Recording Freight Trains is Serious Business
I took a trip back to my hometown last weekend. I brought my Zoom along, as I normally do when I head to Galesburg. Many times, however, I forget about it and don’t realize I missed the chance to capture…
Injustice: Gods Among Us – Cutscene Sound Design
Injustice: Gods Among Us launched for PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii U last week and has been getting some great reviews! Happy to share that NoiseFloor handled the the sound design and mix for Injustice’s cutscenes. As one of the…
Area Man Brags About Mixing Videos for The Onion
“I’m mixing videos for The Onion!”, Stosh Tuszynski posted on Facebook. The status received 6 likes and 2 comments the day it was posted. “I liked Stosh’s status because The Onion is cool” one friend explained, “I’m not sure what…
Creating Sound – Sonic Backgrounds Interview
Sonic Background – Stosh Tuszynski Forgot to post this one! I did a fun interview with Bryan Ploof for Creating Sound in February. One of my favorite audio sites!
Homemade Contact Microphone
A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to make a contact mic with my class at Columbia College Chicago. I’ve been interested in contact mics for a while now, but for whatever reason haven’t actually picked one up to…
Scrooge & Marley
So proud to say Scrooge & Marley, a feature film I’ve been working on is premiering this month! NoiseFloor handled all post-production audio on this fun twist of a holiday classic. I worked as the supervising sound editor, and had…
Our Longest Drive
Exciting news! A new TV series I’ve had the pleasure to work on with NoiseFloor premieres next week. (Tuesdays at 10:30/9:30p central, beginning October 16)
Flying Robot Boogie Cats
Fly-bys and swooshes are a huge part of sound design. While typical library solutions might work, you can’t beat originally created material. For me this is usually done by designing each sound effect individually, and this takes time. You might…
Help Start a Crowd-sourced Sound Library
Mike Niederquell has taken the initiative to start putting together free crowd-sourced sound libraries. The basic idea is a new library each month, and anyone who contributes a recording gets access to the that library. Best of all, it’s free!
Project Portal: Finished! Download it Here!
For the past several months I’ve been working on an audio mod for Valve’s original hit, Portal. In between class and work I spent time recording and designing as many of the games sounds as I could. I’m happy to say…
NATO Protest Chants 2012
Hate it or love it, NATO is here in Chicago. While the summit doesn’t start until tomorrow, the expected protests are in full effect. This morning I found out about a march toward Rahm Emanuel’s home in the Ravenswood neighborhood.…
Project Portal: Update 4
Another big step of my Project Portal mod is complete. Yesterday, I finished replacing all of the delightfully depressing dialogue of the Aperture Science standard-issue floor turret. I hadn’t planned on replacing any dialogue when I started this mod. I…