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News: Sound Decision – Inside the world of audio branding

October 23, 2015 by Adriane Kuzminski

A cursor hovers over the time on a Windows 95 screen, displaying the date as October 23, 1995. An exclamation pops up to say, "You keep checking the date. You must be confused. It's 1995. That feeling that you installed Windows 95 a long time ago is just confusion. Windows 95 will now run Solitaire to calm you."

User Interface sounds are a breed of their own. Some clearly represent their actions, such as the epochal 'door opening' to indicate a contact has logged on or the equally attention-grabbing announcement that "you've got mail," which rationalized why you had to tie up the phone line another five minutes. Other sounds attempt to bind emotions to their actions; the wistful start … [Read more...]

Sound Doodle, New Sound Manipulator by Andrew Spitz

March 28, 2011 by Miguel Isaza

Andrew Spitz, know as  founder of Social Sound Design and blogger at { sound+design }, where he showcases a lot of cool projects, such as his latest creation, called Sound Doodle, a very cool app for experimenting with sounds in many ways. Sound Doodle is a free desktop application for Mac that takes the act of doodling, and brings it to the world of sound. The interface … [Read more...]

Soundminer HD Available Now

February 3, 2011 by Miguel Isaza

Soundminer HD is now available on the Soundminer Store at $199 (Windows or Mac). There's also an "Universal HD" versión ($299) that allows you to run your license in both operating systems. You can also buy the HD version and update to the Universal HD version for $100 whenever you want. Main Features Includes our advanced super fast robust V4 Search engine with support for … [Read more...]

Soundminer HD Plus Released

December 4, 2010 by Miguel Isaza

Soundminer HD Plus (Win/Mac) is available now in the Soundminer Store at $399. Soundminer HD is not available yet. Soundminer HD is a new lower cost product line that offers users modular feature options as well as the option to run it on both Macintosh and Windows operating systems.  The starting price for this product is only $199US and is packed with great Soundminer … [Read more...]

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