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You may find some of these articles on sound design interesting. Many are from the film world, but much of the sound design technique is the same. Suggestions of other useful sites are welcome. Mix Magazine - Harry Potter Sound Track Studio Sound - Harry Potter sound design. Jack Foley, feet of the stars An Undervalued Art: The Craft of Sound The Art of Sound Effects   (History) Sound Design for sci-fi Films    Article about different movies. Animation Film Sound

Additional Material Film Sound Bibliography Articles on Sound Design by Randy Thom  * Cinema Audio Society Game Audio Design - Gamasutra A D V E N T U R E S in C Y B E R S O U N D Dr. Alan Beck's writings THE SOUNDTRACK: A basic Introduction  (Film) Pre synthesizer electronic effects. Oskar Sala, a German composer and physicist was the inventor of the Mixtur Trautonium, a novel musical instrument that produced the sound effects for Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" among others.

Other Readings: Mixing with Headphones Headphones for monitors World Forum For Acoustic Ecology     listening to myself listen     Is Radio Blind or Invisible? A Call for a Wider Debate on Listening-in     Listening to radio plays: fictional soundscapes     Keep Your Ear-Lids Open      Books: Sound Design, David Sonnenschein    Michael Wiese Productions, Studio City, CA     ISBN 0 941188 26 4 Sound-On-Film, Vincent LoBrutto   Praeger Publishers, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881    ISBN: 0-275-94442-5  (alk paper)   0-275-94443-3 (Pbk) Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound Second Edition   David Lewis Yewdall (M.P.S.E.)    Focal Press    ISBN: 0-240-80525-9