Last couple of days I've been sound designing a short 3 minute artsy theater commercial experience with G'audio. After a 2 hour workshop at Pyramind, San Franciscoo,with G'audio it feels like an user friendly tool. I've been thinking a lot about how to schedule the edit in VR. Now I start by gathering all the object sounds, than automating the movements of the patterns they make (azimuth, distance, level) But I'm starting to think it could be more efficient to do it the other way around, since it has a significant impact after the automation. I have two more to go, so I'll take my theory to practice on the second one. I also found some great blog posts from Oculus Story Studio. Worth a read.
https://www.oculus.com/story-studio/blog/binaural-audio-for-narrative-vr/ As a side note, seems like VR finally has gotten the attention to the importance of sound in storytelling. At least the George Lucas quote seems more present than ever:) I'll post a link when my first G'audio designed 360-commercial is ready. Have a good one! -L
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We talk so much about plugins, microphones, glitches, wireless systems and the newest software updates that we forget a crucial part, our ears. Sadly I almost never hear anybody talking about how they cherish their hearing, before it's already become a problem, and there are a few neat tricks to keep that from happening. That's why I wanted my first blog post to be about keeping healthy ears.
Taking care of our hearing and physically making sure our hearing doesn't get affected by bad habits and/or ignorance, is super easy. Here are four golden rules of mine: 1. Run - yes, Forrest Gump had perfect hearing. This is something I learned from an ear doctor: the tiniest blood vessels in a human body is located in your ears. For oxygen to travel all the way to your inner ear, you should get your sweat up ones a week. It doesn't have to be running but that's a great, cheap way no matter where you are. 2. Nose jug - ears, nose and throat are all entwined, so keep it clean. The nose is extra married with the middle ear so if you're prone to ear infections you probably already have one. If you don't and hear someone say " But it's so uncomfortable!" they've done the measurements wrong. It's addicting and truly helps to fight any fluish symptoms. And the best part is that it strengthens the softtissue (just make sure you have the right temperature water and right amount salt!) 3.Don't record drums while sick - this is really hard sometimes to know, especially when you're on the verge of getting sick, but any fever and ache in the ears (some feel ear infection as throat ache) means no work. Because if you have an ear infection the worst, absolutely most damaging thing you can do is be around sudden loud noises, so goes to say, stay put at new years eve, as well. 4. Avoid in-ear headphones: Be aware of how long you have your headphones on. I try to air my ears between takes. The ear canal needs a natural air flow and every time it gets blocked the bad bacterias (if present) can multiply exponentially. The in-ear headphones are the worst, because they don't only block the canal, they can bring the bacteria with them. This is something I learned at the mastering studio in my young days. Until next time. -Lotta |
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