Hart FX has released Hart a Gator, a new library of alligator sound effects, cut from 10 hours of material recorded at 192kHz. Alligators are quiet, stealthy creatures that roam the swamps and marshes of Florida like big, scaly, green ninjas. You see one silently skimming along, then all of a sudden it disappears! They hardly make any sound either – except for this one time of … [Read more...]
The Making Of Ultimate Destruction HD Sound Effects Library
[Article written by Frank Bry about his new library Ultimate Destruction, a collection of+600 destruction sounds recorded over a five year period at 24-Bit 96kHz in a multitude of dirty, dusty, smelly, noisy, dangerous and physically grueling locations. Available at The Recordist] [soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/43366731" iframe="true" /] The Idea Where do I … [Read more...]
iZotope Iris
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzUxOojmoiY[/youtube] If you already like the spectral tools on iZotope RX, you'll love this new tool, called Iris. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMWUFLN7_SU[/youtube] More info: iZotope | Pro Tools Expert … [Read more...]
Clocks, New Library by TONSTURM
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/40173441[/vimeo] The guys at Tonsturm have released their sixth library, called Clocks. With this sound pack you get a huge variety of ticking and chiming clock sound effects, recorded from various type of clocks: Old tower clockworks, wall clocks, cuckoo clocks, antique grandfather clocks and many more.... [soundcloud … [Read more...]
Slow Motion Bullets
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/37325263[/vimeo] Pretty cool blog post by Frank Bry on recording bullet passbys and impacts. There is a first time for everything and recording bullet pass bys and impacts was a first for me. I’ve always wanted to try my hand at bullet recording but never had the knowledge or association with anyone that had a permit to use a gun suppressor. During the … [Read more...]
Antique Engines, New Library by Rabbit Ears Audio
Rabbit Ears Audio has released Antique Engines, a new library of 192k recordings of 11 different engines, including 9.63GB of sound data. REA_009 is a collection of stationary antique engines (both steam and gas) that were used for DC power generation. At the turn of the century before electricity was widely available, these engines were used to provide energy to water plants, … [Read more...]
Recording Guns for BioShock Infinite: Parts Two and Three
The Irrational Games Insider Blog has posted parts two and three of their Audio team's experience of recording firearms for BioShock Infinite. In part two, the team discuss the sensations of firing live weaponry that they were aiming to capture, and in part three, briefly touch upon the designing/editing process. Part one of the blog can be viewed here … [Read more...]