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
Resources
New Acoustic Absorption Technology
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/
Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound Resources
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 Sound Collector
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
Listen Short Film
This is an interesting short film from Canada on the topic of sound: https://www.nfb.ca/film/listen
Audio Developments in Unity 5
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
Bird Sounds Website
The xeno-canto website is a home for the sharing of bird sounds from around the world. Pretty neat resource for bird nerds and nature sound recordists generally.
Vickii Cotter on Music Business Facts
A couple of ex-CIT Music Business teachers have a chat. Rodney Holder (of Alchemist fame) interviews Vickii Cotter (of Visabel, Noosa Jazz Festival). Vickii is a very knowledgeable event manager and is a mentor of mine for events stuff. Check out the podcast here: http://www.musicbusinessfacts.net/335/vickii-cotter/
In Search of the Click Track
Here’s an interesting little site and web app that maps out tempos from popular songs: http://labs.echonest.com/click/
Virtual Compressors
No, not more plug-ins. This is a short interactive web tour so that people can sample some basic settings on a couple of classic compressors. The first one is an SSL G series bus compressor, which is arguably “the” classic stereo bus compressor. I made a kit version of one of these and they do … Read more Virtual Compressors