Os Sons de Batman vs Superman Com Scott Hecker

 The Sound of Batman vs Superman with Scott Hecker

In this exclusive SoundWorks Collection interview we talk with Supervising Sound Editor Scott Hecker about his work on Director Zack Snyder's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

Scott breaks down how the sound team created new sounds for the Batmobile, Batwing, Wonder Women, Aquaman, Flash, Doomsday, and Superman.

• Chuck Michael - Lead Sound Designer
• Phil Barrie - Sound Designer
• Margit Pfeiffer - Dialogue/ ADR Supervisor
• Roy Seeger - 1st Assistant Sound Editor 

Batmobile:

Main elements were transmission whine from inverted transmission on the production vehicle, prototype Shelby Series I for the engine, and many unique flavorful sweeteners along the way...whines, booms, whooshes and other hi-tech tweaks and bobbles!

Batwing:

Processed electric car (Tesla) was the base, a few jet sweeteners for power only on pass bys, and processed bull roarer sounds for unique character, and a few other processed synth sounds. GRM Tools Reson, Native Instrument's Absynth and Reaktor, and fun sounds from the Twisted Tools library were used.

Wonder Woman's power blast:

Starts off with a powerful and sexy metallic bracelet clang. The tonal and magical part of the force were a couple different gong sfx modulated by Waves Mondo Mod and Native Instrument's Absynth along with various booms, power blasts, whooshes.

Doomsday Vocals:

Were predominately processed human (Gary Hecker, Chuck Michael and even Zack!) and animal vocals (elephant, boar, tiger, bear, horse). Izotope Nectar, GRM Contrast, Lo ender, Plug and Mix's Psycho Ring, and Altiverb were used to process.

Batman's Vocals:

Scott worked with Margit Pfeiffer the Dialogue/ ADR Supervisor on the processing of Ben Affeck's normal voice (he did not "throw" his voice for his Batman performances). Mainly, Flux Ircam Trax V3 was used (varied settings depending on each line's performance), along with occasional touches of Antares Throat Evo, and Izotope Nectar 2.

Minha Trilha Sonora Para Um Concurso do Rock In Rio em 24 Horas - Não Ganhei! Mas Foi Ótimo Ter Feito

My Soundtrack To A Rock In Rio Contest in 24 Hours - I not won but it was great to have done!

Duda Silva and I made the soundtrack, recorded and mixing in 24 Hours. We used the fim clip as inspiration and observing the people on the film. 

Duda Siva, played Bass and all guitars and I play the drums and did the mixing.

See the link below.

My Soundtracks for "The last Of Disciples"

My Soundtracks for "The last Of Disciples" check the projecto on Kickstarter and check the video
Thanks for your support on this project.

Teste: O Que a Sua Música Favorita Diz Sobre Você?

Quiz: What does your favourite music say about you?

First of all thanks to CNN's Elizabeth Cohen

You're at a heavy metal concert. An electric guitarist grinds out the final chords of a loud, aggressive solo and smashes the guitar. Are you thinking, "That was epic!"? Or are you just glad the music finally stopped?

Or picture yourself at a coffeehouse as an acoustic guitarist strums note after relaxing note. Are you feeling warm and happy? Or do you just want to rip the strings right out of that folksy guitar?

Whichever one is you, psychologists have found that your taste in music says a lot about your personality. 

"People who are high on empathy may be preferring a certain type of music compared to people who are more systematic," said David Greenberg, a University of Cambridge psychologist. 

Greenberg has quizzed thousands of people, first giving them a written test to analyse their personalities and then finding out what types of music they prefer.

He found a correlation: Those who have a well-developed ability to understand thoughts and feelings in themselves and others -- so-called "empathizers" -- tend to prefer mellow music that evokes deep emotion. 

But the world is full of underlying patterns and systems, and those who can more easily identify these connections are "systemizers." Greenberg's research shows they prefer intense music that forms complex sounds. 

The theory, he said, is that empathizers are interested in music's emotional qualities and how it makes them feel, whereas systemizers are more intrigued by its structural qualities.

"They are focusing more on the instrumental elements, seeing how the music is mixing together," Greenberg said. "It's almost like a musical puzzle that they're putting together."

Music taste reflects personality

Systemizers lean toward jobs in math and science: the meteorologist who rapidly deciphers emerging weather patterns, the geologist who untangles eons of mystery about how a mountain formed.

Empathizers tend to be good listeners. They can put themselves in someone else's shoes. Systemizers can have an average or even high ability to do this, too -- they don't lack empathy per se -- but their systemizing abilities are even greater, Greenberg said. 

He found people who like both mellow music and intense music score about the same in empathizing and systemizing tests, indicating a "balanced" thinking style. 

"We are seeking music that reflects who we are, so that includes personality, that includes the way we think, and it may even be the way our brain is wired," Greenberg says.

One hypothesis: Listening to mellow music can make us feel sad, so our brain may release a pleasing hormone to soothe us -- and empathizers may get a bigger dose, since the region of their brain responsible for regulating the chemical's release is larger. Systemizers' brains are bigger in regions responsible for recognizing patterns, so when they hear intense or highly structured music they may prefer it for its complexity. 

Test your taste in music

Are you an empathizer or a systemizer? Or you could be balanced. Take our music quiz to find out.

