#audio producer

[soundrooms]

S O U N D E S C A P E | 🦜

Create a zone in which you can make sound in.

#studio #audio production #home studio #audio #music #audio equipment #musician #music studio #music producers #synthesizer #studio setup #recording studio #workspace #creativespace #creative space #creativity #producer #producers #audio producer #audio gear #roland 909 #303 #safe zone #bedroom producer

[catcrumb]

today tomatocat got cultured and went to the rock

#crumblings #1. im a classically trained tumblrina so ofc theres a pic w jenny holzer truisms #2. the alcatraz audio tour is well-produced. they have a pretty good exhibit about how messed up mass incarceration in the US is #in present day. however it is strange to take two steps out of that room and enter the gift shop offering replica prison tin mugs for $14 #tomorrow is mystery upon mystery... #oh also i wish the AIM occupation exhibit was open the whole day :( didnt get to see it

[the-mountain-flower]

If I made an audio description of Aurora, would anyone be interested in joining? Like voice actors or audio producers (I'm fully willing to do the entire thing myself, but it'd be awesome if I didn't have to)

(By audio description: think the kind they use in movies/shows aimed toward blind ppl so they can enjoy it too. Like that, but for a comic)

#it would be fanmade and volunteer ofc #voice actors or producers or writers or editors or whatever #also since I myself am seeing and the main audience is for audio descriptions is blind ppl #I am VERY open to help or advice from those for whom it'd be relevant #comic aurora #aurora comic #aurora #comicaurora #aurora webcomic #audio description #voice acting #audio production #accessibility

[yourdailyqueer]

Superknova (Ellie Kim)

Gender: Transgender woman

Sexuality: Queer

DOB: N/A 

Ethnicity: Korean

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer, songwriter, musician, music producer, audio engineer, activist, doctor

Note: Became the first physician at Lurie Children’s Hospital to publicly speak out against cosmetic, medically unnecessary surgeries performed on intersex infants without their consent. Result is that Lurie Children’s hospital formally changed their policy regarding intersex infant surgery and became the first hospital in the United States to do so.

#Superknova #Ellie Kim #trans femme #transgender #queer #trans woman #korean #asian #poc #singer #songwriter #musician #music producer #audio engineer #activist #doctor #first #popular post #200

[lesbiancarat]

want to give my two cents on the AI usage in the maestro trailer--

i think seventeen doing a whole concept that is anti-AI is very cool, especially as creatives themselves i think it's good that they're speaking up against it and i hope it gets more ppl talking about the issue. i also understand on a surface level the artistic choice (whether it was made by the members, the mv director, or whoever else), to directly use AI in contrast to real, human-made visuals and music in order to criticize it. i also appreciate that they clearly stated the intention of the use of AI at the beginning of the video

however, although i understand it to an extent, i do not agree with the choice to use AI to critique AI. one of the main ethical concerns with generative AI is that it is trained on other artists' work without their knowledge, consent, or compensation. and even when AI generated images are being used to critique AI, it still does not negate this particular ethical concern

the use of AI to critique also does not negate the fact that this is work that could have been done by an actual artist. i have seen some people argue that it's okay in this context because it's a critique specifically about AI, and it is content that never would have been done by a real artist anyway because it doesn't make sense for the story they're trying to tell. but i disagree. i think you can still tell the exact same story without using AI

and in fact, i would argue that it would make the anti-AI message stronger if they HAD paid an artist to draw/animate the scenes that are supposed to represent AI generated images. wouldn't it just be proof that humans can create images that are just as bad and nonsensical and soulless as AI, but that AI can't replicate the creativity and beauty and basic fucking anatomy that's in human-made art?

it feels very obvious this was not just a way to cut corners and costs like a lot of scummy people are using AI for. ultimately it was a very intentional creative decision, i just personally think it was a very poor one. and even if some ethical considerations were taken into account before this decision, i certainly don't think all of them were. at the very least i feel like the decision undermines the message they want to convey

i would also like to recognize that i myself am not an artist, and i have seen some artists that are totally on board with the use of AI in this specific context, so clearly this is not a topic that is cut and dry. but generative AI is still new, and i think it's important to keep having these conversations

#melia.txt #also want to add that as musicians svt are more directly threatened by AI generated audio than they are by AI generated images #and yet AI generated images is what was used in the video #and i guess the MV director/production company are the ones directly responsible for putting that in there #whether it was their initial idea or not #and they work in a visual medium so perhaps that makes it more 'fair' but idk it just feels like #the commentary is around music. which makes sense. and using human produced music/sound #but then taking advantage of AI images #idk just feels weird #i mean i don't like it either way #like i said in the main post i understand the intention behind the creative decision #and i'm still happy svt are speaking against ai at all i do think overall they're doing a good thing here #i just don't agree with the creative decision they/the production company/whoever made #edit: deleted the part about not boycotting svt over this bc ppl were commenting about boycotting bc of the 🛴 stuff #i meant specifically /I/ am not calling for a boycott because of specifically the ai stuff #was just trying to make a general point that im not making this post bc i want to sabatoge svt or whatever #bc kpop fans love to pull that catd whenever u criticize anything #so yeah just removed that bit bc i dont want ppl getting confused what im talking about #respect ppl boycotting because of scooter/israel stuff but thats not what this post was intended to be about #edit 2: turning off reblogs bc im going to bed and having asomewhat controversial post up is not gonna help me sleep well lol #may or my not turn rb's back on in the morning

