Want to score some excellent plugins from perennial favorite manufacturer SoundToys? Want to give to a worthy charity during the holiday season? Well, good news: you can do both, thanks to a great initiative SoundToys has recently started, called "Give a Little, Get a Little." The idea is, SoundToys will be offering one of their "Little" plugins as a pay-what-you-can … [Read more...]
News: The History of Animation Sound
It has been said that during times of national economic hardship, people look to entertainment for relief. Taking that with a grain of salt, Walt Disney couldn’t have revealed Mickey Mouse at a better time. Though on the verge of the Great Depression, and with the film industry making its swift yet awkward transition into synchronized sound, Walt Disney Studios … [Read more...]
News: Pro Sound Effects Announces Free Enrollment into Freelancer Program
An extra hour of sleep isn't the only good thing to happen in November (for those of us who live where Daylight Savings still exists and don't mind driving home in darkness). On 5 November, Pro Sound Effects announced their Freelancer Program. If you are an independent sound designer, video editor, or game developer in need of professional audio, Pro Sound Effects is … [Read more...]
New SFX Libraries: October Recap
If you have a release coming up and you would like it to be included in our recap, send us the details through our SFX Independence Submission form at https://designingsound.org/contact-2/sfx-independence-submission/. I know what you’re thinking. SFX libraries released in October will contain a lot of howls, screams, muahahahaaas... you know, that old chestnut. … [Read more...]
News: How to Create Horror Sound Effects
In an appropriately seasonal blog post over at A Sound Effect, Asbjoern speaks to Saro Sahihi of SoundBits, a boutique SFX library and sound design company. Saro, who has released some excellent gore SFX libraries, goes in-depth on how to achieve some truly squishy, wrenching, and disgusting gore sounds for all your horror needs. He even touches on some other horror mainstays, … [Read more...]
News: Sound Decision – Inside the world of audio branding
User Interface sounds are a breed of their own. Some clearly represent their actions, such as the epochal 'door opening' to indicate a contact has logged on or the equally attention-grabbing announcement that "you've got mail," which rationalized why you had to tie up the phone line another five minutes. Other sounds attempt to bind emotions to their actions; the wistful start … [Read more...]
News: Designing Sound Meetup at the 139th AES Convention
It's that time of year again! If you’re attending the 139th AES Convention next week in New York City, come join us at 8:00 pm on Thursday, 29 October at Alfie’s Bar and Kitchen, located at 800 Ninth Ave on the corner of Ninth Ave and W 53rd St. If you plan on stopping by, please RSVP using the form at the end of this article. If you are not attending the AES Convention, but … [Read more...]