jeudi 26 août 2010

The sounds of Star Wars

Sound designers, editors, mixers, geeks and Star Wars fans. Our day has come! Ben Burt has presented “The Sounds of Star Wars“, a new book written with J. W. Rinzler. Inside it you’ll find all the secrets behind the making of the sound effects of Star Wars, and also the book includes a sound module with speaker and external output for playback of 250 different sounds (pretty amazing, huh?).

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lundi 16 août 2010

Exploring the sound of ice




''...All the ingredients were there to make for a vast array of sounds, created by the expanding and contracting of the ice. Cold nights, warm days. Thick and thin ice. I had my recording gear, which included a Hydrophone (for recording under water), food for two weeks, a solid understanding of winter ice travel and the proper gear to do so, my bike with raft in tow, and motivation. All the ingredients were there…except for the coffee.''
Click the first links below to read more about the expedition or the second one if you wish to listen to the recorded ice sounds.

Full Expedition article

Ice sounds article

Ice samples
The lake drum
Bubbling in cave
Bubbling in cave dos