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Medieval Weapons Sound Effects Library – Kickstarter Announced

August 25, 2014 by Joshua Kaplan

The team that brought you the Free Firearm Sound Library is running another kickstarter, this time looking to provide the world with a completely cost free, high quality collection of CC0 licensed medieval weapon sounds. The project aims to include just under 500 unique sound effects, each with multiple takes, designed for use in all kinds of film and video game projects. For … [Read more...]

Beep: A Documentary History of Video Game Sound – Kickstarter Announced

August 25, 2014 by Joshua Kaplan

Karen Collins, author and editor of four books on video game audio, and an accomplished sound designer in her own right, is currently directing the production of Beep, the very first documentary history of video game music and sound design. This ambitious project aims to cover the history of game audio, from Victorian mechanical arcades through today's orchestral performances. … [Read more...]

SAE Sound Design Contest

June 3, 2014 by Joshua Kaplan

The SAE Sounddesign contest has just been announced. Contestants will be asked to create the audio (foley, sound design, atmosphere, no music) for a short monster animation, and the first through third place winners will take home a share of over 5500€ worth of prizes from companies like Rode, Boom Library, iZotope, Avid, SoundBits, Sugar Bytes, Fluid Audio, and … [Read more...]

Glitchmachines release Quadrant

April 21, 2014 by Joshua Kaplan

Quadrant is a new modular sound generator and effects processing plugin geared towards experimental sound design. It features a broad selection of modules, connectable through a graphical patching system, allowing for a very wide and customizable range of sounds and effects. The plugin can be used to generate textures, or as an effects processor, providing a number of different … [Read more...]

SFX Round Up – April 2014

April 1, 2014 by Joshua Kaplan

SFX Round Up – April 2014

It's April, and you'd be a fool if you didn't check out this past month's freshly released sound libraries. From quiet forests, ocean sounds, and country ambience, to war-torn future soundscapes and the introduction of a new company to the sound design community, plus a BIG contest announcement, Designing Sound's monthly round up has you covered. … [Read more...]

The Hybrid Animal Sound Design Competition

March 31, 2014 by Joshua Kaplan

No matter how deep your interest in animal husbandry may be, you're probably never going to figure out what the spawn of a camel and a mollusk might sound like. Or will you? Interested sound designers still have a little more than a week left to enter the Hybrid Animal Sound Design Competition, where the creation from scratch of a brand new animal call could net a share of … [Read more...]

SFX Independence – March 2014

March 1, 2014 by Joshua Kaplan

SFX Independence – March 2014

A lot of great new libraries were released this past month, and a few must-haves are currently on sale. If you're looking for places to spend your hard earned audio dollars, be sure to review this month's round up below. And, of course, don't forget to check out our post on Animal Sound Libraries from just a few days ago for more great suggestions. … [Read more...]

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