The Drive - VR Audio Post Production

The Drive is embedded below but is best experienced in VR. Using the YouTube app and can be viewed in VR using this link: https://youtu.be/-YVl9veMHac

I was the Lead Sound Designer for a VR short film that allows the viewer to experience an encounter in first person from the perspective of a son, a mother and a police officer.

I was present on set during filming to record different types of location Audio to help make The Drive an immersive and cohesive audio experience. I was also responsible for all audio post production which consisted of voice recording/editing, audio processing, designing Foley and sound effects.

I used Facebook 360 Spatial Audio tools to 3D audio spatialization.

Tools used:

• Zoom H3-VR 360 to capture ambisonic recordings of location ambience, and live audio during the records.

• Wireless Lavalier microphones to capture live voice from the talent as they performed.

• Audio-Technica U851RbO Omnidirectional Condenser Boundary Microphone

• A Tascam 8 channel mixer with USB as an location interface.

• The local University of Illinois professional voice recording booth for recording all vocal lines

Software used:

• Reaper for editing, designing and mixing

• Izotope RX

• Various Waves plugins

• Facebook 360 Spatial Audio Workstation tools for spatialization and ambisonic audio processing.

WARNING: This short film deals with subject matter that some may find disturbing and uncomfortable.