Jim Pavloff recreates two lassic tracks by prodigy in ableton live – inspiring. Keep in mind that Liam Howlett wasn’t able to use Ableton live back in the days…

Everybody talks about 3D movies – but what about the sound for this films?
Music of sound has a great review about this topic.

Along with the hyperbolic (& in my opinion somewhat dubious) promotion of 3D films as “game changing” an aspect that seems to be late to the conversation is the use of sound in such films. In some ways I guess this is partly due to the fact that with the implementation of surround sound many decades ago, bringing sound “off the screen” has been a part of the vocabulary of every film mixer since the 1970s; the concept of 3D sound is not new in that respect.

But the re-launch of 3D films in the form of huge budget blockbusters such as Avatar raises the issue again, since for such a film to cost many hundreds of millions of dollars to make means there must also be vast funds available to develop & present an appropriately “game changing” soundtrack. Accordingly there can be no doubt that a need has been created, but is it being fulfilled?

For those of you who have seen Avatar, did you think the soundtrack presented any new innovations in terms of physical depth and/or use of surround sound? But of course, accompanying that question is the philosophical issue of whether it actually should do and if so, how?

Diego Stocco, a great sound designer & solist, worked with Hans Zimmer on Guy Ritchie’s new movie “Sherlock Holmes”. In this video they are talking about his unique instrument – the experibass:

From Diegos Youtube Chanel:

I had the fantastic opportunity to play my Experibass on Hans Zimmer’s score for “Sherlock Holmes”, the new Guy Ritchie’s film. I’m one of the featured soloists.

Hans really loved the pounding tonal grooves and aggressive depth of the basses I was playing on the Experibass and asked me to go full scale with all those techniques I was showing in the original video. I didn’t stop there though, I also experimented with new techniques that were coming up to my mind while playing on his tracks.

A big thanks goes to my friends Daniel Holter and Russell Emanuel for passing my video and make the connection happens.

Working with Hans Zimmer and his team has been great and I’d like to thank them for this amazing experience. I’ve been a fan of his music for a long time and I felt honored when he called  me to play on the score of Sherlock Holmes.

BBC Four spoiled its audience recently with a collection of brilliant music documentaries that underline the impact technology, namely the synthesizer, had on popular and academic music in Britain.

via [silent listening]

Engadget posted  a pretty interesting behind the scenes article on hifi manufacturer klipsch.

Julian Treasure asks us to pay attention to the sounds that surround us.

via [silent sound]

The stage debut of Shimon, the robotic marimba player. Also, the world first human-robot rendition of Duke Jordan’s “Jordu”, for human piano and robot marimba.

Fascinating and scary at the same time…

Awesome Monome performance by edison.

via [CDM]

Today, Celemony Melodyne released their editor product with DNA (Direct Note Access) Technology. This is going to be a technology, that will turn the whole music production upside down.

Great Website for Sound in Movies & Games. From the about page:

The goal for the SoundWorks Collection is simple; we are dedicated to profiling the greatest and upcoming sound minds from around the world and highlight their contributions. The SoundWorks Collection is produced by DirectorMichael Coleman of Colemanfilm Media Group in a partnership with MIX Magazine, several audio focused college schools and programs, and the support of the online sound community worldwide.