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Sounds of the Nightmare Machine
What happens when a horror movie composer and a guitar maker join forces? They create the world’s most disturbing musical instrument. Affectionately known as "The Apprehension Engine," this one-of-a-kind instrument was commissioned by movie composer Mark Korven. Korven wanted to create spooky noises in a more acoustic and original way—but the right instrument didn't exist. So his friend, guitar maker Tony Duggan-Smith, went deep into his workshop and assembled what has to be the spookiest instrument on Earth.
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Pink Trombone
Human vocal tract simulator
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The Psychology Behind the World's Most Recognizable Sounds
Two sonic branding experts explain the thinking behind some of the world's most recognizable sounds.
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Meet Wendy Carlos: The Trans Godmother of Electronic Music
In 1968, Wendy Carlos brought electronic sounds into the mainstream.
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Indirect Flights
Indirect Flights, a new online work by Joe Hamilton with sound by J.G. Biberkopf and supported by The Moving Museum, is a sprawling landscape of layered images. Raw materials, satellite images, organic textures, brush strokes and architectural fragments are all blended together into a dense panorama extending in all directions. As you pan across the terrain like Google Maps the layers move at different speeds giving the illusion of depth, constantly changing what is hidden and exposed.
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The Voices Disrupting White Supremacy Through Sound
From NON Records to a compilation on a new label fronted by Mykki Blanco, rising networks of African and Afrodiasporic artists are choosing to disseminate music in solidarity.
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Rain is sizzling bacon, cars are lions roaring: the art of sound in movies
Skip Lievsay, an unassuming-looking guy in his mid-60s with highly trained ears, stood before the stacks of speakers and giant movie screen in his office, fussing quietly. Lievsay is one of the preeminent sound designers working in film today, and whatever he does – whether it’s fussing or making jokes or padding down the hall of his New York offices to murmur instructions to employees – he does it quietly, as if his personal volume dial operates...
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EyeMusic demonstrator
The EyeMusic is a tool that provides visual information through a musical auditory experience. The EyeMusic technology is being developed by Amir Amedi's Lab at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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From Alien to Fifa: The art of noise in video games
Sound design is often the unsung hero of video games. But when developers get it right, primal instincts are triggered, helping immerse players in the action.
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SoundWorks Collection - The Sound of "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"
In this exclusive SoundWorks Collection sound profile we visit Park Road Post Studios in Wellington, New Zealand to talk with the sound team of Director Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug". Featured interviews include re-recording mixer Michael Hedges, re-recording mixer Chris Boyes, re-recording mixer Michael Semanick, re-recording mixer Gary Summers, composer Howard Shore, and producer and co-screenplay writer Philippa Boyens.
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