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...]
Develop Magazine: The Evolution of Middleware, FMOD Spotlight and Audio Track 2010
The digital edition of June's Issue of Develop Magazine is available now for download. There is a very detailed article about the evolution of middleware solutions for video games developing, including some aspects of audio middleware tools. There is also information about the Audio Track 2010 panel at Develop Conference that will take place from July 13th to the 15th in … [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...]
GrainCube, a Free Reaktor Instrument for Granular Sound Manipulation
JazzMutant, Devine Sound, Rachmiel, Twisted Tools and ABSoundscapes announced the release of GrainCube, a new free instrument for Reaktor, specifically aimed towards sound designers looking for granular gestural sound manipulation. GrainCube is a four part granular processing instrument with numerous randomizing functions and modulation capabilities that allow for … [Read more...]
Tim Prebble Cuts the Air with the Second Release of HISS and a ROAR
Tim Prebble has released the second library of HISS and a ROAR called Swishes, recorded at they foley room of Park Road Post. From whips to skipping ropes, extention cords to curtain rail wires,vacuum cleaner hoses to bungee cords, metal rods to straw brooms. We’ve revolved mesh bowls, badminton racquets, whistles, pipes and many forms of ‘prepared’ bamboo … [Read more...]
Tim Prebble's HISS and a ROAR, A Solid Model of Sound Effects Distribution in the Web 2.0 Era
Times are changing fast and technology always changes the way you see things everyday. Well, the way you buy those things also changes. This time let's talk about sound effects libraries. The Internet has also changed the way we can get libraries and sound effects quickly, even free, open source and with all kind of licenses. I often see people talking about the highly price … [Read more...]
April's Issue of Mix Magazine: The Sound of "Fringe", Multichannel Field Recorders and Interview with Tom Sahara
The April's Issue of Mix Magazine (Digital Edition) is now available to download, featuring some nice articles for sound for picture: The Sound of "Fringe" - Featuring comments from supervising sound editor Paul Curtis, re-recording mixers Rick Norman and Mark Hensley, and sound effects editor Bruce Tanis. Multichannel Field Recorders Article - A comparison between the most … [Read more...]