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Come Vote On My Next Sound Design Tutorial Series!
After doing 4 substantive Ableton tutorial series, taking a long “time out” to focus on the rest of my life as well as redesigning my site, it’s time to start brainstorming the next product. This time around, I’m going to do things a little differently: I want you guys to help me narrow down what [...]
Sound Design for Film Part 3 – Stinger (Clash of the Titans)
Here's the third, and last, part of the "Clash of the Titans" sound design videos. This time I cover the stinger sound at the end of the Medusa scene which was covered in part 2. I go over some inspirations that I had from Ben Burtt's whip sounds from "Indiana Jones" as well as the [...]
Sound Design for Film Part 2 – Medusa (Clash of the Titans)
Time for Part 2 of the "Clash of the Titans" videos. This time the focus is on Medusa in all her reptilian glory. I pay special attention to the sound she makes as she slithers along some stone ruins as well as fire and debris elements to fill out the atmosphere of the scene. For [...]
Sound Design for Film Part 1 – Giant Scorpion (Clash of the Titans)
As promised, I'm doing some videos on my process for post-production sound design. I don't have any professional experience in movie/game sound, so putting together a demo reel is going to be a challenge without work to show. The way I'm getting around this is re-designing the sound for movie trailers and any other video [...]
Harry Potter and The Sound of Magic
I just spotted an interview with Andy Kennedy, sound designer on “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” at Filmsound Daily. It was an enjoyable read because he actually touches on some techniques and ideas that went into the specific magic sound effects. Science Fiction and Fantasy films offer up so many great opportunities [...]
Darwin Grosse to present at Ableton Denver User's Group
Just a short post to point out that Darwin Grosse, Director of Engineering at Cycling '74 will be giving a free presentation on Max For Live at Ableton Denver on January 24, 2010. If you're planning on being in the area I highly recommend you check out the talk! The price is right and the [...]
End of Year Discounts Now in Effect Through Jan. 3rd!
It's that time again, folks! From now through Jan. 3rd, I've discounted all items on the site as well as increasing the bulk discounts. Here's how it works: Order 1 item, get 10% off Order 2 items, get 12% off Order 3 or more items, get 22% off Please note that the prices advertised on [...]
Stream of Consciousness Composition and Sound Design
I wanted to write another "creating inspiration" post, and as usual I'm writing to myself just as much as to anyone else who visits the blog. Some may read this post and feel that its content is too obvious to mention. However, I think it's a helpful exercise to work through the differences between working [...]
Field Sample Download – Underwater Recording of an Earthquake
Jason Job, the guy behind http://www.musicalgeometry.com/, has shared a great field recording with me. Now I want to pass it along to my readers as well. The sound was recorded underwater, capturing the Earthquake which in turn caused the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Earthquake Recording So what does this have to do with sound design [...]
Building a Contact Microphone
After doing a little research on various websites and conferring with some knowledgeable Twitter acquaintances, I decided to try building a contact mic. What finally put me over the edge were the recordings at Tim Prebble’s fantastic website, The Music of Sound. Since these devices measure vibrations picked up through objects rather than air, the [...]