For the sounds of violence & gore in the film I decided to do a major studio based FX recording session involving as wide a selection of sound generating vegetables as we could muster. I did this for a project…
Sound Design Book List
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.…
BLACK SHEEP FX Recording 1
We did quite a lot of sound effects recording for Black Sheep and I was just sorting through the photos & thought I’d post a bunch of them… it was a hell fun project! Sheep recording While I had a…
BLACK SHEEP TRAILER ONLINE
The trailer for black comedy/horror film BLACK SHEEP, which we did the sound design for June/July/August 2006 is on their website now, or heres a direct link to the quicktime movie.
Ambience recording Dec 2006
I havent processed these recordings yet either, but here are a few snapshots of ambience recording locations from my travels…. The east coast of the South Island, near the Ashburton river mouth. Lake Te Anau, Fiordland – the water was…
Impulse Responses Dec 2006
I managed to capture a few impulse responses for Altiverb while away on holiday. I haven’t gone through the recordings yet but once I have I’ll upload them and then update this post… My nephew Morris firing my .22 starter…
my remote studio
While on holiday in Takaka I set up a temporary music studio without having to consider one of those no credit check loans to pay or it, much thanks to Gaylene Preston who loaned me her cottage & woolshed… its…
happy new year!
I finished 2006 by going on a road trip around the South Island of New Zealand. The main destination in the far south was Fiordland, quite probably the most remote spot in the whole country! I went on a boat…
Mixing a film (part 3)
Oh my god, i still dont quite believe it, but we have finished mixing! After what feels like an eternity spent in a dark occasionally LOUD room (& was probably actually 4 weeks) we have final mixed all the reels!…
why birds sing
this book looks intriging, more info on this site apparently birds sing in their sleep as well!?!
Bridge To Terabithia Trailer
The trailer for the film we are currently mixing has just been released on the internet, download quicktime (31MB) here
Sound so fast you can feel it!
I did a lot of research on land speed racers when working on The World’s Fastest Indian, but nothing quite this fast – check out the sonic boom from this ‘car’ doing 1126km/h! Of course planes can pass the sound…
mixing a film – part 2
Ok we’ve finished premixing all the FX – between the three of us cutting FX we premixed our elements down to 5.1 stems (from A -> L) which took us 6 days. Next was the foley premix, which will take…
a tidy foley studio?
All I can say on the topic of foley rooms is NEVER trust a tidy one! The best foley rooms are FULL of props and surfaces to recreate footsteps & performed sound effects, and a good foley artist knows the…
where i am
My studio is in Wellington, New Zealand – in a quiet little suburb called Miramar And a Google Earth location marker for my studio just for the record 41°18’45.59″S, 174°48’49.29″E Also in the neighbourhood is Peter Jackson’s awesome film post…
capturing the wind (part 1)
Obsessions are funny things… obviously one of mine is sound, which I appreciate is a fairly broad obsession, so to be more specific about it I love to try & capture the wind – not in a balloon or anything…
mixing a film – part 1
We have just started mixing this film at Park Road Post – Peter Jackson’s fantastic film post production facility. So I thought I might document the process a little…. For the first week or so we are mixing in two…
radio? i.choose
When I was a boy I grew up in rural Canterbury, in the South Island of New Zealand & as I became aware of music I began to crave more than what was dished up on mainstream radio… FWIW I…
studio tools you never knew you needed
THIS is genius! “Any experienced studio engineer or producer knows that the presence of visitors in the studio can dramatically alter the performance of singers and musicians. Sometimes the effect can be beneficial, other times it can be disastrous. Using…
subwoofer madness!
Mixing films usually involves playing with subwoofers at some point, but thats in a big room with plenty of air…..check this video clip of insane car subwooferage: