A Moment (Month) of Silence
Photo by flickr user Jonathan Haeber. Click image to view source. Anechoic chambers aren’t necessarily “silent,” but what other image can you actually use to represent the subject. The nature of...
View ArticleThe Negative Space of Sound
Guest Contribution by Jeff Talman Seong Moy, my drawing professor at City College of New York, had students lightly shade their sketchpads with hand-smeared charcoal to prepare a background for the...
View ArticleSilence is the Sound of Listening
R. Murray Schafer at “listen” short film “One can look at seeing but one can’t hear hearing” – Marcel Duchamp As you may know, silence is the topic chosen for this month here at Designing Sound. One...
View ArticleShould It Make A Sound?
Allefex Guest Contribution by Rob Bridgett For the past 14 years I’ve been a proponent of sound as a deeply integral part of the video game development process, getting audio involved earlier,...
View ArticleDesigning Silence
Charlie Chaplin on ‘City Lights’ “Ideally, for me, the perfect sound film has zero tracks. You try to get the audience to a point, somehow, where they can imagine the sound. They hear the sound in...
View ArticleInterview with Patrick Shen
I’ve previously talked about the importance of increasing communication between the sound community and our collaborators. This month’s topic provided the perfect opportunity to bring an outside voice...
View ArticleCritical listening, Creativity and Silence?
A number of years ago I took part in a critical listening exercise where participants where given a piece of music and 3 hours to provide a critical assessment of it. The piece of music lasted just...
View ArticleSilence At Work
For the past few years I have been bothered about the amount of time I spend on a job — not specifically about how busy I am, but rather how much time I spend concentrating on the task that needs...
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