To celebrate Sound Ideas turning 40 on March 1, 2018, we sat down with CEO and President, Brian Nimens to talk about the industry, secrets to success, advice for those entering the field and what you can expect from Sound Ideas over the next 40 years. Question: If you could give yourself advice 40 […]
Category: Interview
Part 2: Interviewing the Legendary Sound Designer, Engineer & Recordist; Mike McDonough
Mike McDonough is one of the premier sound designers, engineers and recordists in the industry. We had the honor to ask him about his incredible career in this two part interview. Read part two below, where Mike shares with us his top tips for field recording and his go-to recording equipment! Missed part one of […]
Interviewing the Legendary Sound Designer, Engineer & Recordist; Mike McDonough
Mike McDonough is one of the premier sound designers, engineers and recordists in the industry. We had the honor to ask him about his incredible career in this two part interview. Read part one below! INTERVIEW PART ONE Taking a look at your list of credits, it is clear that you have a passion for […]
VR & 360 Video Sound Design: An Interview with Victor Zottmann
Victor Zottmann is a sound designer and editor currently working at Ignition Immersive, a cinematic virtual reality production company. We recently had the opportunity to ask him about his experiences working on the sound design for VR and 360 degree films. Enjoy! Let’s start with the usual first question, tell us a little about yourself […]
Sound Designer Interview: Chase Bethea
Chase Bethea is a freelance Composer/Sound Designer working on video games and a variety of other media. Some of his credits include ‘I Can’t Escape’, ‘Cubic Climber’, ‘Deity Quest’ and ‘Super Happy Fun Block’. We talked with him about his career so far and his latest project, a visual novel game called ‘</reality>’. First things […]
Sound Designer Interview: Bill Mueller
Bill Mueller is a sound designer with over 13 years of experience working in both the television and game audio industries. To just name a few of the projects he has worked on: League of Legends, Dungeons And Dragons Online, Elder Scrolls Legends, and Fallout 4. We had the chance to ask him a couple […]
Sound Designer Interview: Daniele Carli
Daniele Carli is a sound designer with a large and impressive list of credits to his name, including 90 Minutes in Heaven, Swing State, The Bounce Back, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Destiny 2 and many more. We had the chance to ask him a couple questions on his career so far! First of all, […]
Freelance or Full-Time Employee? Sound Designer Edition
Freelance or full-time employee? This question has been coming up a lot more these days. People have a lot more options for their work life than ever before. While some love the stability and routine of working for someone else, others are finding that the standard 9-to-5 just doesn’t appeal to them. When it comes […]
Recap: NAB 2017
About two weeks ago, Las Vegas was once again the host city to the world’s largest annual convention encompassing the convergence of media, entertainment and technology, the National Association of Broadcasters (or NAB for short). With over 103,000 attendees from 161 countries and 1,806 companies exhibiting, this year’s show was definitely a whirlwind of activity! […]
Interview with Kevin Munro, Sound Engineer
For this week’s blog post, we wanted to give you a little insight into the day-to-day life of a Sound Ideas’ Sound Engineer. Luckily, Kevin Munro (one of the Sound Engineers at Sound Ideas) had some spare time to sit down with us to answer a few questions. SI: What drew you to the […]