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#LinkOfTheDay
04-18-12 marked my 100th #LinkOfTheDay. I’ve decided to take a break for a while but might eventually start this back up as a weekly thing. For the time being, enjoy all of these great links!
I try to post an interesting audio related link every day. Here’s an archive!
You can also get #LinkOfTheDay updates on my Twitter.- 04-18-12 - Turning 100 - Check out all 100 #LinkOfTheDay’s on my website.
- 04-15-12 - phonoLapse - Andrew Spitz released a program to make creating your own sonic time-lapses easy as pie.
- 04-12-12 - Miss GDC 2012? - Check out 19 great GDC audio lectures for free!
- 04-09-12 - DIY Cord Curling - Not a big fan of curled cords, but if needed, this seems like an easy way to DIY.
- 04-08-12 - Perfection Pitfalls 3 - As someone trying to build up a nice sound library, this series helps a lot.
- 04-07-12 - Meet Mr. Foley - The man who makes no sound.
- 04-06-12 - Virtual Modular Synth - Play a nice modular synthesizer without leaving your desk.
- 04-05-12 - Unveil - Zynaptiq has a promising new de-reverberation plugin available for demo & purchase.
- 04-04-12 - Pure Silence - The quietest room on earth will make you hallucinate.
- 04-02-12 - Onboard the Skateboard - Brad Meyer talks about recording onboard skateboard sounds for a videogame.
- 04-01-12 - Creating Sound - “How to create sound effects and where to go to learn about it.”
- 03-30-12 - Legend of Zelda - It’s dangerous to go alone! Take these waveforms!
- 03-27-12 - MTA Sounds - A mesmerizing sonic journey of the New York subway system.
- 03-22-12 - Vintage SFX - An interview with the vintage “Film Sound Effects” library editor.
- 03-21-12 - “Waveform” - A side-scrolling action game played by modifying the period and amplitude of a sine wave.
- 03-19-12 - That’s a lot of Samples - A nice post on the benefits of recording at very high sample rates.
- 03-17-12 - Sounds of Space - Ride with a NASA space shuttle booster as it soars to the edge of space and back.
- 03-11-12 - Pentris? - Five clones play a beautiful acoustic rendition of the Tetris theme.
- 03-10-12 - Listen to an Earthquake - Japan’s 9.0 earthquake seismic waves converted to sound.
- 03-07-12 - NES “Echo” - A nice demonstration of single channel “echo” on the Nintendo Entertainment System.
- 03-06-12 - Electromagnetic Sounds - Using telephone pickups to capture the sounds of electronics.
- 03-03-12 - EXPLOSIONS - Every single explosion from “24”… ever.
- 03-02-12 - Mass Effect 3 - Sound and Vision interviews the audio lead for this series.
- 03-01-12 - Recording Jets - Paul Virostek makes the best of a not so perfect recording environment.
- 02-28-12 - Automatic Audio Tagging - Wouldn’t something like this be nice for SFX libraries?
- 02-24-12 - Aural Gloves - It’s kind of like a theremin mated with a Speak & Spell.
- 02-22-12 - Ear Machine - A company using a little psychoacoustics to create intuitive audio software.
- 02-21-12 - “Logorama” - In a world… where everything is a logo… A great short film with nice sound design.
- 02-20-12 - Slingshot Penny Sounds - Chuck Russom shows off his aim with some flying penny SFX.
- 02-19-12 - First Sounds - Striving to make humanity’s earliest sound recordings available to everyone.
- 02-16-12 - Beeping Duet - Some great sound design based on warning beeps from transporters.
- 02-15-12 - Dear Esther - “One of the most original first-person games…” With audio work by Samuel Justice.
- 02-14-12 - Heard About: PS Vita - An interview with Jason Page on the Vita’s audio capabilities.
- 02-13-12 - What’s Missing in Game Audio? - Early reflections, according to Samuel Justice.
- 02-12-12 - Cleartones - “The least annoying ringtones ever”
- 02-11-12 - FMOD Tutorials - 15 videos detailing basic to advanced program techniques.
- 02-09-12 - Frozen Sea - Very eerie sea sounds in Odessa, Ukraine.
- 02-08-12 - The sound of Hugo - Another great SoundWorks Collection video profile.
- 02-06-12 - Ambiences for Film - Some great advice and techniques for achieving immersive surround sound ambiences.
- 01-31-12 - Soundcube - Some really interesting concept art of a 1969 sound installation.
- 01-30-12 - The Mythbuster Thinks Aloud - Man, Adam Savage can sing!
- 01-29-12 - The Future of Game Audio - What does game audio need to move forward?
- 01-28-12 - Sound Doodle - A unique sound design application controlled completely by doodling!
- 01-27-12 - Awaking Leviathan - My good (audio-nerd) friend’s metal band just recorded a great new song “Children of Polaris”.
- 01-25-12 - Sound Heroes 2012 - All of the Sound Mixing & Editing nominees for the 2012 oscars.
- 01-24-12 - Binaural + Visuals - Can visual cues help in the effectiveness of a binaural recording?
- 01-22-12 - PixelJunk 4am - An interview with Shaw-Han Liem and Baiyon on their new music based PSN game.
- 01-21-12 - New York Ice - Michael Raphael records some nice river ice cracks
- 01-20-12 - Confused Baby - The face I make when I hear something strange isn’t very different from this baby’s.
