In this demo video, Chris Warren is controlling a soft synth developed especially for AudioCubes by Percussa, to be released in the next few months. 
No setup or configuration necessary to make the cubes talk to the software, since the software was designed specifically for the cubes. 
No drivers necessary, and runs on Mac OSX 10.4 or Windows [...]

Radiophonica (WFRP001) is the first title in UK sound designer Ian Boddy’s Waveforms series of independent downloadable sample libraries.
Radiophonica provides a library of sounds that recall the BBC Radiophonic Workshops early work on seminal TV programmes like Doctor Who; as such, they embrace those appealing analogue, organic, retro scifi sounding characteristics of early synthesiser soundtracks.
All 200 samples 24-bit/44.1kHz mono WAV, crossfade looped [...]

Recently we highlighted the work of sound designer and composer Diego Stocco, who has created a collection of amazing promo videos, like The Burning Piano, that offer audio/visual explorations of his work.
If you’re into sound design, you’ll want to check out his new composition, Music From A Stapler, that was created entirely created by sound designing the noise made [...]

This video, The Burning Piano, captures a sound design session of sound designer and composer Diego Stocco, who wins the Synthtopia Shiva Award for Awesomely Destructive Creation. 
Stocco explains:
I sampled sounds and noises while the piano was burning.
Since I only had one take I recorded as much material as possible. Initially I was pointing the gas flame lighter [...]

Milkcrate is an interesting site/project, maintained by Sebastian Tomczak, that explores making music with minimal source materials:

Milkcrate is not a band or a particular group of people. Milkcrate adds a further set of constraints of space, time and materials to create music within.
The rules…

The objective of milkcrate is to write, record and produce as much [...]

 

 Singapura - uses only glass as source material [0:58m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Dawn Bells - uses only a blank sheet of paper as source material: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Of Daedalus, Part A - Empty, solo milkcrate: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

We recently reviewed Erdem Helvacioglu’s CD Altered Realities, saying that “The sound of Altered Realities is an intriguing blend of abstronica and sparse guitar work. While the compositions are solidly grounded in the world of electroacoustic performance, there’s an emphasis and focus on Helvacioglu’s guitar, which gives the pieces an accessible sound and a sense [...]

Remember the video we published last week about the sound design of Wall-E?
EM’s latest issue has an interview with Ben Burtt - the sound designer behind not only WALL-E, but also the Academy Award-winning sound designer behind R2-D2’s “voice” and the hum of light sabers.
Burtt discusses the differences in doing sound design for the two [...]

This is a Pixar promo - but it takes an interesting look at the sound design of Wall-E.
Andrew Stanton, Jim Morris, and Ben Burtt share their process for creating the sound of a sci-fi animated feature.