Members tjwett Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 Cool to see Geir Jenssen getting some love, most people I know have never heard of Biosphere. Substrata would be one of my top ten albums evar, no question. Anyone heard the live album him and HIA did called Polar Sequences? They were commisioned to do a live show on top of a mountain in Norway, sampled the lift and mechanisms going up, the ice cracking, everything in the immediate environment, then put it together once they were up there. The resulting album is better than most peoples studio efforts. yes yes yes. yes. amazing piece of work. here's a nice little video to watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tim_afakpEc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DocT Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 Sound designers make presets, and because presets ar evil there can't be geniuses I too could name a few, mostly from the past however. The current geniuses are hidden in a nameless crowd of badly, if at all, payed homeworkers who try to suppurt the badly, if at all, payed synth designers with their enthusiasm during development of generally overpriced products Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wetwareinterface Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 boris blank seconded, guy is a natural at finding a sound to fit a specific vibe and exploiting it perfectly. peter berkos - did sound work for battlestar galactica like all the things people have pop to mind when they think of battlestar galactica and sound is involved in that memory. interview here http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-1978---interviews/peter-berkos-galactica.tv-interview.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Teoman Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 This guy programmed some truly gorgeous patches for the NL3. Another vote for Zon Vern Pyles. He programmed the preset ''Alaska'' on my Andromeda. It is my favorite preset. Howard Scarr is also great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yoozer Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 Just read Rob Hordijk's treatise on the Nord Modular and you'll see why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tomkeen Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 Is that you? Richard Barbieri is also very awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Acid Hazard Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 Cevin Key Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ClavAnother Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 Delia Derbyshire [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Awake77 Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 from this forum: Don SolarisJ3RK famous dudes:Martin ButtrichKevin MooreDeadmau5so many others... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MuzikB Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 Eric Persing for classic Roland S+S synths. The Native Instruments team for Absynth. Junkie XL for FM8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members setAI Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 another vote for cEVIN Key and Steve Roach also add Edgar Froese- Tom Ellard [severed Heads] - Alan Wilder robin storey [ :zoviet*france: / rapoon ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nat whilk II Posted December 10, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 Eno should be mentioned, dontcha think?? nat whilk ii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChristianRock Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 Of the ones I know... Eric PersingKlaus SchulzeSteve HollowGeoff Downes From the KSS members, I haven't seen DocT being mentioned yet, but I'd have to nominate him as a resident genius! And former member Elhardt has to be mentioned as well. His synth orchestral stuff is pure genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members controlvoltage Posted December 11, 2008 Members Share Posted December 11, 2008 yet another vote for cEvin Key... he is also one of the sharpest, most-knowledgeable synthesists I've ever personally spoken to. Dude is quick. I am surprised nobody here has mentioned Simon Posford. If you don't know this name and you are into synthesis, sound design and production, go look up his entire discography. He's the fellow behind the musical projects Hallucinogen, Younger Brother, Celtic Cross, Shpongle, and probably a few others I'm forgetting... really nice programming work. I'm gradually building my own sound design skills... I don't expect to be anyone's favorite, but I think I am starting to do genuinely good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cowzar Posted December 12, 2008 Members Share Posted December 12, 2008 and old school patch-writers from back in the day when creating and selling/sharing patches was the big deal....people like the K2000 wizards Cowzar and Daniel Fischer... Thanks for the vote nat whilk. My inspiration in sound design came from KORG's voicing team way back in when they were called the MPB's. "MIDI Patch Boys". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members synthguru Posted December 14, 2008 Members Share Posted December 14, 2008 Hey! Thanks for the mention, everyone! The Nord Lead 3 job was one of my favorites and is the synth that I use the most in my home studio. I love that thing! Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Karma1 Posted December 14, 2008 Members Share Posted December 14, 2008 About two weeks ago I went to a special screening of the Pixar film Wall-E, which was followed by a talk by Ben Burtt himself. He also brought up the folley person and sound mixer from the film. It was awesome and one of the best things I've been to in a long time! They brought with them a truckload (literally) of gear, props, etc. to demonstrate how they create some of their sounds, including the sound of a light sabre from Star Wars. It's surprising how low-tech some of these things are, and kind of ironic when used in state of the art films with multi million dollar budgets. I got to meet him afterwards to chat for a moment, and I gave him one of my cd's of ambient electronic music. Now I'm sitting by the phone waiting for a call from Pixar to license some of my music for their next film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Obsidious Posted December 14, 2008 Members Share Posted December 14, 2008 dude, that is too cool for me to express just how rad and cool that is. Ben Burtt is the God of modern sound design. Yeah he uses the most obscure simple yet complex methods, just endlessly creative. I also dig how he made the Wilhelm scream an institution, always gives me a little high when someone uses it in a film. Good luck with Pixar man! Love their films, they keep putting out top quality product, except that cars one looked a bit lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deadvolvo1 Posted December 14, 2008 Members Share Posted December 14, 2008 Thrash aka Chris Weston from the ORB Bruce Haack too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Karma1 Posted December 14, 2008 Members Share Posted December 14, 2008 dude, that is too cool for me to express just how rad and cool that is. Ben Burtt is the God of modern sound design. Yeah he uses the most obscure simple yet complex methods, just endlessly creative. People would be surprised at how some of those sounds are made. The sound of the little Wall-E robot moving was made by recording a broken tricycle the folley person bought at a flea market for $20. The "futuristic" sound of a light saber is made by a huge metal spring type thing that is hung in the middle of a 10 foot aluminum A frame ladder, being hit with a wooden stick. They also demonstrated a sound they used from a very heavy World War 1 hand-cranked flywheel that he bought on ebay. He also had a midi keyboard connected to a laptop and each key triggered a different sample that was used in the movie - it was incredibly cool. Ben Burtt was a a really nice, humorous, down to earth guy for someone who has had such an illustrious career as working on all the Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Pixar, etc. films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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