I just want to thank you all for the incredible support to Designing Sound during 2010 and wish you the best for 2011. Thanks for visiting the sites! I hope the next year comes with very cool things on all the sites. There're some cool things coming in January and February, so stay tuned! Happy new year! … [Read more...]
New Sound Lab, Independent SFX Library of Tor Johnson
New Sound Lab is an independent sound library site created by Tor Johnson. The library features field recordings from Southern California. From nature to metropolis, Tor's goal is to have a wide variety of high quality, usable sound packages fit for any sound designer's collection. All releases are recorded in either 96khz or 192khz using a Sanken CSS-5 microphone and Sound … [Read more...]
Game Audio Podcast #6 Released
The 6th episode of Game Audio Podcast is available now. It includes a discussion on the independent sound effects library world and other news and features. The guests this time were Chuck Russom and I (yeah, with my particular accent). It was a very enjoyable to do the episode, so hope you like it too. Audio file and Links at Game Audio Podcast … [Read more...]
Chuck Russom FX Re-Releases Fireworks HD SFX Library
By popular demand, Chuck Russom has decided to Re-Release the Fireworks HD SFX Library that he released some time ago as limited edition. What do you get when you have a couple hundred bucks worth of fireworks, a swimming pool, some recording gear, and a free afternoon? You get a pretty unusual library of fireworks sounds. This library features 40 recordings of various … [Read more...]
December's Sound Design Challenge Announced
Shaun Farley has announced the sound design challenge for December. This one is pretty fun! Take a look: If there’s one thing that all sound editors/designers have in common, it’s that at some point we are all reduced to speaking in onomatopoeia. There are times where it’s just more efficient to to talk or write in nonsensical gobbledy-gook to communicate about the sounds we’re … [Read more...]
The Recordist Releases Ultimate Fire SFX Library
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/17806164[/vimeo] The Recordist has released Ultimate Fire Soundbox HD, an insane collection of fire recordings, including 583 sound effects recorded at 192kHz/24-Bit. At long last, here it is, after four long years and zero trips to the emergency room, what every serious sound designer needs: A professionally recorded fire sound effects library. I … [Read more...]
HISS and a ROAR Announces CrowdSource Library 2: ROOM TONES
The first crowdsource sfx library of HISS and a ROAR has been finished and Tim Prebble is ready for the second collection: Room Tones. Traditionally Room Tone referred to the recording of (near) silence on set, to help dialogue editors with filling their tracks/matching backgrounds to different camera/mic angles and/or extraneous sound. It’s also known as a buzz track … [Read more...]