About the songs

Greenberg and his team of psychologists found empathizers prefer music that inspires strong feelings, often sadness, such as Joni Mitchell's "Blue." These songs often feature themes of love, loss, relationships, heartbreak and nostalgia. Not only are the lyrics to Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine" about melancholia and loss, but the song is also in a minor key that's typically associated with sad feelings. Neil Young's "Philadelphia" is about brotherly love and loss. The chorus of Adele's "Hello" is about the desire to communicate regret and sorrow. Ray Charles' "Georgia on My Mind" is also in a minor key and is about remembering a lost loved one through a sweet but sorrowful song.

Greenberg's team found systemizers prefer music that tends to be more energetic, often eliciting joy or even anger through charged lyrics and intricate patterns of notes. Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog" is about finding happiness with a woman. Hendrix's "Voodoo Child" and Rage Against the Machine's "Bulls on Parade" are aggressive songs about rebellion. "Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns N' Roses is an exhilarating rock anthem about the temptation of drugs. "Blitzkrieg Bop" by the Ramones is an animated, joy-inducing song written in a major key that's often associated with more positive emotions. 

Balanced music lovers tend to prefer songs across the spectrum.

Check the link and make the quiz.

Estes Três Grandes Podem Perturbar a Indústria de "Streaming Music"

The Three Major Players That Could Disrupt The Streaming Music Industry

Amazon

Aside from selling everything under the sun, Amazon actually has its own streaming music player: The use of Amazon Prime Music comes with a subscription to Amazon Prime, which is a subscription that tens of millions of people have signed up for.

The problem with its music service is that it’s not very impressive, and it certainly isn’t worthy of the largest store on the planet. Amazon Prime Music is lacking in almost everything, including its offerings. It’s safe to bet that as Prime membership grows, the company is looking into building up its in-house streaming platform. Right now, it’s not the sort of thing that anybody would actually pay for (if it was offered outside of the Prime program), but there is no reason why a company like Amazon couldn’t create such a product.

Samsung

Like Amazon, Samsung actually already has a streaming platform, but that doesn’t mean that the company is satisfied. Milk Music has been around for years now, but it is really losing the popularity battle. Samsung might be a huge company, but its internet radio service has never been able to gain any traction or pick up a substantial number of listeners, especially ones that are willing to pay to use it.

For some time, many in the industry were wondering if the tech giant was going to purchase Jay Z’s beleaguered Tidal platform and use that as a starting point, but it has been made very clear that such a deal is not in the works. So, if not Tidal, what will Samsung do to better its position in the streaming music world, which is something it is looking into? It could snap up another competitor, it could revamp its existing product, or it could launch something entirely new. What will happen isn’t clear, but it needs to happen soon, otherwise Samsung might not have a chance to catch up to the most established services. Samsung has the money to make something work here, and because of past failures, the determination is present as well.

SoundCloud

Millions of people already go to SoundCloud for their music listening needs, but the company is working on something big that will change it fundamentally. Right now, the music site doesn’t charge people anything to listen, and that’s problematic. The company is often in financial trouble, and record labels and artists around the world are often upset about people uploading their music and royalties not being delivered.

It has been known for some time that SoundCloud is working on turning itself into a more legitimate streaming service, though it isn’t clear what that will look like or when it will arrive. Since it already has millions of loyal users, there is reason to believe that many of them will at least be willing to try out whatever proper service SoundCloud comes up with, which is typically half the battle.

Esta Luva Deixa Você Criar Uma Música do Ar!

This glove lets you create music out of thin air

A new glove will turn even the most deficient in musical talent into rockstars.

Austin, Texas-based company Remidi made a glove, dubbed the T8, that allows you to create music simply by making gesture with your hand and fingers. 

The glove works in tandem with a motion sensor bracelet, allowing you to create sounds by moving your fingertips or your entire hand. You can tap any surface and it will sound like you're playing on a keyboard.

Remidi recently surpassed their Kickstarter goal of $50,000 by raising $137,326. You can currently pre-order it on their website.

There are eight sensors embedded in the glove — three in the palm and one in each fingertip — that work with the bracelet to detect what direction your hand is moving and at what speed. The sensors can also detect how hard your fingertips press down onto a surface.

Here's how it works: you simply put on the glove and bracelet and open the Remidi app. Through the app, you can program what sound you want to play when you make a specific movement. So, you could tell the glove to play a particular musical note when you press your pinkie on a surface.

You can then record songs in real-time, on-the-go, and trust that they'll all be saved onto the app. The glove can send recordings over WiFi or Bluetooth.

You can also play music using Remidi over a background track or mix to make songs more engaging.

Watch it in action:

YouTube Diz Que Paga Muitos "Royalties"

YouTube Says It Pays Plenty Of Royalties

First of all, thanks to my Friend Bobby Owsinski for this article

Many fingers are being pointed at YouTube for not contributing much to label and artist bank accounts despite the enormous number of streams it generates.

For instance, YouTube claims that it had 50% of the 317 billion streams last year, yet paid only a fraction of what the paid tier from Spotify paid.

How much? We don't have the exact breakouts, but a combination of YouTube, Soundcloud, and all the ad-supported tiers from all streaming services accounted for $385 million in the U.S. in 2015.

Premium tiers of Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play and others amounted to $1.22 billion last year.

While everyone is disgruntled with YouTube for paying such low rates, its response as been that it's paid out over $3 billion dollars to the music industry, which is deceiving in that it's over the services lifetime, not last year.

The fact of the matter is that YouTube is still the go-to service by most people to listen to music, yet it pays the least to artists, songwriters, labels and publishers.

Yet the company has the music industry over a barrel as it holds all the leverage. Whether an artist wants their music there or not, chances are some fan is going to upload it, so it's always going to be available, and the price is still right at free.

Unfortunately, don't expect this dynamic to change soon.