sound design

In this Native Instruments video, Jeremiah Savage, the creator of Sonic Fiction, explains the unusual concept and creation process of his science fiction-inspired software instrument.

Native Instruments’ Sonic Fiction is a new KORE-Powered instrument that combines field recording with advanced synthesis to create hundreds of otherworldly sounds.

Native Instruments Sonic Fiction retails for $79. Read more…

Zenhiser is looking for some new sample producers, so it’s announced a new Professional Sample Producer Competition.

Here are the details:

Create your own samples, add them to an audio track in wav format and submit the track to this Soundcloud group Want To Be A Professional Sample Producer it’s that simple.

Even if you don’t enter the competition we welcome your comments on whose samples you think are great and thanks to Soundcloud’s amazing  interface, commenting couldn’t be any easier. For new Soundcloud users you will need an account to both submit your samples and comment on the entries. Registration and a personal account are 100% free.

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For LiFT Studios Broadcast 023, Haig Armen talks with Dasz Garncarz, a synth & interface designer, about the challenges of interaction design and his work on the Nord Modular G2 synthesizer. Read more…

This is the awesomely creeptacular Between, a short film by Tim Bollinger.

Listen for how effectively the sound design amplifies the creepiness of the visuals.

Director/Screenwriter/Producer/Editor: Tim Bollinger
Cinematographer: Daniel Meinl
Sounddesign: Michael Fakesch designingsounds.com

via Oliver Chesler

Spectrasonics has released Trilian – their bass monster-synth.

You can get the full details on our previous Spectrasonics Trilian post, but these videos offer a very deep introduction to Trilian by Spectrasonics’ founder and sound designer Eric Persing.

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