Editing Sound

Print

Buy it!	Altman, Rick, ed. 1992. Sound Theory/Sound Practice. New York: Routledge.
Buy it!	Chion, Michel. 1994. Audio-Vision: Sound on Screen. Edited by Claudia Gorbman. New York: Columbia University Press.
Buy it!	Chion, Michel. 1999. The Voice in Cinema. Edited by Claudia Gorbman. New York: Columbia University Press.
Buy it!	Forlenza, Jeff and Terri Stone, eds. 1993. Sound for Picture: An Inside Look at Audio Production for Film and Television. Emeryville, CA: MixBooks.
Buy it!	LoBrutto, Vincent. 1994. Sound-on-Film: Interviews with Creators of Film Sound. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers.
	Millward, C.M. 1996. A Biography of the English Language. Ft. Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace.
Buy it!	Pinker, Steven. 1994. The Language Instinct. New York: William Morrow.
Buy it!	Rose, Jay. 1999. Producing Great Sound for Digital Video. San Francisco, CA: Miller Freeman Books. Terrific resource about all aspects of audio for DV. Also see Jay's Web site, Digital Playroom.
Buy it!	Schneider, Arthur. 1990. Electronic Post-Production Terms and Concepts. Boston, MA: Focal Press.
Buy it!	Weis, Elisabeth and John Belton, eds. 1985. Film Sound: Theory and Practice. New York: Columbia University Press.

Online

Audio Engineering Society, 60 East 42nd St., New York, NY 10165. Phone 212-661-8528, fax 212-682-0477. 

Cinema Audio Society (CAS) consists of more than 400 sound mixers and associates from the film and television industries. They publish a journal and have a terrific online discussion board. Cinema Audio Society, 12414 Huston Street, Valley Village, CA 91607. E-mail cinaudso@aol.com.

Film Sound Design, created and maintained by Sven E. Carlsson, is dedicated to the art and analyses of film sound. Lots of great articles, including several by Walter Murch and Randy Thom. Check out the film sound clichés list.

Film Sound has a collection of articles on sound design and editing. 

Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE), an organization for professional sound and music editors who work in motion pictures and television. Motion Picture Sound Editors, P.O. Box 55725, Sherman Oaks, CA 91413. Phone 818-789-3813, fax 818-789-3862. E-mail join@mpse.org.

Software

Arboretum

BIAS, Inc.

Cakewalk develops and markets software for music and sound production, including Sonar. Cakewalk, 51 Melcher Street, Boston, MA 02210. Phone 617-423-9004, sales 888-CAKEWALK, fax 617-423-9007.

Digidesign offers an array of products, including Pro Tools. E-mail dpninfo@digidesign.com.

Sonic Desktop

Sonic Foundry

Syntrillium Software Corporation, headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, develops, publishes, and markets computer software products that enhance individual creativity in the manipulation of sound and visual effects. Of particular note is Cool Edit 2000, an inexpensive four-track software mixer. Syntrillium Software Corporation, P.O. Box 62255, Scottsdale, AZ 85082-2255. Phone 888-941-7100, 480-941-4327, fax 480-941-8170.

Performance Rights Organizations

ASCAP Clearance Express (ACE), Clearance Desk, Phone 212-621-6183.

BMI HyperRepertoire Internet Song Title Database, Research Department, Phone 310-659-9109.

SESAC Repertory On-Line (SRO), Phone 800-826-9996.

Harry Fox Agency (HFA), Theatrics Department, Phone 212-370-5330.

Libraries

Digital Pro Sound has a collection of articles and links.

EarthStation1.com has a collection of audio and video files available online.

FindSounds.com is a search engine for finding sound effects on the Web.

Image-Line Software, offers fruityloops, a collection of sound effects and music libraries. Image-Line Software, Kortrijksesteenweg 281, B-9830 Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium. Phone 32 (900) 10 292, fax 32 9 281 15 01. E-mail info@fruityloops.com.

Partners in Rhyme offers free music and sound effects from their Web site, as well as inexpensive CD collections.

Sounddogs.com has thousands of sounds available online or on CD. Web site has a search engine. Sounddogs.com, Inc., 2411 Third Street #J, Santa Monica, CA 90405. Phone 877-315-3647.

Sound-Effects-Library.com allows you to search the collection for the audio you need. 

Synthzone has patches and music files, articles and a discussion board.