It is very difficult to keep up with all the new independent sound library releases, which is why we regularly put together roundup posts. Unfortunately it is difficult for even us to keep track of them all! We are all volunteers doing this in between work after all. To make sure no libraries slip through the cracks; we have added a submission form for sound effect library … [Read more...]
Should It Make A Sound?
Guest Contribution by Rob Bridgett For the past 14 years I've been a proponent of sound as a deeply integral part of the video game development process, getting audio involved earlier, allowing it to become a part of decision making and concepting, allowing sound's early presence, excitement and enthusiasm to influence the other disciplines involved in the … [Read more...]
Silence is the Sound of Listening
"One can look at seeing but one can't hear hearing" - Marcel Duchamp As you may know, silence is the topic chosen for this month here at Designing Sound. One may think silence is not existent if we value it as an absolute sonic absence, but here I'm going to examine its role and possibility towards the act of listening to sound, silencing, not as that state of complete sonic … [Read more...]
SFX Independence – June 2014
A quick round-up of recent releases from independent sound designers ... Sonic Salute - Rock & Roll https://soundcloud.com/gimaudio/rocknroll-dirtdebris-sngls-demo First up this month we come bearing gifts - an exclusive 20% off coupon for the latest Sonic Salute library pack. ROCK & ROLL: Rock/Concrete/Metal Impacts and Dirt Debris contains over 300 LCR recordings … [Read more...]
AudioGaming : Competition
AudioGaming is about to celebrate five years of developing procedural audio plugin magic and would like to offer two DS readers a post-production bundle each — for free — through a simple competition. Here's what you need to do: Help them find a quote for the procedural audio plugin bundle A quote that could go on a box like the one below The quote needs to be ten … [Read more...]
Review: Glitchmachines – Quadrant
A few months ago Glitchmachines released Quadrant a "modular sound generator and effects processing plugin geared toward experimental sound design and electronic music production." Quadrant also " includes a Eurorack modular synthesizer sample library comprised of over 1500 samples.". For $49 this sfx processor + library gives you a lot of content to learn and play … [Read more...]
xeno-canto : Sharing bird sounds from around the world
This looks like it could be a great resource for sound designers too : xeno-canto is a website dedicated to sharing bird sounds from all over the world. Whether you are a research scientist, a birder, or simply curious about a sound that you heard out your kitchen window, we invite you to listen, download, and explore the bird sound recordings in the collection. But … [Read more...]