On Sun, 2008-02-03 at 12:08 -0500, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
Blender lacks some standard tools that all of the big ones have
(Maya, 3D Studio, etc) and yet they made amazing animations with it.
A core reason for that project was to figure out the problems with
Blender in a production environment and work on improving them.It is a shame they did not take the same approach with the audio.
The synthesis was done using Reactor, for example. I think that Pd
is pretty clearly a more capable real-time synth than Reactor, but
yes, it's rough around the edges.
and it's also a decision about how much time you are willing to invest. i wouldn't be suprised, if you come quicker to a satisfying result using reaktor than with pd. for my personal projects the factor time hasn't the highest priority, but it might have for projects like elephants dream.
As for mastering, I did a lot of work as a sound designer in Sound
Forge/Windows back in 2000, and now I use Audacity. Admittedly, I
don't do super elaborate mastering. I will say that Audacity could
use more polishing and some efficiency tweaks, and a fancier GUI
might be useful. But bottom line, it gets the job done.
i disagree, but it would go to far to mention everything in detail. from my experience, i _had_ to go back to proprietary world to get certain jobs done. that's why i assumed, this might apply also to the makers of elephants dream. without knowing what the exact reasons for their decision was, i wanted to say, that i _understand_ them.
If the idea
of the movie was to be a free/open project, I think it was a copout
to use proprietary tools for audio. Audacity now is better than
Sound Forge was in 2000. Lots of professionals were using Sound
Forge in 2000, using Audacity now you'll be better off than them.
i like the idea of pushing development by funded projects. for their next production it would be cool to see some effect from that on the audio side as well.
prove me wrong, but i sometimes have the feeling it's more a question about mentality than about resources.
roman
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