The Antisocial Distance hat is a stylish, practical top cylinder hat which, helps the concerning Gentle-Person with social distancing. It warns people if they come within 1 meter of to the wearer. It is using two sensors one at the front and one at the back to detect unwanted creatures or objects within the personal … Continue reading The AntiSocial Distance Hat – but what is it?
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Building the AntiSocial Distance Machine – The Arduino code (HC-SR04, DFmini Player) and electronics
The idea is a top/ chimney pipe/ tall hat which has the mind of it's own (akin to the Sorting Hat in Harry Potter). This hat is very conscious about social distancing (rightfully) and if you go too close it will shout at you (not quite rightfully). When the hat is shouting it’s mind blows … Continue reading Building the AntiSocial Distance Machine – The Arduino code (HC-SR04, DFmini Player) and electronics
How to fix audio engine compatibility issues in Pro Tools under Windows 10
This is an other short post. I am working on a sound design showreel in Pro Tools and on certain day I take my laptop to uni so I can work on the projects between classses. Obviously, I am not carrying my audio interface with me, so in these instances I am using the internal … Continue reading How to fix audio engine compatibility issues in Pro Tools under Windows 10
Audio Post Production naming convention
As I am continuing my journey in audio I have got myself into the art of audio post-production, specifically into game and animation audio. In that discipline of audio, the sound designer / editor has to work with numerous sound files. Best practice tells, to treat your audio library as a large database, which makes … Continue reading Audio Post Production naming convention
A Perfectly Sad Day – a short animation Audio Post Production
A friend of mine recently made a traditional short animation by photographing every frame individually. I thought that would be a good exercise for me to practice a bit of sound design/ audio post-production. This is the second version of it (first one will never be seen...) All the sounds are from fresound.org and edited/ … Continue reading A Perfectly Sad Day – a short animation Audio Post Production
Shure SM57 & its clones turn 55 and the OP makes a discovery
The legendary SM57 microphone from Shure is turning 55 years old, which is a grand age for a piece of tech item still in production. It is allegedly the most used microphone of all time and if you ever held a microphone in your hands you have a good chance that it was (or some … Continue reading Shure SM57 & its clones turn 55 and the OP makes a discovery