Field recordings : Thailand

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How not to resist the charms of Thailand, land of smiles and good mood!
Hospitality, kindness and humor seem to be the three qualities that define the best Thai people.

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The ancient kingdom of Siam has many faces :

Bangkok, megalopolis of 10 million people who lived in a crazy rhythm both day and night.
The south and hundreds of exotic islands with white sand bordered by a abounding nature.
Then comes the north with the second biggest city, Chiang-mai and the grandiose mountainous land of the Golden Triangle.
Finally, the east part, Isaan region where remains ancient Khmer royal kingdom, but especially one of the most beautiful natural park I have ever seen, “Khao Yai National park “.

banniere 3With a lot of patience and walking, I saw wonders, I did not expect to find such a rich nature, I am very impressed, an audible and visual treat!

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During this trip, I tried to cover most of the territory by performing multiple entries and exits at different places and different seasons.

Here are some excerpts from my findings:

Jungles :

Temples :

Markets :

Cities :

Field recordings : North India

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North West showed me once again new faces of this incredible country, India ceases to amaze …

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I passed through five states:

-Uttar Pradesh where is the historic city of Agra and its majestic Taj Mahal.
-The Rajasthan very quickly because of the stifling heat.
-Delhi, The hyperactive capital with 16 million inhabitants.
-The Punjab, near the Pakistan Sikh religion center.
-Himachal Pradesh, in altitude, away from heat, noise and pollution.

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Kashmir was still far away and the roads were not open this season, the best way to get there was to conduct a one-week trek but courage missed me. I stopped in Mcleod mountains, new “capital” of Tibet in the state of the Himachal Pradesh.

Now it’s back to reality but full head of beautiful images, smile on my lips and full of motivation.
Here are a few moments of this journey:

Music and ceremonies :

Villages and quiet cities :

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Public spaces :

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Field recodings : South India

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India is an amazing hunting area for a sound recorder.
Considering the size of this country, there is a wide diversity of rural and urban environment.

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I went with a couple of miniature microphone, DPA 4060 omnidirectional, very discreet, light and especially practical. A part of the records has been achieved by placing the microphones on a cap.

My only regret is to not have bring a pair of cardioid mic.
It will be for the next trip, no doubt !

The hardest part was to record nature scenes between trucks, horns and million residents, it is difficult to find quiet places, even at 5am.

Here are some samples of my records laid end to end .

Happy listening!

Jungle and forest :

Villages :

Markets :

Cities :

Train stations :

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Sound Drama : Competition

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Last month, AVID france and ACFA school organized a sound design competition followed by a conference on sound design for video games. This event was hosted by many French and Canadian Audio directors.

The competition took place in the school premises, the goal was to achieve a sound fiction in 3 hours on a specific theme. To our disposal a small collection of sounds and Pro-tools without additional plug-in.

The theme was “Top secret archaeological excavations. Opening the sarcophagus a sound virus escapes, the transformation is immediate and inevitable.”

Here is my creation that won the first prize:

Trailer : zombiU Gamescom

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ZombiU is a  survival horror game developing by Ubisoft Montpellier.
It will be released simultaneously with the new Nintendo console, the WiiU.

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This week in Germany, it’s the Gamescom, one of the biggest video game event in Europe. A trailer was realized for this occasion.

ZombiU: Sound edit and design :

 

The official website of the game: http://zombiu.ubi.com/zombi/fr-fr/home/index.aspx
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/zombiugame

Enjoy listening.

Sound Design : UFO

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As part of the pre-production of a video game, I was asked to do research on a post-apocalyptic sound environment.

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Here is the spitch:
In the near future, our planet is the target of an alien invasion, impressive UFO fly over cities, destroying everything around them. We are in an old apartment, the fron wall ripped open that offers a panoramic view of a devastated city:

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Shooting UFO is split into three phases:
–> Loading –> Pre-shot –> Shot

 

 

This Pre-shot have two functions, it warns of imminent shooting and brings personality to these machines. The design of this sound is similar to granular synthesis, I cut small samples and duplicated it several times.
The length gives the height and reverb brings the “weight” and depth.

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Sound Design : The Crew

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The Crew has just been released !

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New title from Ubisoft and Ivory tower, the crew is a multiplayer open world  where you can drive throughout united states.
I spent several month to sound design the 120 minutes of cut scenes. Growling monsters, heavy mechanic devices and sci-fi sounds have been requested to design original cars engines and action scenes

Here is a compilation of this work :

http://youtu.be/DQGPtKGzopk

Sound design : ZombiU Logo

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A big challenge was given to me last month, revisiting the Ubisoft logo.

New game, new brand, ZombiU merited his signature sound.

The first step to designing this logo was to define this dry and organic texture.
I got the material needed by abusing various branches and vegetables.
The musical touch came at the very end, it’s violins deformed by Audiosculpt.
Only one thing was missing, the resolution, melodious and discordant bells reminiscent of the original logo.

After many hours of work and iterations, here is the result:

Field recordings : Winter session

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Winter often results in a hard battle against the cold, my first catch of the year is based on this striking theme.

It all start at home with the old boiler that hardly send warm in pipes:

The flow is a calcified radiator and the impacts come from vibration of a cello string, pitched and reverberated. Everything was recorded with two new acquisitions, hand made piezo pickups made by a Canadian.

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It continues in the mountains around Grenoble for a night hike:

In the dark night, nothing beats better than a homemade fire torch for light.
It was made with dipped liquefied wax on toilet paper, awfully effective result!

To stay as light as possible, I only took my handy-recorder with me.
This experience has to be re-iterate equipped with my full gear as soon as possible!

 

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