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Randy Thom Interview Question.

http://soundworkscollection.com/howtotrainyourdragonpanel I watched the great video on sound works collection that was on the sound of "How to Train your Dragon". I have two questions about some of the things I heard durring the interveiw. The first…
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How to make very long recordings (of bees)

I've been thinking for a while now about trying to make some really long recordings. I got involved in a film project about honeybees some time ago, and as part of it I would really like to record the sounds and vibrations inside a bee hive. I'm…
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creating the sound of exploding heads

Hey. im have a clip that i have to use in my uni project and there is a scene where peoples head explode, i was wondering if anyone could give me some advice on how to record this myself using foley. thanks
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What is the future of recording technologies?

Great strides have been made in the field of sound recording over the last couple of decades. We've seen (in no particular order): Digital recording (both tape and disk based) Multichannel recording Multichannel mics (think Holophone or any other…
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Templates and workflow

I'm thinking specifically for pro tools but feel free to chime in if you use another DAW. I'm curious to see how many and what kinds of templates you all have set up for day to day work. Any info or comments you have along these lines are welcome. …
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Jack Of All Trades, Master of...Some?

I've spent my entire career here in Washington, DC. As some of you know, I'll be headed out to LA in January. With that on the horizon, workflow, the division of labor, & the responsibilities of the roles in audio post have been on my mind. See,…
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Edit Session Layout Tips for a Shootout

Hi All, First time cutting gunshots for linear sound design and I'm running into some issues. Designing the single gunshots has been fine so far, but I've just hit about 15sec in a row of quick cuts with many different types of rapid fire gunshots…
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Misinterpreting sounds

Only a couple of times in my life do I remember hearing a sound & not being able to immediately identify its source, but the psychological distance between when you first notice it and then when you identify it is fascinating: my brain starts taking…
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Tension sounds like…

What does tension sound like? Tension, in the case, meaning the feeling that if you don't complete your task in time, you will fail or be attacked. You have :05 to sell it. (This is one of those questions that has no context. But that's ok, because…
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Music Makers: Do you find your Sound Design skills influence your compositions?

With regards to myself, I started making music first before discovering sound design and now find that this is in turn working its way back and influencing my compositions: my choice of timbres, how I compose the piece and particularly the sources I…
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Director knows nothing about sound. Take the job?

If you were offered a job as Sound Designer, Re-recording Mixer, SFX editor, or anything to do with sound on a feature film with a director who knows nothing or cares nothing about sound (or not enough to give it much importance in his script or…
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Dubbing Stage Workflow

I know a lot about running a post production studio from home, and even in larger post suites, with digi surfaces and such. I've done it for a long time, and I've developed a method and workflow that works for me in my studio. But I've never…
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Indie Feature Production and Post Production Audio Budgets

If you were asked to work post audio on a film, one man band style, and you knew the budget was $150,000, what would you think a fair price would be? This is just for your services. No dolby stuff or anything fancy, no music licensing, etc...,…
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My first field mic.

I'm in the market for a quality shotgun mic for field recording, foley, ADR, etc.... Budget: less than $1,200. I really like the Sennheiser MKH 416, but haven't had a chance to try many others. I currently use a Zoom H4n, but plan on upgrading to…
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Do you listen to any podcasts about sound design?

I regularly listen to a number of audio related podcasts, and I was wondering how popular they are and if I have missed any out. Here's what I currently listen to: AudioNowcast, EM Podcasts, Fistful of Cables, Gameaudio, The Home Recording Show,…
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