(Source: Flickr) If you are releasing a new SFX library and you would like it to be included in our recap, send us the details with our SFX Independence Submission Form. Please only notify us of libraries that were released within the last month. In this month's SFX recap we hear the soundscapes of Berlin & Japan, adventure games, scary horror sounds & … [Read more...]
Sound for the Documentary “Out of Nothing”
Guest Contribution by James Bretz The documentary Out of Nothing is my first feature, and the first feature for our entire P-51 Pictures team. It’s more than just a story about motorcycles. It’s a human story. It follows four men who follow their passions and dreams, and it tells one of many stories that are a part of a larger community of individuals and teams involved in … [Read more...]
Planes, Trains and Automobiles …and tanks and bikes and boats and…
Guest Contribution by Stephan Schütze Why I am not going to tell you which microphone to use The simple answer to this statement is, because we don’t have time. The exact choice of which microphone to use for each situation of recording a vehicle is a detailed exercise and would take more pages than we have space for. Even then, there is a major flaw associated with the … [Read more...]
A Brief Tour of Automotive Sound Sources
Guest Contribution by Michael Hermes Modern cars are boring. They’re safe, practical, and quiet to the point of being uninteresting. A passing sedan glides by with a gentle whoosh of air passing over the car and the tires on the pavement. It makes for a pleasant ride to work but a short article on sound. Cars didn’t start out quiet, though. Decades of engineering and … [Read more...]
Hart FX Announces New Releases, Motorcycle Sound Library Available for Free
Colin Hart has been very active with his company Hart FX, since the recent announcements of new releases (LFE Effects, two more), new assistant, and also new fantastic blog posts about their field recording trips. Colin has also released a new free library of sounds recorded from a Yamaha R1 motorcycle, at 96kHz/24-Bit. [soundcloud … [Read more...]