bbc radio

Sound Design Inspiration #21

PODCASTS

This Classical Life

I'm always wondering how best to find 'Classical' music which resonates with me, there is so much out there and it can be hard to sit and concentrate on everything you listen to. Jess Gillam is not only a wonderful Sax player, but presents This Classical life with intrigue towards tracks bought to her attention by guests and offers tracks equally as exciting, each podcast is so open to the possibilities that music brings, and almost always gives me a few new artists to check out. Try it out!

The Sound of Tenet

Super interesting interview from Soundworks Collection with Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer Richard King and Re-recording Mixer Gary Rizzo on working with Christopher Nolan on Tenet. Great explanation of the intricacies of breaking down the parts of a gunshot sound and the time it takes, then flipping it, trying to make it clearly inverted. Love it!

SOFTWARE

Decent Sampler

David Hilowitz created Decent Sampler, a free Sampler for which half of the Pianobook sample catalogue has now been converted to be used with. If you don't have Kontakt or Logic, this is the place to go for some free, unique and inspiring instruments...https://www.pianobook.co.uk/latest/

EnRage

EnRage A new plug-in set from the unrelentingly awesome Boom Library, I'm sure it'l make for some interesting sonic manipulation, look forward to testing this one out.

Sound Design Inspiration #6

INTERVIEW

Mary Anne Hobbs interviewed Ryuichi Sakamoto on BBC Radio 6. Talking about how he began his life in Music and his process. "Spontinety is my faith"...


APPLE

Apple have released an updated Macbook Pro which is able to house 32gb RAM and up to 4tb SSD drive... it comes at a steep price though!

The more samples I've been using recently, the more RAM I've been needing. I'm hoping that one day it will be the portable version of a nMac Pro I've been waiting for, but for now its a movement in the right direction

https://www.macrumors.com/2018/07/12/apple-launches-2018-macbook-pro-lineup/


SOUND DESIGN

One of the shows I Sound Designed which transfered over the NY to St Ann's Warehouse is now available to watch online as part of Donmar Warehouse's initiative to get these shows out to a wider audience. This was the third piece in a Trilogy of Shakespeare plays led by an all female cast of women around the concept of a female prison. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0696f99/the-tempest


INTERVIEW

Jason Graves, the award-winning composer of the Dead Space soundtracks showing his studio and some interesting instruments he's used to create the unique sound of Dead Space...