Some days ago, my friend Chuck Russom sent me an amazing library for beta testing and for doing a demo/review in the same day of the release, which is today. So here we go! The Library The library is called Dogs, and includes 158 sounds at 192kHz/24-Bit, recorded from 14 different trained dogs. The sounds are really great, include all kind performances and have a pretty good … [Read more...]
Chuck Russom FX Releases "Handgun Foley"
Chuck Russom has announced the release of "Handgun Foley", a new sound effects library full of gun mechanism sounds. Handgun Foley is a collection of gun mechanism sounds. Included are the sounds of magazine inserts/ejects, slide racking, safety switches, dry firing, and more. All sounds were recorded and mastered at 24bit 96K. Handgun Foley is a downloadable collection of … [Read more...]
"Fireworks" and "Skateboard", Two New SFX Libraries of Chuck Russom FX (With Exclusive Q&A)
Chuck Russom has released two new libraries on his collection. The first one is a limited library (Available only through July 31, 2010) called Fireworks: Fireworks is a special "Limited Edition" sound library. A few years back, I record some small fireworks to have for my personal library. These sounds have proved useful over the years when designing sounds like magical … [Read more...]
Rocks, New SFX Library by Chuck Russom
Chuck Russom has released a new SFX library called Rocks, recorded in the California desert and featuring 388 sounds of cement, bricks, cinderblocks, marble, and rocks of various sizes and performances such as impacts, smashes, drops, and debris. All sounds were recorded and mastered at 24bit 192K. Also included are 24bit 96K versions. Rocks is a downloadable collection of wav … [Read more...]
Ego
"Lose the ego. Do great work and take pride in it, but don’t be arrogant about how great you think you are." - Chuck Russom … [Read more...]
Review: Chuck Russom FX – Metal FX
[soundcloud width="100%" height="81" params="&color=333333" url="http://soundcloud.com/crussom/crfx-001-demo"] When Tim Prebble launched the first library of HISS and a ROAR, I was also looking forward to a similar project from Chuck Russom, who follows the same concept of Tim’s project: High Quality Sound Sources delivered on the Internet with an incredible affordable … [Read more...]
Chuck Russom Special: Reader Questions
So, Chuck Russom Special has come to the end. Many thanks to Chuck for sharing his fantastic stuff with the community and thanks to the readers who participated in the month. Here're the answers to his questions: Wow, the month of April just flew by! I want to thank Designing Sound for hosting me this month. I also want to thank the readers for putting up with my ramblings! … [Read more...]