Whenever we add some sort of lo-fi effect to a sound we usually get two things, the removal of some details of the sound and the addition of artifacts. This can be a bunch of different things, like aliasing and quantization error in the case of bit crushing, distortion, speaker emulation, or the more complex artifacts created by data compression (mp3, aac etc.). I'm interested … [Read more...]
SFX Lab #4: Resonance
[SFX Lab, the laboratory of sound effects, a place dedicated to experiment and explore sound libraries. The main goal is to hear what happens when sounds of a specific kind are combined, processed, and transformed in several ways.] New chapter of the sfx lab, this time dedicated to explore high doses of resonance, with a quite special kind of sounds: bells and chimes. These … [Read more...]
HISS and a ROAR Contact Mic, Tim Prebble Explores the Lack of Acoustic
CONTACT MIC is a new library of sound design source material recorded by Tim Prebble and released by HISSandaROAR, including 1,556 sounds recorded at 192kHz/24-Bit using contact microphones. Recording with contact microphones is fascinating territory to explore due to the unpredictable results; it encourages experimentation! Inspired by the incredible work of Alan Splet and … [Read more...]
Joseph Fraioli on the Sound Design of Google Chrome Speed Tests
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCgQDjiotG0[/youtube] Peter Kirn has published an interview with Joseph Fraioli, talking about his work for the awesome Google Chrome speed tests campaign. What does speed sound like? Sound designer and electronic musician Joseph Fraioli, aka jafbox, was charged with giving a campaign just that feeling. The spot, directed by Aaron Duffy … [Read more...]
SFX Lab #1: Experiments on Pressure, Blow Holes
Welcome to SFX Lab, the "laboratory" of sound effects, a place dedicated to experiment and explore sound libraries with the goal of learning different kinds of sounds and some of its morphing features. We take libraries of a certain theme and put them through some experiments. Think about not only what you will learn, but also for what your ears are obtaining. Some time ago, … [Read more...]
TONSTURM Releases Electricity SFX Library, Q&A Included
TONSTURM is announcing the release of their second library, called Electricity, loaded with 192kHz recordings of amazing high voltage devices and crazy experiments with electricity. This soundpack is all about high voltage. We risked our lives to serve you highly unique and exciting electricity sound effects. All sounds are recorded, edited and mastered in High Definition Audio … [Read more...]