- 01-19-12 - The Bark Side - A new Volkswagen commercial guaranteed to make you smile.
- 01-18-12 - Broken Dryer - Samuel Justice has a very unique recording for you to download.
- 01-16-12 - Soundings from Antartica - “The only place in the world that you can actually hear Geology happening”
- 01-15-12 - Nano-Ear - Six times more sensitive than the human ear.
- 01-14-12 - Creating Eerie Wind - Paulstretch yet again proves itself amazing with this interesting method.
- 01-13-12 - Bringing Game Audio Into The 21st Century - A great “rant” from Charlie Huguenard.
- 01-12-12 - Naughty Sounds - A sex toy startup company is trying out sonic-wave motors.
- 01-11-12 - Elliott Koretz Special - An extensive interview with this Emmy nominated sound designer.
- 01-10-12 - WGE:MAG Issue 2 - Legendary videogame voice actor Adam Harrington is interviewed.
- 01-08-12 - “Voice Array” - There’s always 1 or 288 person(s) talking in this neat sound/light installation.
- 01-07-12 - Do you know to play the ‘Bus Stop’? - Amazing gesture recognition with contact microphones allows any surface to be an instrument.
- 01-06-12 - Whale of Noise - A nice short game by Stephen Lavelle. Interesting sound design.
- 01-05-12 - SHOOT! - Gary Oldman reflects on his experience voicing Viktor Reznov from Call of Duty: Black Ops.
- 01-04-12 - Hangzavar / Cacophony - What do you with five old Sony Walkmans? Make art, of course.
- 01-03-12 - Creating Environments - Tips for using environmental sound effects to help tell a story.
- 01-02-12 - Por…tal 2 - Criticism toward the way Portal 2 dealt with music and loading.
- 01-01-12 - The Bee’s Speech - Some great bee sounds from a blade of grass!
- 12-31-11 - Best of 2011 - The Big List of Pro Audio Resources
- 12-28-11 - Linear vs. Minimum Phase EQ - You might be surprised with the differences.
- 12-27-11 - The Role of Sound in Video Games - Pong, Limbo and Interactivity
- 12-26-11 - Alan Wake - A very in-depth interview with the Alan Wake audio team on music and sound design.
- 12-25-11 - The Hunt - A funny Doritos “Crash The Superbowl” commercial I did a little foley for!
- 12-23-11 - Algo-rhythms - (I know, great pun.) A demonstration of what different sorting algorithms might “sound” like.
- 12-22-11 - Whitney Music Box - Get mesmerized by the “Whitney Music Box” playing chromatic notes, harmonics, microtones, etc.
- 12-21-11 - “All Black Experience” - An Adidas TV spot with no visuals, just great sound design.
- 12-20-11 - 5 Horizons - It’s work like this that makes me appreciate sound art.
- 12-19-11 - Hey! Listen! - How can commercials get your attention post-CALM act?
- 12-18-11 - Ernest Hemingway - I like to listen…
- 12-16-11 - Original Xbox Boot Sound - Brian Schmidt talks about designing the boot sequence with very limited system resources.
- 12-15-11 - SPRINGS! - Holy crap. Springs sound crazy.
- 12-14-11 - Occupy Chants - The sound of the Occupy Wall Street movement.
- 12-13-11 - Decibel Level Chart - Sure you may know typical dBSPL levels, but do you know when your nose starts to itch?
- 12-12-11 - Jeff Seamster Special - Interview and advice from someone in the game audio industry.
- 12-11-11 - Game Sound Dynamics - Interesting article arguing that game audio needs more dynamic range
- 12-08-11 - Bioware Audio - Behind the scenes look at the Mass Effect and Dragon Age audio team.
- 12-07-11 - Ho Ho Hooouuu? - Santa has a tough VO session.
- 12-05-11 - So you want to get into game audio? - Great article on getting your first game audio gig.
- 12-04-11 - Floppy GLaDOS - Listen to GLaDOS serenade you through four floppy drives.
- 12-03-11 - Post? Pshh - Amazing PS3 ads. Crazy visuals without any post production.
- 12-02-11 - Anti-Piracy Pirates - That “You wouldn’t steal a car.” campaign… They just might have pirated music in their own commercial.
- 12-01-11 - Wall of Sound - A video detailing The Grateful Dead’s absolutely ridiculous live sound setup in the 70’s.
- 11-30-11 - I Dream of Wires - The Modular Synthesizer Documentary (Preview)
- 11-29-11 - Seconds of Beauty - The beauty of one second, well, a bunch of one seconds.
- 11-28-11 - Freesound.org - Huge collaborative database of Creative Commons Licensed sounds.
- 11-27-11 - Game Audio 101 - A good intro to game audio scripting by Kurt Larson.
- 11-25-11 - The Sound of the Muppets - Interviews with the audio crew of the new ‘Muppets’ Film.
- 11-24-11 - Recording a Machine-gun - EA’s DICE records a PKM gun with several different mic and preamp set ups.
- 11-23-11 - Wireless Sound Power - Powering LED lights with a speakers acoustic energy.
- 11-22-11 - ‘Pushing Onwards’ Piano Performance - An amazing piano performance of ‘Pushing Onwards’ from ‘VVVVVV’.
- 11-21-11 - BF3 vs. MW3 Sounds - Video comparing various gun sounds in Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3.
- 11-20-11 - SoundWorks Collection - Great insight into all kinds of stuff happening in post-production sound.
