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Medieval Weapons Sound Effects Library – Kickstarter Announced

August 25, 2014 by Joshua Kaplan

The team that brought you the Free Firearm Sound Library is running another kickstarter, this time looking to provide the world with a completely cost free, high quality collection of CC0 licensed medieval weapon sounds. The project aims to include just under 500 unique sound effects, each with multiple takes, designed for use in all kinds of film and video game projects. For … [Read more...]

Turbocharging and its effect on our soundscape

July 30, 2014 by Miguel Isaza

Turbocharging and its effect on our soundscape

Guest Contribution by David Nichols An engine is, in essence, an air pump. Air comes in, gets mixed with fuel, goes bang, and leaves again. When talking about ways to make more power, the most obvious is to make a bigger bang. However, gasoline works best at a very specific ratio of fuel to air, which is roughly 14:1. So, if you want to make a bigger bang, you need 14 times … [Read more...]

Glitchmachines release Quadrant

April 21, 2014 by Joshua Kaplan

Quadrant is a new modular sound generator and effects processing plugin geared towards experimental sound design. It features a broad selection of modules, connectable through a graphical patching system, allowing for a very wide and customizable range of sounds and effects. The plugin can be used to generate textures, or as an effects processor, providing a number of different … [Read more...]

The Hybrid Animal Sound Design Competition

March 31, 2014 by Joshua Kaplan

No matter how deep your interest in animal husbandry may be, you're probably never going to figure out what the spawn of a camel and a mollusk might sound like. Or will you? Interested sound designers still have a little more than a week left to enter the Hybrid Animal Sound Design Competition, where the creation from scratch of a brand new animal call could net a share of … [Read more...]

SFX Roundup August 2013

September 1, 2013 by Joshua Kaplan

August has come and gone, and we didn't want to get to September without mentioning another handful of great sound libraries released this past month. Travel figures prominently in this month's roundup.   New Sound Lab - L.A. Freeways A comprehensive collection of freeway traffic sounds, recorded in Los Angeles along the US-101, I-405, I-5, I-10, I-110, SR-134, … [Read more...]

Airborne Sound Offering Free Sound Libraries

August 11, 2013 by Joshua Kaplan

Last month, we told you that Airborne Sound was offering their Victory Vegas Motorcycle Sound Effect Bundle for free as part of their redesigned website's beta test. Well, it seems they weren't finished with the freebies, as they've recently added their Crowd Bundle, Train Bundle, Ambience Bundle, and Variety 2 Bundle to the list. These high-quality sound effect libraries … [Read more...]

Tim Nielsen Special: On the Art of Economy

August 16, 2011 by Miguel Isaza

[Written by Tim Nielsen] I want to write a series of relatively small 'thought for the day' type articles on a variety of topics. In the first, I want to expand on something that came up in the introductory interview, when I said that my main advice to people entering into their careers should learn when to stop. One of the things that I love and admire, not only in sound, … [Read more...]

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