Critical Role is a live Dungeons and Dragons show and podcast hosted on the streaming platform Twitch. If you know anything about D&D, you’d know that the game is really what you make of it. You can choose to spend tons of money on books and maps and figurines. You can also choose to spend… Continue reading Critical Role
Author: Kyle Schmidt
“Brother & Sister” from the Hereditary Soundtrack
Creating fear through sound is a difficult task. When dealing with evoking an emotion so complex as fear, it would be logical to assume that the work is spontaneously created. People who create brilliant horror soundtracks must simply have a gift. The reality is that science is deeply interwoven with horror music. For example, let’s… Continue reading “Brother & Sister” from the Hereditary Soundtrack
Remastering, using Daniel Johnston
Remastering is an incredibly common practice nowadays. Anything that was produced on analog technology such as cassette, vinyl, or CD had to be digitally remastered in order to stream, or be used by digital audio technologies. This increases resolution, and makes the audio less susceptible to quality loss over copies. In order to provide some… Continue reading Remastering, using Daniel Johnston
Find a Way – a Tribe Called Quest
“Find a Way” is not only a fantastic song, but a great example of the role our brain plays in the interpretation of sound. A Tribe Called Quest provides the vocals for this hit 1998 song, while the beat was produced by renowned producer J Dilla. A key feature of J Dilla’s music is his… Continue reading Find a Way – a Tribe Called Quest