Guido Helbling from Avosound has 10 more tips for Soundminer that are aimed at experienced users and beginners alike. From setting VST render tails to renaming databases, these tips are just as easy as the original 10 tips for Soundminer and will help you speed up your workflow in no time! … [Read more...]
Sound Design Tutorial List
These days, resources to improve your audio craft are widely available on the internet. In an effort to help finding those resources even easier, Designing Sound has compiled a list of many of the free Sound Design Tutorials that are available. There is a wealth of information contained in this article, and whether you are an audio veteran or just starting out, you … [Read more...]
Sound FX Search tool launched
Paul Virostek, author of the rather excellent Creative Field Recording blog, has just launched a sound effects search tool, for finding indie sound effects quickly and easily. Virostek, who has previously turned his efforts to re-writing the Soundminer metadata the free Firearmsfx sound library and other community and content sharing endeavours, created Sound FX Search with two … [Read more...]
Frank Bry Special: Methods of a Metadata Madman [Part 1]
![Frank Bry Special: Methods of a Metadata Madman [Part 1]](https://designingsound.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/SM-Clean-Example-Screen-150x150.jpg)
[Written by Frank Bry for Designing Sound] I have a love-hate relationship with metadata. I love it because it enables me to efficiently and accurately find exactly the sounds I'm looking for. I hate it because it can be a tedious, time consuming process, one that I would like to outsource to my alien clone living on Mars (if I had one). I love it because once it's done, … [Read more...]
Soundminer HD Officially Announced
Soundminer has officially announced Soundminer HD, a new version of the sound database manager based on the V4 Engine, and including a lot of new features and improvements. Now they'll be offering two different products: Soundminer HD and Soundminer HD Plus, with no differences between Mac and Win versions. Soundminer HD is a new lower cost product line that offers users … [Read more...]
Metadata in Sound Library Applications
Tim Prebble has been publishing on his blog a series of posts talking about metadata. Some days ago he emailed various developers of sound library apps and asked some questions about metadata support in their applications. Applications featured: AudioFinder Basehead Library Monkey Pro Snapper Soundminer Twisted Wave Questions: Could you provide basic info for me as … [Read more...]
Review: HISS and a ROAR – SWISHES
Some days ago, Tim Prebble released SWISHES, the second sound effects library on his label HISS and a ROAR. It’s a full package of all kind of elements cutting the air. The download process was the same as the previous library, which I also reviewed recently. Content I have the SWISH MAX version, which includes 94 different sounds of wishes, recorded with different elements … [Read more...]