Sound Design
Audio Design and Game Development: A Conversation with Chris Hegstrom – Part 2
Audio Design and Game Development: A Conversation with Chris Hegstrom – Part 2 “But you don’t know how that user is going to do it. Are they going to somersault through the entire level? Are they going to climb up a wall and jump down? And are they going to just sit in a corner […]
Exploring the Unheard: A Conversation with Andrea Cera – Part 2
Exploring the Unheard: A Conversation with Andrea Cera – Part 2 “Also, because nobody listened to these sounds, even the nurse that should be paying attention. They really, they got used to this kind of droning sensation.” “You have to tune it out.” “Yes, yes, and imagine the mental load to do that, to tune […]
Unveiling the Language of Sound: A Conversation with Andrea Cera – Part 1
Unveiling the Language of Sound: A Conversation with Andrea Cera – Part 1 “I don’t know if in Canada or in the States the sounds are different, but here, Toyota, for instance, is very abstract, high-pitched, it’s a bike or like ‘peeeeee,’ like this, for instance. The Renault is more reassuring, more warm, it’s welcoming, […]
The Sounds of Silence – A Tale of Noiseless Movie Props
Have you ever thought about how quiet the world of television and movies can be? If two characters are eating at a restaurant or working in an office, we don’t have to worry about trying to hear them over the sound of clinking glasses or crinkling paper, or anyone else who might be making too […]
Dangerous Beeps: An Interview With Michael Schutz – Part 2
“I think doctors use a term called modifiable risk factor, I’ve learned, because I talk to a lot of doctors now, and so there are some things we can modify and some things that we can’t. And so these alarm sounds are very much a modifiable risk factor, and we need to work together to […]
Dangerous Beeps: An Interview With Michael Schutz – Part 1
“Ultimately the sound is almost irrelevant to the musical experience, with the important caveat that what matters about the sound is the psychological process it triggers in the mind of the listener. So it obviously plays an important role there, but what really matters is how it’s being perceived and how it’s being heard. So […]