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Who makes the quietest microphone?!

We're preparing to do an interior foley-type recording session that requires extremely low self-noise microphones. Schoeps? DPA? Earthworks? Your opinions are appreciated!
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Conflicts from a sonic perspective

I thought some of you would be interested in this from the BBC,link text its a history of conflicts from more of a sonic perspective. The sounds of conflict are obviously some of the most powerful sounds that man has made and get lodged in the…
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Resume Formats for Sound Editors/Designers

First of all, I really enjoy this site and wish everyone tons of luck in their current and future projects. My question is one regarding the structuring of resumes or CVs for sound editors. Is there an industry-accepted standard for sound editing…
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How do you create the deadliest sounding gunshots?

I have been experimenting with different layers to create a perfect gunshot but they all fail and sound like toy guns. What do I have to layer in order to create a deadly sounding gunshot?
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DIA Editing At Reel Breaks

Hello everyone. This is the first time that I'm cutting sound on a feature film in a major way, so this the first time I'm really dealing with reel breaks. Generally when I'm cutting DIA, I leave a one frame fade on either side of a scene…
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"13 Ghosts" voice effect

I just want to find out if anyone knows how to create the "ghostly dialogue" in 13 Ghosts. What effects are used and how did they mix it together?
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Selling sound fx recorded in public places

I was hoping some of you could tell me the rules or laws when selling ambience recordings from train stations, beaches, playing grounds, busy city streets, or anywhere else where we hear people talking to each other, clearly.
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What do sound designers need in a DAW?

I was just thinking about this, today -- we talk a lot about what DAW we use, and even why we should use them, but what do we actually NEED as sound designers? DAWs, today, are largely built for musicians and composers, and we just kind of accept…
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Films with "POV" Audio

I'm looking for a list a films that contain "POV" Audio. What I mean by that is not where the camera enters POV, but where we enter a characters head-space acoustically. I stumbled across this idea I think maybe in a yahoo sound design group but…
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Recording Music For A Doc, In The Amazon Jungle

Hello Friends, I come seeking advice about a potentially awesome opportunity to record an amazing group musicians in the amazon jungle in a couple of months. The Doc will revolve around the journey into the jungle, and recording the musicians…
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Backgrounds for Interiors

I am just curious as to what others are doing when it comes to backgrounds inside a house/apartment. I always have trouble trying to design and layer a bg for an interior where no visual evidence of the outside world really exist for the scene. …
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What's your favorite, personally-stashed 'money' sound?

Hey fellow SSDers! I've been doing some library cataloging today, digging through some recent shows to finish some much-overdue mastering (who am I kidding though, I'm nowhere close to finished hah). But something occurred to me when mastering up…
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how to record wind?

hello all, excuse my noob'iness, but i really don't know how to record wind...i know one technique with contact mics, but other than that how do you go about recording wind? p.s.: sorry for my bad english :)
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Referring to Yourself as a "Sound Designer" When Starting Out

Hi All, A semantics question. I'm a couple of months and a large post-production project away from graduating from my film/sound program and trying to clean up my site/C.V./demo reel a bit in advance. In terms of how I'm selling myself to the world…
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The merits and uses of Masking

I was listening to my alarm this morning from a lofi telephone. It's actually a step up from lo-fi so the sound quality is considerably improved, can't tell you the actual specs. The alarm itself is this chill, padlike song for like 10 seconds and…
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