Let the Libraries Laugh! Curating and organizing libraries is a part of this discipline that I love. Previewing, testing, merging into databases, updating master caches, and of course, designing. Libraries are just...fun. For this month’s theme I wanted to embrace that wilier side of this more clerical end of our work. I always like to stumble across sounds that take me by … [Read more...]
SFX Independence – Early May 2013
Here are all of the libraries of note we've spotted since the last round-up back in the beginning of April...in the order of most recent first (working from here...so forgive me if I've confused dates). The Recordist Machine Guns HD Pro SFX Trailer from Frank Bry on Vimeo. Presenting Machine Guns HD Pro Sound Effects Library. This 24-Bit/96kHz collection features four … [Read more...]
April 2013 – SFX Independence
It's been a while since we put one of these together...what's going on in the world of independent sfx right now? Some people appear to have been on the same wavelength. ;) Sonic Salute All tension creaking, and breaking sounds in this library, were recorded inside a dense pine tree forest in Sweden. Particular for this hidden gem of a location is, that the distance to the … [Read more...]
Another November Library
Me: Did we mention Tim Prebble's new library Tortured Cymbals this month? Myself: You know, I don't think we did. I: Why not?! Tim puts together some amazing libraries. Me: I don't know. That's a pretty awful oversight on my part. I'm an idiot! Myself: You are! I: As long as we're all in agreement. Now let's get this post up. [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/35822227[/vimeo] … [Read more...]
Sonic Salute’s Analog Cameras
Mikkel Nielsen, founder of Sonic Salute, recently released a new library called "Analog Cameras." In his own words: What started out as a somewhat smaller camera sound effects recording project, quickly evolved into an obsessive need to find new cameras with different sounding shutters and winders. Every fleemarket, and camera entusiasts gathering, were thoroughly scanned for … [Read more...]
Coll Anderson’s Blog and Sound Effects
June's featured sound designer, Coll Anderson, has been working on some new ideas for his personal site recently. The photo above comes from a short post titled, Idea of the day... It's a funny little collection of some workflow thoughts that are worth the read. So head over there to check out what's going on in that photo. And while you're at it, check out some of the … [Read more...]
WRAUGHK FX – New Independent Library
Robin Arnott has released his first commercial independent library: WRAUGHK FX 001 - Fireballs What you get: 179 fire effects (26 minutes and 50 seconds of flamey glory) delivered as broadcast wav at 192 kHz/24bit and 96kHz/24bit in stereo Left-Right and additionally in stereo Mid-Side, with descriptive filenames and embedded descriptions. Download size is 3.4 GB (zipped) for … [Read more...]