Not only did Ben Baird design and mix the sound for director Alex Parkinson's DRAMATIC film, Last Breath. He also designed and mixed the sound for director Alex Parkinson's DOCUMENTARY film, Last Breath. Same story told with two different approaches; documentary and dramatic - using the same director, same composer, and of course, same sound designer and mixer.

This is truly a rare occurrence, and we're excited to share how Ben Baird approached the sound for both, what unique challenges each film posed, how documentary sound compares to dramatic film sound - and what he's taken away from this experience of mixing the same story for two different genres.

Aircon25 is a 100% free online conference about sound for games, film, series and beyond - take part at airwiggles.com/aircon

If you missed some of the livestreams earlier this week, check out https://www.airwiggles.com/c/live-replays/ - and finally, grab some fantastic deals on sound libraries at https://www.asoundeffect.com/aircon-sale/

You get 1400+ free sound effects at https://www.asoundeffect.com/gift/ (for a limited time!)

Just a quick heads up that we've teamed up with indie sound creator Nathan Moody to give you the Analogue Ordnance Lite sound effects library for free right now, featuring 1400+ sci-fi sound effects.

You also get the chance to win Nathan Moody's full SFX catalog. The sounds can be used for commercial games too - EULA here: https://www.asoundeffect.com/license-agreement/

Symphonic Ambiences (asoundeffect.com/symphonicambiences) is an impressive MODULAR sound effects library that gives you 41 layered ambience scenes – allowing you to control each layer for maximum customization. With the sound library featuring a staggering 242 isolated layers and 15+ hours of recordings, creating it was a massive undertaking for sound designer and recordist Michael O’ Connor – and here’s the story on how he successfully made it happen. Interview by Jennifer Walden, hosted by Asbjoern Andersen from asoundeffect.com

#AirCon24 - the free online conference on sound for games, film and beyond - takes place June 10-14th in an exclusive partnership between Airwiggles and A Sound Effect - and you're invited! You get 50 live events and 10 AMAs from 87 audio professionals, all completely free! Be sure to sign up (RSVP) for all the events you'd like to attend so you don't miss out 👉 https://www.airwiggles.com/c/live-events/ - hope to see you there!

What goes into creating a great sound effects library? Sound designer, recordists and composer Nathan Moody shares his sonic journey behind the making of his latest sound effects library, MetalMotion - available at asoundeffect.com/metalmotion

The library features 4 hours of moving metal, including everything from impacts and squeals to scrapes, rattles and beyond - and here's the rarely-told story on what it takes to create such an adventurous, experimental and highly useful sound effects library. Interview by Jennifer Walden, and hosted by Asbjoern Andersen from asoundeffect.com

Hear about the wild sound of “Dune: Part Two”: Here's Oscar-winning supervising sound editor Richard King on creating a realistic world for this extraordinary sci-fi film, field recording trips to capture sand and wind sounds, conveying scale for the sandworms without using vocalizations, how they created massive Harkonnen crowds from loop group recordings of punk rockers, and so much more! Interview by Jennifer Walden, and hosted by Asbjoern Andersen from asoundeffect.com

In this interview, re-recording mixers Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic discuss the mix of Bradley Cooper's film Maestro – currently in the running for a 'Best Sound' Oscar (among other noms!) They talk about mixing the Ely Cathedral scene and the party scenes, mixing effects in a musical way during scenes without score, and so much more! Interview by Jennifer Walden, sound library highlights by Christian Hagelskjaer, and hosted by Asbjoern Andersen from asoundeffect.com.

In this episode:

Bradley Cooper's multi-Oscar nominated film Maestro conveys all the chaotic energy of Leonard Bernstein's life to the audience in a direct and emotionally raw way. Here, Oscar-winning supervising sound editor/sound designer Richard King & executive music producer/supervising music editor Jason Ruder take you behind the sound of the film and what it took to bring the live performances to screen, editing music to match the visuals, how the sound design reinforces the musical overtones of the film, and so much more. Interview by Jennifer Walden, hosted by Asbjoern Andersen from asoundeffect.com

Cataclysm - Mattia Cellotto's newest sound effects library, only available at asoundeffect.com/cataclysm - features wild recordings of destruction, as well as extreme synthesized and designed elements. And here, he shares his 3-year process making the library - from field recording adventures in marble caves to mountain peaks, and beyond. Hear how he captured such pristine yet destructive sounds, his approach to using plugins and processing, and many other aspects of his creative process. Interview by Jennifer Walden, hosted by Asbjoern Andersen from asoundeffect.com