[dont-offend-the-bees]

What's the best comedy ever made and why is it Wooden Overcoats

#wooden overcoats #literally the people who created that show reached into my brain extracted the very essence of my sense of humour #and distilled it into a 4 season audio sitcom about undertakers #to this day it's the only podcast I've ever listened to in its entirety #(nothing personal I just find my attention wanders from podcasts a lot i lose the thread) #wooden overcoats though? have listened to it like 10 times in its entirety and am currently listening again #i should write more silly chapyard sometime #maybe even finish that spider au one of these days #mr. bees speaks #i tend to downplay how i sincerely think it's the Funniest Thing Ever Made when chatting to my brother #bc he was in an improv group with one of the producers/directors at uni and I think he would get legit weird and jealous about it sbshfhhdd

[litaviee]

I love Blackhole… For a planet-eating, world-destroying, indestructible force of nature, one would expect him to sound absolutely TERRIFYING if he was mad, but apparently, thats not the case! Even when he tries, he never seemed to sound threatening or scary. Maybe a tad bit upset, but never scary (to me at least)

I dunno, I love it when characters who are fully capable of destroying everyone and everything have a vocal volume below 50 decibels. Its a fun little contrast :D

Also his voice is monotone as hell. i think thats funny

#i further prove my point with these three images of blackhole that produce no video or audio because I’m lazy to and its 3 am #object show #bfb #tpot #tpot 10 #the power of two #blackhole tpot #textviee

[latenightsleeper]

Fun Tank fact!!

Tank has a lot of ‘ sweet grandchild ‘ energy with a lot of the mom and pops shops around town, if you bring him to a farmers market they will be crowed by older people talking to them like Tank is their own

#my sweet baby #you are sweet and the old people can tell #tank coming back home to Chrissy with free produce blinking #Chrissy: oh hey! I didn’t even text you about that #Tank: no you did not #Chrissy: then??? #tank: the nice old couple at the farmers market #latenightsleeper #redacted audio #redacted asmr #sleep speaks #redactedverse #redacted darlin #redacted tank #redacted asmr darlin #tank fact

[thelaurenshippen]

this is a genuine question not at all meant as a rude gotcha, but I feel like I've seen lots of people cite the relatively low barrier of entry as a huge advantage of podcasts as a medium, "if you have access to decent audio tech you can make a podcast" etc etc. So where does the need to sell a script come in? Is it a financial thing, and IP thing, something else?

this doesn't read like a rude gotcha at all, it's a really good question! there is a much lower barrier to entry when it comes to podcasts compared to tv, film, theater, etc. (though not as low as writing a book if we're talking about hard resources - you can technically write a book with just a laptop and a dream and then self publish! though as a writer who has written a lot of scripts and four books (3 published) writing a book is a much bigger psychological burden imo lol).

the need to sell a script, for me, is entirely a financial thing. if I had the money to produce podcasts at the level I want to entirely independently, I would! I know how to do it! but, unfortunately, I really only have the funds to produce something like @breakerwhiskey - a single narrator daily podcast that I make entirely on my own.

and that show is actually a great example of just how low the barrier is: I actually record the whole thing on a CB radio I got off of ebay for 30 bucks, my editing software is $50/month (I do a lot of editing, so this is an expense that isn't just for that show) and there are no hosting costs for it. the only thing it truly costs me is time and effort.

not every show I want to make is single narrator. a lot of the shows I've made involve large casts, full sound design, other writers, studio recording, scoring, and sometimes full cast albums (my first show, The Bright Sessions had all of those). I've worked on shows that have had budgets of 100 dollars and worked on shows that cost nearly half a million dollars. if anyone is curious about the nitty gritty of budgets, I made a huge amount of public, free resources about making audio drama earlier this year that has example budgets in these ranges!

back in the beginning of my career, I asked actors to work for free or sound designers to work for a tiny fee, because I was doing it all for free and we were all starting out. I don't like doing that anymore. so even if I'm making a show with only a few actors and a single sound designer...well, if you want an experienced sound designer and to pay everyone fairly (which I do!), it's going to cost you at least a few thousand dollars. when you're already writing something for free, it can be hard to justify spending that kind of money. I've sound designed in the past - and will be doing so again in the near future for another indie show of mine - but I'm not very good at it. that's usually the biggest expense that I want to have covered by an outside budget.

but if I'm being really honest, I want to be paid to write! while I do a lot of things - direct, produce, act, consult, etc. - writing is my main love and I want it to be the majority of my income. I'm really fortunate to be a full-time creative and I still do a lot of work independently for no money, but when I have a show that would be too expensive to produce on my own, ideally I want someone else footing the bill and paying me to write the scripts.

