Gizmodo recently compiled a list of gift ideas for the holidays. Being that I was on holiday, I just read them now. Check out what they think we would like after the jump. What do you agree with? What would you add to the list?
Tonight’s listen is a very common object found throughout many households. Can you guess what the recording is? Monday Night Listen – #010 by MikeQuell Last week’s listen was a recording from a trip out to a local CAT dealer. The specific sample was a Vibrating Soil Compactor. Gnarly sound, huh?
“The SoundWorks Collection talked with composer A.R. Rahman about his second collaboration with Director Danny Boyle on “127 Hours” following their Oscar winning film “Slumdog Millionaire”.”
I’m heading out of California and into the tundra to celebrate the holidays with family and friends. I’ll be dormant for the next couple weeks but have fun and go easy on the eggnog. Oh yea, do any of you have any audio related new years resolutions? I’ve got a few goals I wouldn’t mind [...]
More Music Radar goodness. The guys have posted a video with Joe Satriani going over his setup while on the road. He shows off his guitars, pedal board and his modified JVM410 Marshall head. Near the end of the video he goes through his pedal board again, playing back some licks so you can hear [...]
The Los Angeles quartet known as OK GO has gone from being a rare young light on a major label to arguably the world’s most bleeding edge independent outfit. The viral music video for the recorded version of “This Too Shall Pass” off of the album “Of the Blue Colour of the Sky” was recently remixed in [...]
I stumbled upon a list of instructions from Pixar’s website on how to produce a digestable demo reel. It’s concerning computer animation and modeling however almost all of the points can be justified for an audio reel except of course maybe number four.
No, this video series is not about a self help group that has been wronged by RØDE microphones. I’m actually not quite sure why it’s called RØDE “Rage” because the videos that have been published today have all gone over rather smoothly. Through the jump I have posted interviews with, Scott Gershin, Watson Wu, Alan [...]
There has been a NPR interview circling the audio community with Ben Burtt and author J.W. Rinzler discussing the new “Sounds of Star Wars” book. For those of you that would like to check it out here, I have embedded the audio after the jump. Enjoy!
Come on guys, you have to participate in order to get the goods. After the lack of guesses I am unwilling to give up the Kung Fu mastery from the last posting of the Monday Night Listen series. However, today comes a new post and it gives you yet another chance to redeem yourselves. This [...]
“Darren Aronofsky’s (Requiem for a Dream, The Wrestler) “Black Swan” is a ballet thriller that follows Nina (Natalie Portman) as she is given the lead role in Swan Lake. As Nina sinks deeper and deeper into her role as the Black Swan, her life starts to spin out of control. Aronofsky’s long time sound collaborator, [...]
PJ Belcher has published an article for Gamasutra about his experience developing for the iPhone operating system.
One of my favorite prog-rock/post-rock bands (and yes, named after the Jane’s Addiction track) has a video up from Music Radar giving a run down of the gear they use on the road. The video mostly consists of guitar pedals but it’s a good watch if you’re a pedal nut. Check it out after the [...]
“The music of Splatterhouse is a huge component to the overall experience and brand/franchise. Learn how composer Howard Drossin and the Splatterhouse team came together to create a killer original score and the influences and ideas around adding some of metal’s best bands into the mix.”
Clint Mansell has composed all of the soundtracks for Darren Aronofsky’s films (Pi, Requiem For A Dream, The Fountain, The Wrestler) and you can hear his latest contribution in Aronofsky’s recently released, Black Swan. After the jump I have posted a few pieces that were posted on YouTube. It probably won’t be long to catch [...]
I’m not sure if SoundWorks Collection is being commissioned by studios to perform these “behind the scenes” videos now but I want everyone to make sure not to take them for granted. They are awesome and Michael Coleman and his team have been pumping them out on a frequent basis. I’ve kept myself from watching [...]
Maybe that doesn’t sound that interesting to you, but you might not be aware that this is the first time ever that a video game has received a nomination for a Grammy.
Jesper Kyd talks with 1UP.com about the soundtrack for the latest release in Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed franchise, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood. I’ve always been a big fan on this series and enjoyed the music as well. Click through to read a portion of the article and grab the source link back to 1UP. Great read if [...]
Designing Sound has launched a brother site in designingsound.tv. It’s focus will be to filter and host quality videos pertaining to the art of sound design and the audio industry. From the site there are a variety of ways to search and find videos that grab your interest. Head on over and check it out.
SynthGear has come across a steam powered record player that should make all steam punk nerds go nuts. Check out a series of pictures and a video after the jump.
SoundCloud has updated the free iPhone app with the ability to record and upload audio files on the go. I’ve posted a video showcasing it’s features after the jump.
/film has stumbled upon some internet greatness. The standard movie rating on IMDB.com goes up to ten however Spinal Tap is so bad ass it needed a higher rating scale. Guess what it goes to…
“Lemmy” was released last March but didn’t see a distribution through the Americas until…soon. Along with that, the street dates of the double disc DVD and Blu-Ray releases have been announced. Wait, am I getting ahead of myself? You’ve never heard of “Lemmy”? BAH! “Lemmy” is a documentary following the life and times of Motorhead [...]
I love it when a planned recording actually turns out the way you had imagined it sounding and the translation during playback holds up. This recording was one of those days and it’s one of my favorite sounds available in my arsenal. I spent a lot of time with this object and got a lot [...]
