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Cannons to the left, cannons to the right....

2011-05-12T12:20:00.000-07:00

Every now and then, a member of the royal Danish family is getting married, having a birthday, or having a baby. Every time this happens, the Kronborg castle right next to where I live, will salute the royals with cannonfire.
For the last 2 years I have done my best to record all salutes from different angles, and with different mics.
This is what has come out of it:
Kanoner ved krngb forsk positioner Gimaudio by gimaudio

!!!And since these recordings contain cannonfire, please watch your ears and speakers!!!

Kyma processed voice over.

2011-01-15T04:37:00.000-08:00

Multiple 30 sec. loop of a simple voice recording, processed through different prototypes in Kyma, and pitch/speed/delay/formant etc. is controlled with a Wacom pen.
Funny, and amazing how you can change a voice in Kyma, and make it sound like its spoken with a totally different accent, by a different person or by a person who hesitates on the words, not knowing the script.
Of course you can get a perfectly normal voice recording, to sound bad too (some great examples in there too:).
First 30 sec. are the unprocessed voice over. Rest of the loops are 30 secs. each, going through different setups every time.

Kyma processed voice 5min loop by gimaudio

Kyma processed, touch screen sounds

2010-12-30T12:51:00.000-08:00

Did these as a test for a future project, where the small screen will be replaced with bigger transparent touch screens.
Raw sound material is from birds whistling, calling etc. then processed through various prototypes in Kyma.

Picture quality is rubbish!! Sorry:)

Aras Tale teaser sound design

2010-12-27T03:55:00.001-08:00

Recently finished the sound on Aras Tale teaser, made by writer/director Martin Lubich http://www.loramel.net/
The score was done by composer Philippe Rey http://www.phreymusic.com/

Aras Tale is a short animation, coming in 2011.

Ara's Tale - Teaser from Martin Lubich on Vimeo.

Field recording: Snow

2010-11-30T05:50:00.000-08:00

Winter has come, along with -10 degress, and deep snow. I cant remember when Denmark has seen snow this early.
I´ve been recording footsteps, snowballs, sleighs etc. Cold, but fun and a learning experience as always.
Some photos:

Sound Design: David Spriggs, summer short

2010-10-01T10:39:00.000-07:00

Animation: David Spriggs
Sound design: Mikkel Nielsen

David Spriggs summer short from Mikkel Nielsen on Vimeo.

Having some fun with toycars, trains, and small motors.

Museum Sound installations: Kronborg Castle, Elsinore, Denmark

2010-07-11T12:24:00.000-07:00

The grand opening of the first and hopefully many sound installations on the castle, was on the 17 June. Reactions from the crowd has been nothing but fantastic. People feels like being drawn back to the time where the castle was a fortress, with slaves and soldiers living in the barracks. The most amazing thing for me now, is to visit the place and look at peoples reactions, when a horse drawn carriage suddenly comes passing by. The visitors clear the street, thinking about getting out of the way:) This first installation is what meets the visitors when they come to Kronborg. Its a LCR installation, with MeyerSound speakers fitted inside big granite stones. In the picture I have drawn a L C R, to easier see, where the speakers are placed.

Sounds include: horses passing, drawing heavy canons and wagons, soldiers marching, incoming canonshot, outgoing canonshot, and more. MeyerSound speaker in granite

Next, the visitors meets an old slave cell, where stories are told, and an eerie dreamlike soundscape fills the room, and helps the animation projected on the wall, come alive.

The tunnel to the nearby beach, and the gunpowder magazine. Both places have sound installed.

Small MeyerSound speakers in granite stone throws the sound onto the wall. Sub placed under the wooden ramp.

On the beach. "The seabattle" a reporters view of a battle between the Danish and allies the Dutch,and the Sweedes.

seabattle from Mikkel Nielsen on Vimeo.

Sound design: Ferrari F340

2010-06-19T05:03:00.000-07:00

Animation: Adam Dolby
Sound design: Mikkel Nielsen

Ferrari F340 by Adam Dolby, Sound design Mikkel Nielsen from Mikkel Nielsen on Vimeo.

