10 Essential Sound Design Blogs
We’d like to share with you some of our favorite blogs and online resources. We read these regularly as they bring us innovative ideas and entertaining information about the sound design world.
Are there others you would like to share with us? We would love to hear about them, so please give us the heads up in the comments.
In no particular order, here they are:
Designing Sound
This is a must if you’re into sound design. Designing Sound is a great place to get all the latest info on sound design for film, games and animation through fantastic interviews, tutorials, resources and much more. Miguel Isaza is switched on, and provides a great read.
Link: Designing Sound
The Music of Sound
Tim Prebble, a sound designer based in New Zealand, has got one of the most indispensable blogs on sound design. It is fantastic! He really knows what he talks about, and best of all he shares all his discoveries. He even has an online mentorship program. As Tim says, this blog is a space where he shares with us his obsession with vibrating air molecules.
Link: Music of Sound
Unidentified Sound Object
A very interesting blog that looks at sound design from an array of perspectives ranging from sound for film to electroacoustics. The writers of U.S.O, Matteo Milani and Federico Placidi, are not just bloggers but also sound artists and performers.
Link: Unidentified Sound Object
Soundworks Collection
Michael Coleman has been producing high quality videos that take us behind the curtains of sound for feature films, games, scoring, and post-production facilities, guided by the top minds in the sound design industry.
link: SoundWorks Collection
Film Sound Daily
FSD is packed with great interviews and sound design analysis of many films. Unfortunately, it isn’t being updated very often anymore, but hopefully it will pick up again soon. Their archive still contains a wealth of knowledge and is definitely worth rummaging through.
Link: Film Sound Daily
Audio Cookbook
John Keston shares with us his exploration of sound design, software development, controller design and performances. He is relentless with the sheer volume of quality work he produces and delivers to us.
Link: Audio Cook Book
Filmsound.org
This is a classic. I may be totally wrong, but I think this might have been one of the first online sound design resource of it’s kind. Regardless, I’m pretty sure that most of us have read up and learned from Sven Carlsson’s website. If you haven’t, then definitely go explore.
Link: Filmsound.org
Mix Magazine online
There is pretty much everything you need to know about the industry. They have not only got their blog, but also podcasts, interviews, gear reviews, tutorials and a ton more.
Link: Mix Magazine Online
Ric Vier’s Blog
Ric Viers is the writer of The Sound Effects Bible book and producer of the Blastwave FX HD sound effect libraries. In his blog, he shares with us some tips, news and info.
Link: Ric Viers’ blog
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We discovered Andrew Spitz’ blog through his exploration of social sound design. In his blog, he shares with us his projects and experimentation on sound design, software and interactive media.
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