I love that audio fiction has the low barrier to entry it does, because I think hobbyists are incredible - it is a beautiful and generous thing to provide your labor freely to something creative and then share it with the world - but the barrier to being a professional audio drama writer is certainly higher. I'm very lucky to already be there, but, as every creative will tell you, even after you've had several successes and established yourself in the field, it can still be hard to make a living!

anyway, I hope this answers your question! I love talking about this stuff, so if anyone else is curious about this kind of thing, please ask away.

#answered #writing #audio fiction #producing #also I say I don't like doing it anymore #but that's exactly what briggon andrew and I are working on #it's gonna be a show where we just split profits equally bc I can't afford to pay them lol #and I'll be sound designing it myself #so apologies in advance #also my GOD lauren can you be succinct once in your GODDAMN LIFE #why are all my posts so long i'm so sorry #also I don't get into it in this post #but using my book example as a jumping off point #obviously it is MUCH more complicated than that #bc self publishing/promoting/etc. #and writing the book in the first place! #is an ENORMOUS effort #as is making an audio drama! #also the grand irony in this #is that the show i was referencing in my original post is a show i first came up with to do independently lol #a two person show for briggon and andrew in fact #and then I happened to mention it to some producers I know and they liked it #so that's a show I COULD make for no money! #but they want to pitch it out and there's no harm in asking around #and in the meantime i just came up with another show for briggon and andrew haha

[daily-utsu-p]

Daily Utsu-P #178:

ORDER feat. Hatsune Miku | Remix of Hal's original song, featured on HAPPYPILLS

#utsu p #utsu-p #utsup #music #vocaloid #audio #vocametal #Hatsune miku #Miku hatsune #Miku #Hatsune #Order #Hal #Remix #Happypills #Album #2023 #Hal vocaloid #Hal producer #Order song

[turq8]

seriously I don’t think a lot of people really realize the impact that wtnv had on the audio drama landscape

if you enjoy an audio drama, I would put money on someone being inspired by wtnv no more than 2 or 3 “generations” up the chain

you can see the footprints of it in that 2014-2016 fiction podcast boom, where a lot of the podcasts started with a “reason” why you were hearing a recording of these events rather than just being a “fly-on-the-wall” observer.  it was the equivalent of every book starting with “I’ve written these events down so that someone may read them”

wtnv made so many people realize that if you had a story in your head, you just needed a microphone and someone to read it

#wtnv #welcome to night vale #tumblr sexyman #(yes I am aware that producing a podcast is actually A LOT more than that) #(but my point is that the barrier for storytelling was suddenly lowered for SO many people) #if you enjoy an audio drama today it's bc someone who made it listened to wtnv #or THEY listened to a podcast made by someone who listened to wtnv

[soundrooms]

K A Z U K I S U G A W A R A | anref studio, Japan

*bows* to honour this perfect studio.

#home studio #studio #audio production #audio equipment #musician #music studio #music producers #synthesizer #studio setup #recording studio #studio life #workspace #creativespace #creative space #creativity #producer #producers #electronic music #audio producer #audio gear #synth heaven #synthesizers #synth #synths #analog synth #moogsynthesizer #japan

[mofffun]

Erica playing Moffun's theme on piano in 20 Aug Twitter Space

#himeno ran #murakami erica #kotw #kingohger cast #moffun #kingohger #in celebration of Himeno Ran-executive produced Mofu next week #audio

[angeljinxx22]

A friend and I are doing a buddy read of the least cringe sounding shifter romance novel we could find, and I would like everyone to imagine for a moment the mates doing the same thing

#imagine how fucking funny #david looking over angel’s shoulder like what the hell are you reading #although I think the mates would embrace the cringe #they’re reading the shitty pass produced paperbacks #shit like ‘you had me at wolf’ #which is a real title btw akdnfb #redacted asmr #redacted audio #redactedverse #redacted headcanons #redacted angel #redacted david #redacted sweetheart #redacted babe #redacted shaw pack #redacted tank #redacted darlin #redacted sam #redacted asher #redacted milo

[icarrymany]

idk all of what merseis swap au entails but if alex and tim are swapped maybe TIM had a passion project he was working on when shit went south. he was the music guy. maybe hed get prickly with his friends who only kind of know how to play instruments but r trying.

#i think that makes brian his producer £\>|*|€|€ #bro was the MIXER he knew the software #hes got folders of horrendous beats (for the funny) and real stuff too #i imagine him being super into sampling. music collage. #maybe the investigation is much more audio driven. or lol what if theres music video footage #ugh so good #jays on bass and alex is keys to me (in a modern band context- otherwise hes BRASS) #and since jay and brian swap roles #bass is nowhere near what being the star of a movie is but maybe he has an important riff or two to learn #imagine their audition tapes... hehehehe

[lydiaplain]

The journey is long.. The sonic world never-ending..🎨🎧🖤

#experimental music #native instruments #audio plugins #audio edit #cubase #music producer life #dark aesthetic #noise art #sonic exploration #indie artist #editing music #soundscape #indie #sonic world #new music in the making #audiophile #music maker #bandcamp artist #Instagram