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Sensors Animation Updated

We made this short animation for Kongsberg Maritime in 2006 and it’s now been updated with brand new sound effects. Kongsberg Maritime delivers systems for positioning, surveying, navigation and automation to merchant vessels, offshore, oil & gas installations, and this animation was made to introduce Kongsberg Maritimes sensor technology, which monitors the inner life of big sea vessels.

Motion & Audio Experiments

Update: this reel is now also featured on The FWA Theater

Me and Sander have put together a small reel showcasing a few experiments with motion effects and Sanders skills at producing audio. The reel consists of several pieces and scraps from animations I’ve been playing around with the last few months and a dark and distorted soundtrack that’s been synchronized with the visuals. Please do turn up the volume for this one.

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Audio Production in 5.1 Surround

I’ve recently acquired a full 5.1 Surround system which I’m playing around with. For those not familiar with the term, here’s a short introduction:

A multichannel sound technology that produces five channels of sound in the left, right, center, left surround and right surround positions. 5.1 systems also have 1 channel for LFE (low frequency effects) which is usually sent to a subwoofer. (from webopedia)

Simply put, you get a much richer 360° experience when producing audio. This is not only a lot of fun, but really takes it to the next level in terms of making music or sounds for any project where there’s a 5.1 system available for playback, and is something I’m hoping we’ll get to put to use soon. For instance, the new TrondheimSoloists album Divertimenti, released on Blu-ray (the world’s first music Blu-ray actually), utilizes this technology and it’s safe to say more will be released in the future.

Check out www.umfeld.tv to witness an intense 5.1 project – and make sure you’re not using tiny laptop speakers when hearing this :)