Sound designer Stuart Keenan introduces the concept of Databending, a creative way of getting some unique new sounds

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We’ll concede that we don’t know a great deal about the ‘bytebeat’ scene, which involves creating music out of simple mathematical formulas, but the MMXX T-APE - a bytebeat synth that looks like a …

FilmSound.org serves as an essential learning space dedicated to aspects of film sound. The site is organized in sections that include links to articles (from practical to scholarly) on how sound is used in films. There are also links to articles on the history of film sound and questions and answers, sound effects libraries, bibliography, and resources on related topics such as film music and sound in animation films. Terms (technical or affective) covered in the glossary are defined concisely with examples or descriptions of their use by filmmakers and links to other definitions or classi...

Put your headphones and walk in the dreams of Steve Saylor, AKA BlindGamerSteve. This immersive audio adventure was inspired by real dreams he had after experiencing Destiny 2: Beyond Light—and the spatial sound capabilities of the Xbox Series X. To capture Steve’s dreams, he was guided to a semi-conscious sleep state called hypnagogia. When he reached this state—known to feel like light sleep and even meditation—he was asked to recall his dreams. Some of the greatest minds in history, like Aristotle, Thomas Edison, Edgar Allen Poe, and Mary Shelley, have tapped into this same dream state a...