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I mean, where else can you shoot machine guns at a van and call it work?

Or set off fireworks all night long,

Or walking in the mountains all day,

Or visiting a Zoo,

Or, or, or...

What is your fondest memory from designing sound? Places you've been, recording scenarios you've been in, etc.?

Mine was live mixing an event for a house of close to 8,000 people. That made me think "Wow, sound is a pretty cool gig"

What's your "Wow I'm glad I got into this business" moment? If you care to share...

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Yes. Yes it is :)

I have the "this is why i do this!" moment every time i get a difficult sfx right, or during screening sessions, when no one says absolutely nothing about whatever was my responsibility in that project!

But THE moment was at the presentation of my final project in the audio engineering school i studied at.

It was a very David Lynchy piece, and the whole vibe was just right for the movie; we had the big screen and PA system on a huge Warehouse. Our short was the last one to play, and 3 seconds after the credits ended, there was a roar of applause, you could feel the place shaking.

We smiled

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Nice! Cool story. – Utopia Sep 7 2010 at 2:42
Thanks! I hate to hear the movie now though, it makes me flinch (at the mix) way to many times; but of course everybody here knows what that is! – Filipe Chagas Sep 7 2010 at 2:45
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 Well, I like to say things sound so much better blaring through a PA system in a packed house. At least the audience loved it! That's all that matters! – Utopia Sep 7 2010 at 6:24
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Its the best job every time I manage to crack a sound and get a scene to sound right..

...until a few weeks later when I think I could have done better!

:)

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I'd have to answer yes. One example, last year an opportunity came up to record a bulldozer driving over a car. I didn't need the sound particularly but couldn't pass it up. The car turned out to be a little too much on the modern side, too much plastic, not enough metal so the sound of it was not that interesting. But...I did get to watch and record a bulldozer driving over a car.

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It's hard to pick the best moment, but this week I made sounds for an ambience and implemented them into our game engine to test. That was a pretty amazing "I'm so glad I got into this business" moment.

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 +1 @Joe : Nice one! This is my goal! Ambience tracks and sounds are my favourite to make and I aspire to work in sound design for a gaming company. One day I'd love to have my abience pieces used in a game! – Skarik Oct 16 at 14:42

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