28/09/2007 by Steve Foxon.

Having just signed off on “Mind’s Eye” / “Mission of the Viyrans” I take a break for a month, and as much as I love working on these plays, it’s going to be nice to take some time out.

Well, I say ‘relax’, but now I have a list of things as long as my arm to catch up with! I have a full time job on top of the Big Finish work, so there’s not much I can call free time.

I’m looking forward to editing the video of my children from the last year, and catching up on some serious gaming and DVD watching. As well as finishing up some music for TNM, which I’m sure they’ll be please about. I’m even in the throws of a web site spruce up, so watch out for that.

So, off I go……..

Cheers.

Steve.

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31/05/2007 by Steve Foxon.

Hello. Still here. As it says. I’ve been extremely busy working on the Sound Design for ‘Valhalla‘ and what a challenge that was! I’ve said that a bit recently haven’t I. Maybe it’s just me. Not in this case though, as there was a lot to get right in this one, but I am delighted with the results, and Simon Robinson has added so very fitting music to it. Which is good, as this is the first time I haven’t written the music.

As I said, very busy and have moved on to starting ‘Frozen Time’ now, which should be a walk in the park compared to ‘Valhalla’, but I’m really looking forward to the music on this one. Should be a bit different from anything I have done before - certainly on a grander scale anyway (if it works out). I’m currently working through the Dialogue edit and should get the majority of Sound FX sorted out over the weekend, so I can then can cracking.

Hopefully I’ll get around to updating my main site soon as well, as I’m keen to get the RSS feed working.

Catch you later.

S.

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22/03/2007 by Steve Foxon.

Still working on ID & Urgent Calls. The sound edit for ID is complete and signed off, whereas Urgent Calls is just waiting for feedback. Meanwhile I’m writing the ID music at the moment. It’s been quite a long haul, and I seem to keep saying this at the moment, but ID was a challenge! There are a lot of scenes with a lot going on. In contrast, Urgent Calls was a breeze :-); but don’t let that put you off, as I’ve said elsewhere it’s a gem of a story and Eddiie Robson is a star.

I’m hoping to finish up at the weekend, which then gives me a couple of weeks for a breather before “Valhalla” is recorded. although a lot of that time will be spent getting the sound fx ready. I’ve not seen the script yet, so have noeidea what it’s about.

I love Alex’s cover for ID too, in fact I’m a fan of his work and he’s a nice bloke to boot!

Well, back to the music then.

Bye.

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22/02/2007 by Steve Foxon.

It’s been a wihle, but I’ve been very busy. Having almost put “Perfect Day” (Sapphire & Steel) to bed, I recently went to the recording of I.D. & Urgent Calls, the latest Doctor who story I’m working on. It’s always an enjoyable day fro me as I get to meet others from Big Finish and it’s great to put faces to names. I try to sit in on the recording as much as possible, as it can be useful, but when you sit in your won little World working on these things, it’s nice to chat and get ‘involved’. Of course I have the missus to chat to, but it all goes over her head

So, I am currently sifting through thousands of Sound FX to find the right ones for I.D. and will be recording some sounds over the next few days, which is always fun. I.D. is quite a challenge, but it’s a 3 parter and Urgent Calls will be more straight forward as a 1 part sotry. And by the way, may I say what a fine example of how to write a 1 part story it is, I know that Colin Baker also loved it.

Until next time.

Steve.

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18/01/2007 by Steve Foxon.

Nocturne is done and dusted at last, and so I trundle on to the next one. that is the Sapphire & Steel play “Perfect Day”, for which I have just finished reading the script - and it’s a corker! I am looking forward to getting my teeth into this one, especially the music

So the first stage of the process is done - reading the script and at the same time making note of all the Sound FX that are needed. The 2nd is also done, and that’s to simply start a Cubase project and import all of the recorded Audio in order.

Next I’ll be doing a little processing of the Audio, normally to boost the levels and gate bleed from other mics if possible. Then I’ll go through the marked up script and note down all of the Scenes and where they take place along with the rlevant timings, which then make it easier to do the dialogue edit. All that, hopefully before the weekend!

I’ll pop back to continue the process soon.

Cheers.

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23/12/2006 by Steve Foxon.

I am currently working on ‘Nocturne‘ for Big Finish. I would say I am about 1/2 way through the editing stage, so probably have around 3 or 4 days to get to the music writing. I am of course looking forward to having a bit of a break over Christmas, but I do have deadlines, so will be working quite a lot to get this done.

There’s some challenging sound design coming up with a particular noise that is needed. I’m about half way through getting it right, but it needs some fine tuning; we have ideas (John Ainsworth and I), that I shall work on over this weekend. It’s probably the longest I’ve had to spend on coming up with something, but as it is a key element to the story, it has to sound just right.

The ‘in play’ music was also a bit of a challenge, as the city is meant to be a place of ‘Music & Art’ so there is a lot of it about. I’m pleased with the results, even if on occasion there was a bit of cheating going on

This afternoon I shall be recording some Sound FX that I don’t have in my vast collection (around 30GB!). It’s a good job there’s no one else in at the moment, as some of it will definitley be noisey!

A couple of nights ago I worked on the trailer, so I suspect you’ll be seeing that up on the Big Finish site soon, so keep an eye out.

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