Studio Daily has an interview with 300’s VFX Art Director Grant Freckelton about the processes and ideas behind the look of Frank Miller’s 300 (Opened on the 9th, trailer on Apple.com). Like Sin City before it, this film is a visual feast, so it’s great to get a look at the processes and tools (Photoshop, […]

Joystick has a quick report from a GDC lecture presented by Jason Page and Michael Kelly from Sony, discussing the future of ‘next-generation audio’ on the PS3. What’s interesting about their take is that they believe that use of highly customized sample sets and MIDI can provide a much more interactive and adaptive approach to […]

You might notice it’s been less than a week synth my last “This Week In Synths” post. I’ll be shooting for Fridays moving forward. That said, this week we start with a video by Jexus of Syntezatory.pl. You might recognize the website from last week’s hi-top shot by polaranta. I’m guessing Jexus and polaranta are […]

The SciFi channel has released some chunky packs of footage, music and sound effects, and invited web users to remix and create videos. Ostensibly this is a competition, with the winning video airing on the channel during a future Battlestar episode… Which I’m sure will be lovely for whoever wins. I don’t really care though, […]

The SciFi channel has released some chunky packs of footage, music and sound effects, and invited web users to remix and create videos. Ostensibly this is a competition, with the winning video airing on the channel during a future Battlestar episode… Which I’m sure will be lovely for whoever wins. I don’t really care though, […]

I’ve posted this news on CDMo, but we at CDM Distributed Global HQ love Battlestar so much, and I’m sure Peter would agree it would be a shame if anyone missed out, so we’re going to have a little news repetition. Executive Summary: SciFi channel have released a bunch of audio and video from Battlestar […]

CreateDigitalNoise forum stalwart and composer Michael Una has posted this fantastic video to the forums: I did the audio (music and effects) and my good friend Joe Moccia from Kansas City did all the animation and video. He’s trying to get hired by a motion graphics company and we collaborated on this for his portfolio. […]

German manufacturer CreamWare – best known for their Scope DSP cards and ASB tabletop synthesizers – was declared insolvent on December 18, 2006. Those of you who’ve been following the company for a few years will recall that they hit a similar rough patch in 2004, but re-emerged to release their acclaimed lineup of ASB […]

Some of our game-minded readers may be spending the week in San Francisco, at the Game Developers Conference. Reader and interactive media developer Brad Fuller writes to let us know he’s drafted a series of HTML documents that highlight all of the audio-related sessions for this year’s conference. If you’re lucky enough to be in […]

Chat rooms are a-buzz with talk of a “truly revolutionary” digital DJ mixer from Ecler called the EVO5. In lieu of burdening people with actual product information, however, Ecler is providing a sleek countdown timer. At www.evobyecler.com, visitors can see the countdown—currently about 20 days, 23 hours, and 37 minutes—after which time Musikmesse commences and […]