Defined by Wikipedia, Crowdsourcing is "the act of outsourcing tasks, traditionally performed by an employee or contractor to a large group of people or community (a crowd), through an open call." That's the new and fantastic idea of talented Tim Prebble, owner of HISS and a ROAR. The idea consists in group 100 recordists, who would have to record 10 doors sounds (each one), … [Read more...]
Review: Chuck Russom FX – Metal FX
[soundcloud width="100%" height="81" params="&color=333333" url="http://soundcloud.com/crussom/crfx-001-demo"] When Tim Prebble launched the first library of HISS and a ROAR, I was also looking forward to a similar project from Chuck Russom, who follows the same concept of Tim’s project: High Quality Sound Sources delivered on the Internet with an incredible affordable … [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...]
Ric Viers on Blastwave FX BUGS!
Blaswave FX has recently released BUGS!, a new SFX library featuring 700 sound effects recorded from all kind of insects, forest ambiences, etc. In the video you can see Blastwave FX's CEO Ric Viers talking about the library and how it was recorded. Blastwave FX brings you Bugs!, a creepy crawling collection that will infest your productions! With Bugs!, you get 700 sound … [Read more...]
Review: HISS and a ROAR – Vegetable Violence
Some days ago, Tim Prebble launched his new sound effects label called HISS and a ROAR and the first library: Vegetable Violence. The Library The name is pretty self spoken: lots of crazy vegetables being killed and mutilated by Tim. There are different formats and qualities of the library. I have the “Max” version, which I really recommend if you work on sound design. Why? … [Read more...]
Richard Devine Special: Making Of Hollywood Edge's Mechanical Morph
Richard Devine, Josh Kay and Jim Stout are creating a new sample library for The Hollywood Edge, called Mechanical Morph. Let's check some exclusive images, videos and info from the making of. … [Read more...]
Sound Design Essentials: Software (I) – Database & Organization
Some people asked me about the third part of Sound Design Essentials, so here is it: Software (4 parts). Part 1: Database & Organization Part 2: Editing Software Part 3: Advanced Transformation Tools Part 4: Noise Reduction and Restoration I clarify that I'm not gonna talk about DAWs. It's something that has been discussed a lot in many different blogs, forums, etc.. … [Read more...]