Isn't there a better way? You've probably had this thought after searching countless hours, eyes bloodshot, online for the perfect mic that fits your situation. Paul Virostek had this thought, too—and in his proactive and resourceful nature (see his metadata app roundup and Sound Effects Search), he released a specs guide that compares the popular field recording mics you see … [Read more...]
DSX Give-Away – Final Round Winners
So here we are. The final round of winners in the give-away we've been running all month on Designing Sound Exchange. Before we announce the grand prize winner, of course. Keep an eye out for that tomorrow. First off, let me thank everyone for participating and helping to make that space special. We've seen the user base almost triple in the last month, and the range of … [Read more...]
Round 3 Winners and Next Week’s Prizes
So how did we pick this week's winners? We took the two users who asked questions that generated the most discussion, and the two users who answered the most questions (with overall reputation as a tie breaker), then randomly drew names out of a hat to assign our prizes. So here they are... BernC wins a copy of Krotos Dehumaniser II for answering 5 questions this week … [Read more...]
Win a vehicle library from Airborne Sound
VrrrrRRRRRrrm... BRRRRrrrrrm... Chf chf, chf chf, chf chf.... Miaaaaaaaommm... Does that sounds convincing enough for you? Thought so. But hey, that's why the nice people at Airborne Sound exists! Indeed, amongst their vast catalog of sound libraries hide a good number of equally good quality vehicle sounds, waiting to be used in your next production. Do you want to win a … [Read more...]
Round 2 Winners and Next Week’s Prizes
Congratulations to this weeks winners! This week, the staff of Designing Sound watched the activity and selected their "contributors of note." Once that was done, we randomly drew names out the hat for each prize. And the winners are... Selected by Wilfried - user mattesque for his mention of some great free plugins here. mattesque has won a copy of Sound Particles … [Read more...]
Everything We’re Giving Away This Month!
First off... Congrats to DSX user Pierre-Marie Blind! You're our first winner, and you get this awesome software bundle from Soundmorph! We still have a ton more to give away this month. What are we giving away? All this... Software: Software bundle from Soundmorph (Already awarded) 2 Licenses of Sound Particles Zynaptiq Morph Zynaptiq Adaptiverb … [Read more...]
New SFX Libraries: June and July Recap
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 or substantially updated. Everyone needs a vacation, and since I took mine last month, this recap covers all the new libraries for June … [Read more...]