscape of the Pennine mountain range overlooking Burnley, in Lancashire.
Plasma speakers (sometimes called flame speakers if the source of the plasma is combustion rather than gas ionization) are a form of loudspeaker which vary the density of a plasma, rather than using a magnetic field to push or pull a conventional driver, to create compression waves in air (which a listener perceives as sound). [...]
G4TV recently visited Skywalker Ranch where they talked with Matthew Wood, David Accord and David Collins. During the visit the host gets to see a few of the editing suits and also gets to perform a playful voice over session to a video of the upcoming Lego Star Wars game.
There have been some videos popping up on YouTube lately of users giving tutorials on Cycling ’74′s popular visual scripting software, Max/MSP. If you are interested in learning more about it I have published a few of these videos along with a series of links from the developers website with instructions and info on how [...]
Designing Sound has continued to supply fantastic material on their blog. I don’t post it very often here because I figured most of us read that site anyways and I don’t want to spam everyone. In case I am wrong in that assumption I occasionaly post things like this. Here I have compiled last months [...]
