This the first of hopefully many tutorials. It is a basic run through of the the Soundhack Binaural filter. Soundhack is free and you can download it here. When watching this tutorial you should use headphones.
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Photo by: James Hendrick
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Considering the title of the post and the sound I hope it is obvious enough, I was trying to simulate the initial moment of a plane crashing. What triggered me to do this was that I liked the contrast between open and closed blinds. I was [...]

Miniatures
The artist creating these amazing miniatures is Dan McPharlin. You can find more photos of his work here.

Waveform Sewing Machine
“The interactive design group sounds butter wanted to create a new way to make sound visible. It takes sound input and convert it into a sound wave of thread on textile”. Read more here. [...]

Photo by: Common Folk
The sound that goes with the photo is actually part of the video below. Rather than doing a well thought out sound design, I used a piece of software called Sonos to take the image’s properties to affect the sound I chose.
The original sound, was one I made in a synthesiser [...]

Since 1998, The School of Sound has offered a “stimulating and provocative series of masterclasses by practitioners, artists and academics on the creative use of sound with image.” I have signed up for this inspiring four-day symposium, which will take place in London in April 2009. I can’t wait. If you will be attending, then [...]

Photo by: Edu Comelles
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Since this photo is of Edinburgh Castle, I couldn’t resist recording some bagpipes. I went to Princes Street, the epicenter of tourism in Edinburgh, and recorded Mr. Neil the bagpipe player.
In {sound + image } I want to avoid [...]

This is the first post for
{ sound + tech }. I thought I’d get things started with a quick and dirty comparison between a pair of Soundman OKM II binaural mics and the Soundhack Binaural Filter plugin.
Never mind the quality of the recording, I plugged the mics straight into my computer in the living room. [...]

If you can spare an hour, I strongly recommend listening to “Musical Language”, a podcast by WNYC’s Radiolab. Not only is the content really interesting, but the sound design is also great.
From Radio Lab’s words, “Musical Language” explores:
What is music? How does it work? Why does it move us? Why are some people better at [...]

Photo by: Common Folk
Artist: Swoon
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The sound is of a window in my house buzzing (no effects used). While mixing the sound, I couldn’t tell if I was listening to the recording or the actual sound of the window. And the wind is still going, and going and going! I [...]

As a sound designer, your ears are obviously incredibly important. So what if you start losing your hearing?
I am very careful not to damage my ears. I always keep ear plugs with me and I’m not shy to wear them even if it means having big orange foam things sticking out of my ears. [...]