I know that a lot of our readers also visit, Pro Tools Expert. If you don't, you really should. While, yes...obviously...they are somewhat Pro Tools focused, they also do a lot of reviews and news gathering about plug-in manufacturers and sound effects libraries. They also have a premium tutorials site called Production Expert, and it's a great place to learn not only about Pro … [Read more...]
Win a Hybrid Library from Pro Sound Effects!
We've already mentioned our grand prize, but we wanted to make sure no one missed the fact that we'll be giving away a MASSIVE sound effects library at the end of this month. If you're not familiar with the Hybrid Library, we've reviewed here before. Technically, we reviewed it twice, because they took feedback from that review and other users who had purchased it and made some … [Read more...]
Book Release: Earth Is A Solar Powered Jukebox
"Earth Is A Solar Powered Jukebox" is the title of Gordon Hempton's newly released book on Quiet Planet. Gordon Hempton, The Sound Tracker®, covers both science and art as we learn about how sound behaves in natural habitats and how this knowledge can be skillfully applied to produce award winning field recordings and compelling sound designs. [...] Novices and experts, alike, … [Read more...]
Watson Wu – Killing Floor 2 Weapon Recording Behind The Scenes
Watson Wu recently shared a behind the scenes video showing footage of weapon recording sessions for newly released Co-Op First Person Shooter Killing Floor 2 by Tripwire Interactive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8-YgPCmUDg … [Read more...]
New SFX Libraries: November Recap
(Source: Flickr) If you are releasing a new SFX library and you would like it to be included in our recap, send us the details with our SFX Independence Submission Form. Please only notify us of libraries that were released within the last month. In this month's SFX recap we hear the soundscapes of Berlin & Japan, adventure games, scary horror sounds & … [Read more...]
Win a 1 Year Unlimited Subscription to Soundsnap
It's time to thank our next sponsor and highlight their donation to the DSX December Give-Away. Soundsnap is a different kind of sound effects supplier. They've worked with a number of independent sound effects producers to create a subscription based, royalty free, sound effects library. Rather than shelling out a lot of money for a general sound effects library, you have … [Read more...]
Auro Technologies Founder Wilfried van Baelen On The Future Of 3D Audio
In a recent interview on connectedlife.style Wilfried van Baelen, founder of Auro Technologies, talks about his work on Auro-3D & the future of 3D-Audio. After 140 years of the evolution of sound, we finally have sound in 3D, we can integrate it and, of course, what you see now is a learning curve for the whole industry. This is just the beginning of a lot of learning for … [Read more...]