Chuck Russom has announced the release of his Dogs sound effects library, from his independent company Chuck Russom FX. The collection includes 158 sounds recorded at 192kHz. Dogs Sound Library from Chuck Russom FX features vocalizations from 14 professionally trained animal actors. This collection includes barks, whines, yelps, growls, snarls, and sounds that I can’t even … [Read more...]
The Recordist Releases "Flying Insects HD" SFX Library
The Recordist has released "Flying Insects", a new sound effects library on his Soundbox HD series. Introducing Flying Insects SoundBox HD. This collection has some crazy sounds from real live insects recorded over the last few years. Insects are really tough to record. For one, they really do not take well to trainers as they have a mind of there own (I think). Second, they … [Read more...]
Rob Nokes Special: Guide to Recording Dogs
Untrained dogs can be very hard to record. Unlike trained dogs, they don’t know commands and are usually scared or uneasy when put in a different environment. Also, their reactions are hard to predict and most likely they will not perform as you want them to when the time for recording comes. In order to minimize these problems there are some things you can try doing: First of … [Read more...]
Seal Creature #2: Tuk, an Occult Bird
Following with the seal creature posts, here is the second, called: Tuk. The Story Tuk is an ancient race of bird with a dubious origin. Nobody knows where they come from, nobody knows exactly what they want. The only certainty is that we all fear their sound and their ferocious attacks. The Tuk are similar to the prehistoric pterodactylus, but smaller, and with a strange … [Read more...]
Seal Creature #1: Boh, The Forgotten Dog
Let's get started with the seal creatures showcase. Here's the first creature, who I called Boh. The Story Boh born as a scent hound dog. The nightmare came one day in the forest, when Boh was assisting his master in a hunting adventure and inadvertently ingested a strange and toxic substance that made him sick. Over time, Boh started to get mutations and became aggressive. … [Read more...]
Tim Prebble Presents SEAL VOCALS, New SFX Library of HISS and a ROAR (With Exclusive Q&A)
Tim Prebble has announce the release of SEAL VOCALS, a new great sound effects library for HISS and a ROAR, this time featuring lovely Seals talking to a microphone. My primary goal was to isolate the seal vocals from the ambience, for use in creature vocal design, so this library was recorded using a Sennheiser MKH70 microphone due to its “excellent directivity… particularly … [Read more...]
Jim Stout Special: Making Monster Voices
In this video, Jim shows how he made monster voices using a Roland V-Synth GT and recordings. … [Read more...]