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What other skills should you have?

Im just finishing my degree in live & studio sound and was wandering what other skills do sound designers most like to have? And what makes a sound designer more employable oth …
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What’s your favorite forum that combines the passions of Sound Design AND Music Composition?

I'm wondering which forum do you prefer that covers both sound design and music composition?
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Composition versus sound design, what’s the difference?

A documentary maker called me a sound designer. At first I thought he forgot to mention my composer role. I told my girlfriend about it and she was like sound design is what you do …
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Uni Project Feedback and soundcloud giveaway

Hey everyone! So I have finished the creative project that I posted earlier. You can view it here - The Arrival on Vimeo. I am looking for constructive feedback on the project, …
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Where does one get started looking for a sound designer?

I'm looking to have some sound effects and sound tracks made for a few games my company has created. I have no idea where to start or what kind of cost to expect. Thus, my questi …
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The Softer Side of Sound Design

Hola, I just re-watched the first Transformers movie and now find myself completely overwhelmed and kind of craving something with a bit more of a soft touch. I know that my ques …
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How necessary are ‘professional quality’ music composition skills in the Sound Design field?

I'm just starting out in sound design. I've been interested in the field for a long time but have only just got myself into the position where I can start to purchase some proper k …
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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 choi …
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Sound Cloud SSD Group

Hi Everyone. I have taken the liberty of starting up a Sound Cloud group for Social Sound Design users. I thought it would be good to have an easy place to listen to each others tr …
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algorithmic composition / melody patterns generation

Hi there, this one goes for the more musically-oriented among us. i have a sharp deadline to wrap up a project for a client which involves sound design and theme composition for …
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University student questionnaire for sound designers/composers of all levels.

Hello I am a (Ba) Music Production university student who is currently doing a research module on self promotion and marketing strategies for the freelance composer and i would rea …
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How close can you spoof a melody?

I am scoring a children's dvd and there is a game of "hide and seek," where we want to spoof the Mission Impossible theme. I'm changing bits: the bass line is in triplets and plays …
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Help! Need someone to do some composition for a game ASAP.

Hi all, Hope this ok to post here, but I'm kind of desperate lol Need someone to come up with some short looping music BG (6 x 30 secs) based upon variations of a main theme tune …
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Sound Design and Composition

For those among you who do both sound design AND composition, when you're doing both for one project, which do you start with? Obviously they will affect each other in the end prod …
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Making your track “sparkle”

Have you been in this situation? You spend days (and possibly weeks) creating your sound design masterpiece but find that it lacks that certain…something. It's hard to put your fin …

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