Mark Mangini, sound designer for a host of great films, has posted up a video of a keynote address he gave at Mix Magazine’s Sound for Film symposium at Sony Studios Cary Grant Theater September 26, 2015. It is an inspiring talk about the why rather than the how of sound design, and I recommend … Read more Mark Mangini Keynote Address
A little while back I was interviewed in the CIT Woden Control Room by a few CIT students as part of ACTSIA’s Canberra Creatives series of profiles. The students did a great job (thanks Eddie, Vince and Jonathon) and you can check out a short profile here: Canberra Creative Presents Sound Engineer Tim Duck … Read more Canberra Creatives Profile
The Pro Tools Expert blog has shared some great Pro Tools tips for film mixers from Sreejesh Nair. Check it out at: http://www.pro-tools-expert.com/home-page/2015/11/28/ninja-keyboard-pro-tools-shortcuts-for-film-mixers?mc_cid=29258ef528&mc_eid=875b351bf8
Colossal posted up an article and video about a sea organ installation in Croatia constructed back in 2005. It sounds kinda cool. Check it out at: http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/11/the-sea-organ-makes-perpetual-music-with-ocean-waves/?mc_cid=2f7907f1d8&mc_eid=b70530c66d
Kate Finan from Boom Box Post has put together a neat blog post/article on their website outlining a short history of animation sound, with neat little summaries and supporting videos on the Disney, Warner Brothers and Hanna-Barbera cartoons. Check it out at: http://www.boomboxpost.com/blog/2015/11/8/the-history-of-animation-sound
The Foley Artist is a recent award-winning short film showing a fashionable lady in a film, with a Foley Artist at work in the studio on the sound design. Quite well done, and somewhat amusing:
The Creative Industries Innovation Centre have published a book of their findings on the “state of the industry” of the creative industries here in Australia. It looks like it might be interesting reading for those in creative businesses. Check it out at: Creative Business in Australia
The National Film and Sound Archive do fine work in preserving Australian’s recorded film and sound heritage, and they have released a discussion paper outlining the importance of large scale digitisation of magnetic tape based media over the next ten years. Check it out at: http://www.nfsa.gov.au/2025/
I recently stumbled across Slipperman’s Distorted Guitars from Hell again – it’s great reading for music recording and mixing engineers, although can be a bit random and waffling at times. One of the issues is that it was published in a sprawling online format which can be hard to read or come back to. I … Read more Slipperman’s Distorted Guitars from Hell
Ian Shepherd from Production Advice UK has put together a nifty infographic showing the current state of loudness for online music platforms. For the big 3 of Apple Music, YouTube and Spotify, it shows how mastering any louder than -11LKFS is a waste of time and dynamics. Check it out at: http://productionadvice.co.uk/online-loudness/?awt_l=LnRBg&awt_m=3j4kGiVYo8WrcYV