The Jordan Harbinger Show

669: Dallas Taylor | The Psychology of Sound Design

May 17, 2022

Dallas Taylor, the host of Twenty Thousand Hertz and a creative director at Defacto Sound, dives into the fascinating world of sound design. He reveals how sound designers create auditory experiences that align with our expectations, akin to a magician's emotional manipulation. The discussion touches on the overuse of certain sounds in films, the contrast between analog and digital methods, and how sound impacts everything from branding to taste. Taylor even explores the intriguing phenomenon of ASMR and its effects on our minds and bodies.

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Episode guests

Dallas Taylor

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Episode notes

Intro

3min

The Art of Sound Design in Media

20min

The Complex Art of Sonic Branding

5min

The Art and Science of Sound Branding

16min

The Enigma of ASMR

4min

The Influential Harmony of Sound and Taste

2min

The Sound of Silence: Exploring Noise Cancellation and Deepfake Technology

16min

Exploring the Emotional Landscape of Sound and Music

5min

Dallas Taylor is the host and creator of Twenty Thousand Hertz, a podcast revealing the stories behind the world’s most recognizable and interesting sounds. He is also the Creative Director of Defacto Sound, a TED mainstage speaker, a regular contributor to major publications, and a respected thought leader on the narrative power of sound.

What We Discuss with Dallas Taylor:

How sound designers create audio more in line with what our brains expect to hear when capturing it in reality would fall short.
How the tricks of sound design are akin to a magician's ability to invisibly manipulate our emotions.
Why we hear certain sounds recycled in movies and trailers to the point of cliché.
With the perspective-bending nature of sound design occupying so many of his waking hours, does Dallas find elements of the job extending into off-the-clock parts of his life?
Analog vs. digital (and why many prefer to rely on the older technology).
And much more...

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