The McGurk Effect
A good little reminder about The McGurk Effect: http://designingsound.org/2014/12/hearing-lips-and-seeing-voices-the-mcgurk-effect/
Tim Duck
Great Cymatics Clip
This clip uses some techniques that one of my Installations class groups would have loved to have pulled off quite this well… CYMATICS: Science Vs. Music – Nigel Stanford from Nigel Stanford on Vimeo.
Video Codecs and Pro Tools
For general video stuff I do I often lean on the H.264 codec as it tends to produce high quality at relatively small file sizes for most standard video stuff, however it is not always the best choice for everything, including using for video in Pro Tools post sessions. Randy Coppinger has written about some … Read more Video Codecs and Pro Tools
Stephan Schutze on the current state of Game Audio
Stephan Schutze, of Sound Librarian and FMOD fame, has written an article explaining his views on the current state of game audio: http://www.asoundeffect.com/the-current-state-of-game-audio-and-what-lies-ahead/
How playing an instrument benefits your brain
This neat little video doing the rounds of the internet at the moment discusses how studies indicate that playing music is good for your brain. Duh.
dave noyze talks to richard d james
Dave Noyze from Wired Lab got a big interview with Aphex Twin. It’s on the reading list: http://noyzelab.blogspot.com.au/2014/11/syrobonkers-part1.html
NASA Sounds
NASA has a pretty cool collection of sounds that are more or less copyright free: Check them out.
Michael Moore’s 13 Rules for Making Documentary Films
Michael Moore declares the word “documentarian” dead at Toronto International Film Festival. Potentially controversial, but he brought up some interesting points in his keynote at the event. Check out details here: http://www.indiewire.com/article/michael-moores-13-rules-for-making-documentary-films-20140910?fb_action_ids=10153116635521777&fb_action_types=og.shares Oh, and one of his points is that sound is more important than the picture and that the soundo should be paid as … Read more Michael Moore’s 13 Rules for Making Documentary Films
Labor of love short documentary
This is kind of amusing… Contains some “graphic” adult sounds, but no “graphic” adult images.
Analog Tape Trivia
For all the audio nerds who think they know about using a tape machine: http://www.playbuzz.com/scottj11/analog-tape-trivia