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 SFX Libraries Round Out
Kong Game Sound
EastWest Tackles Vocal
Music
DeWolfe Music Still Hooked on the
Classics
Smart Loops Expands Its Drum
Library
The New World Was Full of
Birds
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To my loyal readers:
The Sampler is going on hiatus after a rewarding 18-month run.
On a personal level, it's been a great ride! I've learned so much from
all the people I've interviewed and I appreciate all the positive
feedback (and
suggestions) I've gotten. Hopefully you've learned
something about your business in this space, and maybe had a few laughs
along the way.
I'm not going anywhere, so if you want to reach me, as usual I can be
found at blair@blairjackson.com. I'd
still be interested in getting your press releases, because we're
working on new ways to share information on music and SFX libraries and
I want to stay current.
Inside Info
SFX Libraries Round Out
Kong Game Sound
One of the best-selling video games of the fall
shopping
season was Peter Jackson's King Kong, which is based on his hit
film. Production of the game, including the sound, was handled by giant
Ubisoft's French
affiliate, which is based in the city of Montpellier. In a recent
interview, sound designer Yoan Fanise revealed that the SFX for the
game
are a combination of original elements recorded by him in the field
with
a Tascam DA-P1
stereo DAT recorder, a pair of Audio-Technica 4041 mics, and several libraries,
including Sound
Ideas, BBC, and WWA (Wild World of Animals). more>>
Industry News
EastWest Tackles Vocal
Music
It's seems only natural that EastWest,
whose
symphonic sample library we profiled recently, would take the bold step
of creating a vocal sample library: The EastWest/Quantum Leap Symphonic
Choir. more>>
DeWolfe Music Still Hooked on
the Classics
Yes, it's important for any comprehensive music library
to stay up to date by offering plenty of tracks featuring aggressive,
screaming guitars, ambient chill-out music, and whatever this month's
hip-hop flava of the month happens to be. But the bedrock of
most
collections is still more traditional musical elements, so it's no
surprise that giant DeWolfe Music continues to refine its offering and
go back to "old reliables," such as classical music. more>>
Smart Loops Expands Its Drum
Library
Waltham, Mass.-based company Smart Loops has
just released Pro Drum Works Volume Two, which it bills as the
"largest collection of shuffle-feel drum grooves available today." more>>
Hollywood Inspiration
The New World Was Full
of Birds
If you've seen director Terrence Malick's artful and
elegiac telling of the John Smith-Pocohantas story, The New
World, you know that much of the film is dominated by natural
sounds: winds, water, birds, insects, etc. What you might not know,
though, is that Malick is a very serious "birder," and he went to great
lengths to make sure that all the bird sounds in the film were accurate
to the time and setting of the film (Virginia and England in the early
1600s). more>>
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