HISS and a ROAR has released BEACHES, an ambience library recorded by sound designer Tim Prebble. If you’ve ever had to sync waves to picture then you will appreciate the need for a collection of cleanly recorded waves of various scales; from gentle idyllic waterlaps to more turbulent surf. Each location in this new library was recorded to six tracks, capturing a narrow … [Read more...]
SFX Lab #3: On Transformation
[SFX Lab, the laboratory of sound effects, a place dedicated to experiment and explore sound libraries. The main goal is to hear what happens when sounds of a specific kind are combined, processed, and transformed in several ways.] Over the years, transformation of sound has become a giant field that barely touches the infinite. Sounds can be manipulated in a lot of … [Read more...]
Soundminer Pro v4.3 Available, Lion Compatible
Soundminer Pro v4.3 has been released, including new features and fixes. Main New features OS X 10.7 Lion Support Brand new Rewire engine which thus far has proven to be more reliable, faster and less CPU intensive. This is part of ongoing developments for our next pro version. Auto-Detect Pro Tools session - Soundminer will check when moving between the two applications … [Read more...]
Water Foley, New Library of HISS and a ROAR
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/30574333[/vimeo] Water Foley is a new sound library of water movement, footsteps and sound effects released by HISS and a ROAR and recorded by Tim Prebble. This library was recorded in two exterior swimming pools, one interior pool, a sandy beach at low tide, a river, a stream, a rock pool at low tide and a swamp. Apart from human movement, footsteps … [Read more...]
Bottle Rocket FX Releases Impact Collection
Bottle Rocket FX has released Impact Collection. The Impact Collection is a library of 304 impacts, whooshes, swells, static, rises and zaps all designed with Trailers and Promos in mind. These sounds were designed using anything I could hit, bang, rumble and smash. In the process I destroyed a couple tools and put a healthy dent in a spare refrigerator, not to mention the … [Read more...]
Soundminer HD Now Supports iLok, Plus Discount on Ripper with v4/HD Purchases
Soundminer has released an iLok version of Soundminer HD, which comes with new features, including unlimited databases and SmartDrag. Official specs below: HD Searching features include: supports advance mutli-field boolean search just like our noted v4 line. supports direct in field searching supports live linked searching supports locked search within and search … [Read more...]
Frank Bry on Rain Recording, North Country Rain HD Library Available
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/27519835[/vimeo] The Recordist has released North Country Rain HD, a new sfx library loaded with rain sounds recorded by Frank Bry over the last 5 years. This new collection contains 38 24-bit/96khz incredible rain sound effects from North Idaho. Recorded on the ranch and other locations including farms, forests, concrete floors, pavement, fields of … [Read more...]