TONSTURM is a new sound effects library for sound designers, founded by Tilman Hahn and Emil Klotzsch. Both work as Sound Designers/Editors in Cologne, Germany. They created this platform not just to provide unique sound effects, but also to live out their passion. They're releasing his first sound effects package, called "Breaking Glass", featuring more than 500 sounds … [Read more...]
Archives for 2010
Hydrophonic, New Underwater SFX Library from Rabbit Ears Audio
Michael Raphael has announced the release of "Hydrophonic", a new sound effects library of amazing sounds recorded underwater. Time to get wet and be sucked in by the rip current! Hydrophonic is a moist library that features sounds recorded from a variety of subaquatic perspectives. For a period of 3 months, I dragged around my hydrophones wherever I could find water. My … [Read more...]
Avid Presents the New Generation of Pro Tools
Avid has just released Pro Tools 9, the new version of the industry standard DAW, now packed with more features (including very cool news for post-sound guys, both LE and HD users) and also a new philosophy (yes, finally... they're "changing"). So.. What's new? Pro Tools now works with Core Audio and ASIO drivers (no more interface limitations) Supports OMF/AAF/XMF Adds … [Read more...]
Jamey Scott Special: Exclusive Interview
Let's get started with the Jamey Scott Special! Here is an exclusive interview with him, talking about several aspects of his career, workflow, tools, and more! Hope you enjoy it. DS: Please introduce yourself... how you get started in sound and how has been the evolution of your career? JS: Ok, well let's see… I've been involved in what we're calling sound design now for … [Read more...]
The Sound Collectors' Club, More Crowdsourcing Power in the SFX World
Michael Maroussas, creator of the of the great sonicskepsi blog, has launched a new and very interesting project, called "The Sound Collectors' Club", inspired by great projects like HISS and a ROAR and Soundsnap. Basically, it's a place where you can go, upload sound effects (according to a specific topic) to a SoundCloud group. Then you will have access to all the sounds … [Read more...]
"My Hart is Racing", New SFX Library from Hart FX
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/15339560[/vimeo] Colin Hart has announced the release of "My Hart is Racing", a new sound effects collection of drag racing cars. This is my second library release. It might be small in size, but it’s epic in sound! 46 files in 96k/24b goodness. The are cars, bikes, Jr dragsters, all sorts of stuff in the library. I’ve got recordings from the beginning … [Read more...]
From N64 to Wii, Re-imagining "GoldenEye 007" – Exclusive Interview with Graeme Norgate and Steve Duckworth
First of all, I'd like to thank Cormac Donnelly, who kindly offered to contribute to Designing Sound by doing this great interview for the GoldenEye 007 games. Let's read! On November 2 Activision released their re-imagining of GoldenEye 007 on the Nintendo Wii. To mark the event we thought we’d not only have a chat with Steve Duckworth, Head of Audio at Eurocom working on the … [Read more...]