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SFX Independence – Late May 2013

May 23, 2013 by Shaun Farley 3 Comments

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...]

February’s SFX Independence

February 22, 2013 by Shaun Farley 2 Comments

February’s SFX Independence

Sound Effects Independence continues, and February turned out to be a pretty busy month! Here are the latest independent libraries to released. [That we've noticed.] Chuck Russom FX Chuck Russom has just released his first new library in what feels like a VERY long time, Designed Whooshes 2. It's about damned time! ;) [Remember that Chuck frequently gives out discount codes … [Read more...]

Review – The Hybrid Library

February 21, 2013 by Shaun Farley 11 Comments

Review – The Hybrid Library

There is no shortage of general sound effects libraries on the market, and they come in a number of different sizes. Pro Sound Effects is master licensor and curators of the Blastwave FX, BBC, Foundation, and Soundrangers sound effects catalogs, among several others. They've done something a little different in putting together their new "Hybrid Library." Designed for … [Read more...]

New Libraries from The Soundcatcher, Soundopolis and Boom Library

February 5, 2013 by Shaun Farley 2 Comments

New Libraries from The Soundcatcher, Soundopolis and Boom Library

There are a few new libraries out and about town; for instance... Liquid Metal from The Soundcatcher Who knew a "waterphone" was an actual thing?! Apparently it is, and this library is filled with some positively interesting tonal effects. [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/58697591[/vimeo] Check out the library here. … [Read more...]

Mid-October SFX Library Roundup

October 16, 2012 by Jack Menhorn Leave a Comment

Mid-October SFX Library Roundup

Let's dive in to some October SFX news: Benjie Freund, Sound Designer at Hi-Rez Studios has started his own SFX Library site GetSoundEffects.com: We are very excited to announce that today is the official launch of GetSoundEffects.com.  The #1 place to get royalty free sound effects.We offer a wide variety of sounds effects and are continuously adding new sounds every … [Read more...]

This Week In SFX Libraries

August 24, 2012 by Jack Menhorn Leave a Comment

This Week In SFX Libraries

This week was a triple-dose of released sound libraries for your aural pleasure. First up is from TONSTURM: With TONSTURM 08 I Morocco you get 61 Soundfiles in 5 Channel Surround Format. All the ambiences were recorded in Tangier, Essaouira and Marrakech, three very different Moroccan Cities. For this surround ambience library we captured the beauty of the urban Arabic … [Read more...]

Sonic Salute: Factory Machinery Ambiences

August 7, 2012 by Jack Menhorn Leave a Comment

Sonic Salute: Factory Machinery Ambiences

I had the recent pleasure to receive a copy of Factory Machinery Ambiences from Mikkel Nielsen over at Sonic Salute. It's a pretty cool atmospheric selection of engines and motors and pounding metal.  Some blurbs from the library page: Sounds range from plastic foundries, casting machines, and machinery alarms, to giant textile processing units, and medical equipment … [Read more...]

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