While we haven't done an inordinate number of them so far, we've created a page to give you quick access to all of the recordings of previous Designing Sound Discussion Group presentations. This should save you the time you'd otherwise have to spend searching the site to find the one specific recording you want to watch. The direct link now appears in the top menu under the … [Read more...]
Server Move This Weekend
We just wanted to give you a heads up that we're migrating servers this weekend. The move will give us a lot more direct control over the site's functionality, and a new look is going to be part of this shift. Some of the site functionality will be temporarily disabled (i.e. comments, etc.), and its possible that the site will go down at some point during this process. We'll … [Read more...]
This Week In SFX Libraries
This week was a triple-dose of released sound libraries for your aural pleasure. First up is from TONSTURM: With TONSTURM 08 I Morocco you get 61 Soundfiles in 5 Channel Surround Format. All the ambiences were recorded in Tangier, Essaouira and Marrakech, three very different Moroccan Cities. For this surround ambience library we captured the beauty of the urban Arabic … [Read more...]
Chuck Russom FX is Back!
Chuck Russom sent out an email this morning that I think quite a few people will be glad to see: Six months ago I shut down Chuck Russom FX and exited the sound library business. I truly belived I was done and the business would not return. Over time, I have heard from many of you. I have recieved countless messages of support and as time moved on and I've been contacted … [Read more...]
SFX News 04.07.12
BOOM Library released his previously announced Cars - Everyday Cars library This 4 DVD collection offers more than 20 GB of data. We completely wired 10 everyday cars, rented a super-quiet test track for our recordings and are now proud to deliver really great and pristine long takes of drive-bys, car engine sounds, exhaust sounds and stereo interior recordings. We also give … [Read more...]
Spanner
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yEDKE6hV7E[/youtube] We don't use to talk so much about plugin news, but this fantastic. spanner is a powerful surround channel manager, panner, remapper and folddown plugin for AVID Pro Tools. it is the result of years of personal frustration with the Pro Tools panner and bussing setup and solves many of the common complaints about … [Read more...]
SFX News 12.03.12
The Recordist released Ultimate Ice 2.5 HD Pro Ultimate Ice 2.5 HD Pro Sound Effects Library is a small 24-Bit 96kHz addition to Ultimate Ice 2.0 with some BIG ice cracks and impacts from a perfectly round lake in North Idaho. Also included are fast ripping ice cracks from another 800 acre lake a short distance from Round Lake and some special designed ice sounds from here … [Read more...]