Following on from last month's interview with The Chinese Room's Director and Composer Jessica Curry I was lucky enough to grab some time to chat with the studio's Audio Designer Adam Hay. Designing Sound: Thanks for taking the time to speak to me Adam. So, looking back through your credit list the first games you worked on were at Traveller’s Tales? Adam Hay: That’s … [Read more...]
LA Underground – An Interview with Charles Maynes
I recently had a chance to sit down with sound designer and sound FX recordist Charles Maynes and chat about his new “LA Underground” sound library, available from Rabbit Ears Audio. Inspired by the gritty and seedy Los Angeles shown in countless films, “LA Underground” is a 10 GB collection of ambiences from all over the city, from the industrial centers near the LA River to … [Read more...]
Review: Twisted Tools METAMORPH
METAMORPH is the latest sample library from Twisted Tools, makers of the designed sample libraries as well as some fun and unique Reaktor ensembles. With sounds designed by BJM Mario Bajardi and Komplex (Iter-Research), METAMORPH "takes heavily processed violins, pianos and acoustic instruments and morphs them into impacts, sci-fi atmospheres, user interface elements and … [Read more...]
A Second Look at the Hybrid Library
Earlier this year, I reviewed the Hybrid Library from Pro Sound Effects. Overall, it was a fairly positive review. While I was impressed with the library, I also pointed out some of its rough edges. The primary focus of the review was on the library's metadata and how it would affect work-flow. I won't go into heavy detail on the process here, as you can simply lick on the link … [Read more...]
SFX Roundup August 2013
August has come and gone, and we didn't want to get to September without mentioning another handful of great sound libraries released this past month. Travel figures prominently in this month's roundup. New Sound Lab - L.A. Freeways A comprehensive collection of freeway traffic sounds, recorded in Los Angeles along the US-101, I-405, I-5, I-10, I-110, SR-134, … [Read more...]
Airborne Sound Offering Free Sound Libraries
Last month, we told you that Airborne Sound was offering their Victory Vegas Motorcycle Sound Effect Bundle for free as part of their redesigned website's beta test. Well, it seems they weren't finished with the freebies, as they've recently added their Crowd Bundle, Train Bundle, Ambience Bundle, and Variety 2 Bundle to the list. These high-quality sound effect libraries … [Read more...]
SFX Independence – Late May 2013
There's a whole heap of stuff going on in the independent SFX community that's worth making note of. So, here goes... New Libraries Available Now... New Sound Lab's Optical Drives This library features recordings of computer optical disc drives (two internal desktop CD/DVD-R and one internal laptop slim CD/DVD-R slot-load). Two induction coil pickups were used … [Read more...]