“The metaphoric use of sound is one of the most fruitful, flexible and inexpensive means: by choosing carefully what to eliminate, and then adding back sounds that seem at first hearing to be somewhat at odds with the accompanying image,…

ok, your mission should you choose to accept it is to identify the sound! I am prepared to answer yes/no questions but I will try & avoid providing any clues… So the question is specifically how was the sound created?…

In film sound editorial one of the most important people we deal with, aside from the director & producer, is the picture editor and their assistant/s… they are our conduit into the project & I have been lucky to work…

Recording ADR can be tiring at the best of times, but this recording of Orson Welles voicing a commercial is hilarious. Never have I heard such succinct putdowns as he struggles to read a script obviously written to be read…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuyaVcqTgic but you know, i like the sound design of this one more…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2VCfOC69jc

“My feeling is that if somebody has got the imagination, they’ll figure a way to do something no matter what the limitations are. As I was saying before, when David (Lynch) and I worked on The Grandmother, we had nothing…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0zCO9dU-7Q why is this video out of sync? the 2 pip feels 10 or 15 frames late!?! W T F ? its a standard 24fps SMPTE leader with a 1 frame beep on the 2 flash or it was before…

I am seriously hanging out to see David Lynch’s new film Inland Empire and for now have to make do with some youtube teasers The official trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4hFEDYmMcM The italian trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtzSSG8X9e0 The second official trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RPYOtPSnZc And a short…

I’m mad busy prepping for a temp mix at the moment & there is one part of the technical process that is only made possible by the genius of Justin at maggot software What you are looking at are the…

Don’t get me wrong – i LOVE the sound of air moving, and the more extreme examples are sometimes (but not always) the most interesting to appreciate. So why is it that if you go to an air show, you…

i’ve always loved the sound of music boxes & have recorded them attached to different objects – acoustic guitars, pianos, drums… but today in the mail I just got the coolest of all music boxes: a diy music box! I…

Combine the best roots/reggae/dub music with a perfect summer location and you have a good description for 48 hours of bliss – otherwise known as the Raglan Soundsplash…. last week still feels about 2 months ago…. check the location: sunset…

That Burt Munro sure gets around! Worlds Fastest Indian is currently screening in Japan official japanese site

doh! last night i blew the speaker in my bass amp there were some quite beautful sparks coming out of it at one point but for fear of blowing the amp I hit the off switch pretty quick… hmmmm get…

ok, guess the instrument: clue 1: its a percussion instrument clue 2: its not electric

A new year, a new project and this one looks to be seriously wicked! The film is based on the graphic novel by Steve Niles and is being produced by Rob Tapert and Chloe Smith for GhostHouse Pictures and directed…

Here are the best books that I own & reccomend on the subject of film sound design! The Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound by David Lewis Yewdall – if you only buy one book, I would buy this one.…