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Hilarity in Unexpected Places

September 25, 2017 by Isabella Ness

Hilarity in Unexpected Places

Let the Libraries Laugh! Curating and organizing libraries is a part of this discipline that I love. Previewing, testing, merging into databases, updating master caches, and of course, designing. Libraries are just...fun. For this month’s theme I wanted to embrace that wilier side of this more clerical end of our work. I always like to stumble across sounds that take me by … [Read more...]

Win a library from A Sound Effect

December 29, 2016 by Wilfried Nass

Win a library from A Sound Effect

2016 is almost done and, with it, so is our December give-away. If you haven't won anything yet, here's another prize that you should definitely try and get. Indeed, A Sound Effect generously offered to give you one copy of any of the libraries on sale on their website! To enter and maybe win the library of your choice, head over to DSX as usual and start debating, … [Read more...]

Sound Design Tutorial List

July 8, 2016 by Craig Deskins

Sound Design Tutorial List

  These days, resources to improve your audio craft are widely available on the internet.  In an effort to help finding those resources even easier, Designing Sound has compiled a list of many of the free Sound Design Tutorials that are available.  There is a wealth of information contained in this article, and whether you are an audio veteran or just starting out, you … [Read more...]

What Is Soundlister? – An Interview with Asbjoern Andersen

June 14, 2016 by Richard Gould

What Is Soundlister? – An Interview with Asbjoern Andersen

Asbjoern Andersen is a composer in Danish audio production company Epic Sound (www.epicsound.com), where he works with sound designer David Filskov and orchestral composer Simon Ravn on audio for games, film, television and for product branding. He’s also the founder of A Sound Effect (www.asoundeffect.com), a site for independent sound effects, and he’s the co-founder of … [Read more...]

News: A Sound Effect – Make Your Own Christmas SFX

December 21, 2015 by admin

In keeping with the festive spirit of the holidays, Asbjoern Andersen of A Sound Effect has compiled a collection of brief guides on how to create some iconic Christmas sound effects. Head over to the blog to find some quick and useful tips on recreating some very familiar SFX-- but don't be fooled, these tips will help you long after the new year rolls round! … [Read more...]

News: How to Create Horror Sound Effects

October 26, 2015 by admin

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: A Sound Effect: How to Design Supreme Sci-Fi Weapon SFX

September 18, 2015 by admin

In a recent blog post, A Sound Effect spoke to sound designers Ruslan Nesteruk and Glen Bondarenko on the techniques and tools they utilize in creating sci-fi weaponry SFX. The post delves into layering, synthesis techniques, breaking down each weapon into its constituent components, and a great deal more. If you want some insights on creating better sci-go weaponry, you owe it … [Read more...]

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26 May 2020

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