Tim Duck Scientists from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology seem to be onto a new acoustic absorption technology that is really effective on fixed, tunable frequencies, and is extremely small relative n to wavelengths. The potential for this in acoustic treatment is great. Check it out: http://www.neomatica.com/2014/08/27/designed-metasurface-thin-near-perfect-acoustic-absorber/
I helped out with location sound for a short film the other weekend. The film is called “Turning the Corner” by Humphrey James. Humphrey has pulled together a great crew, and is trying a Pozible campaign out to help fund costs and pay people. Check it out at: http://www.pozible.com/project/184766
Canberra Institute of Technology are running the Pro Tools 130 Game Audio certified course over the next couple of months. First time offered in Canberra, possibly actually the first time it has been offered in Australia. Check out the attached flyer for details: ProTools 130 Game Audio flyer, 2014 v3
There are a bunch of good books out there for different aspects of film sound, but one that I have checked out and liked is David Lewis Yewdall’s “Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound”. In the 4th edition of the book they changed the format a little to include resources on a website rather than … Read more Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound Resources
The other week Andrew Mooney and I had some fun making all sorts of noise using no input mixing techniques. You check check out more details at: http://www.infidelstudios.com.au/no-input-no-idea Here are some sounds for you to check out:
Jack Endino, Producer – Engineer – Mixer – Musician – NOISEMONGER, wrote a fairly concise summary of his conclusions at the time about odd vs even harmonic distortion and why we like it way back in 1997: http://www.endino.com/archive/arch2.html
Here’s another nice short film from Canada. This one is cool and links our imagination with sound… https://www.nfb.ca/film/sound_collector
This is an interesting short film from Canada on the topic of sound: https://www.nfb.ca/film/listen
Yesterday Duncan Lowe from Infidel Studios and I headed to the Music of Magnificence concert at the High Court of Australia to do a recording of the performance. The concert is part of the High Court’s Free Sunday Concert Series. We set up eight channels for recording: a blumlein pair using Audio Technica 4050’s, a … Read more Music of Magnificence
The audio engine for popular game engine Unity has been overhauled for version 5. The biggest development is an audio mixer much like DAW’s. This is likely to make things much easier and more intuitive for audio people to get stuck into the sound design and mix for games, without needing any coding knowledge. Here … Read more Audio Developments in Unity 5