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Analog vs Digital/digital vs analog audio
Hi guys this could be a very popular question/debate but what do you feel are the pros/cons of analog and/or digital audio in relation to one another? To start the ball rolling one …
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Idea on how to randomly choose sounds from specified files
Hey there,
My mother really likes to build those miniature cities that many build at this time of the year, with "tiny persons" and houses, mini cars etc.. so I thought it would b …
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Designing a genius' thought process
I'm working on a student film where there is a CU scene of a genius' face while he is brainstorming a big idea. The director wants no speech involved (ie. it's not what he is think …
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4answers
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Golden Mean/Flower of Life/Rule of Thirds and Sound
The Rule of Thirds for the image is controlled by the Golden mean which is a part of the Flower of Life. Hopefully you're still following somewhat..
The Flower of Life also conta …
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Sound Design: Inner Mechanics of a Gun
Long time browser... First time getting involved...
I'm working on a film that has specific notes, from EVERYONE involved, to include the sounds of the inner workings of a hand gu …
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8answers
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Holiday Gifts for Sound Designers?
What holiday gifts will you tell people to get you this year?
I know we all have a microphone that we secretly want but what about something more affordable?
I want The Sound of …
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The future in sound design and plug-in technologies
What does the future hold for sound design and plug-in technologies? I see 3d audio plugins being released and becoming usable and affordable. What else does everyone see, if you …
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How to make a suction sound?
Imagnine you are being sucked into a TV, what sound would it make?
Or what if you had just teleported into a zone and somebody asked you about this sound design technique.
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Massive thread of ideas, processes, processing, techniques, examples, to help you help yourself (while sharing with others)
This is a massive thread (hopefully next year have thousands of responses) to share the possibilities of modifications, modulations, tremolations, reverberations, layerations, tric …
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Sound Design Documentation
I've met sound designers who meticulously write down every little thing that they do, and I've met sound designers who get done with a project and have no idea how they arrived at …
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6answers
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Techniques for stretching out water to make it a constant sound
I'm trying to stretch out water to make it so that it is kind of on repeat. Only a certain portion of it. How do you do that, with a compressor or EQ?? Seriously, what kind of l …
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How will portable recorders improve in the future?
Apart from the obvious stuff like preamp/converter quality & size/weight, what useful new features should be invented in the next few years?
I would like;
Custom rules to st …
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How to make a sound fit the lighting technique that comes from below and shines up casting shadows on the face?
How to make a sound or ambience fit the lighting technique that comes from below and shines up casting shadows on the face?
I was thinking maybe you could take a spooky scream/dron …
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Source Material for Hits, Impacts, or Whooshes…
I've been working on creating hits similar to the type you see in movie trailers and tv spots and am having a creative block on what I should record next. This has been discussed …
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Audio map of the Globe
So i was sitting at the beach the other day. It was pretty much the first day of warm weather (summer) in San Francisco. Anyways, I was thinking that all along the coastline of a …