Sound Design

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, 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/

NASA has a pretty cool collection of sounds that are more or less copyright free: Check them out.

This is kind of amusing… Contains some “graphic” adult sounds, but no “graphic” adult images.

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

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