Trying to put together a believable sound track, with only stock library sounds, and no Ferrari F340 sounds at all.
Sorry to all F340 fanatics:D
Also created my very first 5.1 surround track for this small vid

Sound Design: Digital Apprentice Workshop

2009-09-25T06:18:00.000-07:00

Animation: David Weinstein, Digital Apprentice Workshop.
Sound Design: Mikkel Nielsen, Gim-audio.

DavidWeinstein_Digital Apprentice Workshop_logoSound from Mikkel Nielsen on Vimeo.

Sound Design: Black Sun Entertainment

2009-09-24T02:24:00.000-07:00

Animation: David Weinstein, Black Sun Entertainment.
Sound Design: Mikkel Nielsen, Gim-Audio.

Note: Due to blogger limitations, the soundtrack is mono. For stereo soundtrack, please contact me.

Museum sound installations

2009-04-18T12:21:00.001-07:00

screen capture of "the seabattle", a director and I have been working on,
A giant Protools mixsession.

Sound Design: Carjacking

2009-04-08T13:07:00.000-07:00

Title: Carjacking
Animation: Loh Wong Loon
Sound Design: Mikkel Nielsen, Gim-audio
Note: Due to blogger limitations, the soundtrack is mono. For stereo soundtrack, please contact me.

Sound Design: Insect project George Kyparissous.

2008-03-19T05:29:00.000-07:00

Title: Insect.
Animation, all visual elements: George Kyparissous.
Sound Design: Mikkel Nielsen, Gim-audio.
Note: Due to blogger limitations, the soundtrack is mono. For stereo soundtrack, please contact me.

This is my first time, trying to do the sound for a mixture of real movie footage, and 3d. Very exiting:)

Sound Design: The Snatcher

2008-03-02T12:07:00.000-08:00

Title: The Snatcher
Animation: Loh Wong Loon
Sound Design: Mikkel Nielsen, Gim-audio
Note: Due to blogger limitations, the soundtrack is mono. For stereo soundtrack, please contact me.

The Snatcher was a no sound animation, made by the very kind Loh Wong Loon. The animation is actually based on "events" seen by Loh, himself.

Sound Design: The Cube

2008-03-02T11:24:00.000-08:00

Title: The Cube
3d graphics, & Postproduction: Dennis Holmboe and Andrej Blom
Sound Design: Mikkel Nielsen, gim-audio
Note: Due to blogger limitations, the soundtrack is mono. For stereo soundtrack, please contact me.

This animation was given to me, with a right to improvise and create something completely nuts. The big challenge for me was to, not make the track sound like a big mess of muddy sounds. Alot of action is going on in a very short amount of time.

Sound Design: Transformers

2008-02-14T23:19:00.000-08:00

Title: Transformers
Animation: Tyson Ibele
Sound Design: Mikkel Nielsen, Gim-audio
Note: Due to blogger limitations, the soundtrack is mono. For stereo soundtrack, please contact me.

This animation already had a soundtrack, but Tyson Ibele was nice to let me give the whole thing a shot.
Even though the piece is very short, the final mix ended up using a huge amount of tracks, and alot of automation mixing.
Really fun animation to work on.

Sound Design: "A bad day for Viper21"

2008-02-14T12:58:00.001-08:00

Title: "A bad day for Viper21"
Sound Design: Mikkel Nielsen, Gim-audio
Animation: Steve Tyler
Note: Due to blogger limitations, the soundtrack is mono. For stereo soundtrack, please contact me.

This one was alot of fun too. I have a weak heart for sci-fi, and spaceships. I really cant get enogh of this:)
The animator wanted the Vipers engines and exausts to sound very jet-like, and the personality should make one think of an aggressive insect.
The big bombers should be deep, bassy, and rumbling, and give a feeling of being a very heavy and dense ship.

Sound Design: Cockroach

2008-02-14T12:44:00.000-08:00

Title: Cockroach
Sound Design: Mikkel Nielsen, Gim-audio
Animation: Henrik Englund
Note: Due to blogger limitations, the soundtrack is mono. For stereo soundtrack, please contact me.

Cockroach was meant as a, no-sound-animation, to begin with.
I spend alot of late hours thinking of how to make the insect legs sounds, and how little or how much vocalization the roaches should have.