TONSTURM is announcing the release of their second library, called Electricity, loaded with 192kHz recordings of amazing high voltage devices and crazy experiments with electricity. This soundpack is all about high voltage. We risked our lives to serve you highly unique and exciting electricity sound effects. All sounds are recorded, edited and mastered in High Definition Audio … [Read more...]
Frank Serafine on the Sound Design of “TRON” (1982)
Some time ago, TRON Wiki published an interview with Frank Serafine, sound designer of the original TRON film in 1982. It's a very interesting read, where Frank share some details about the sound effects design process, the mix, voice processing, and more. It really does sound fantastic. Tron is the movie that got me interested in sound effects and made me want to pursue a … [Read more...]
Frank Bry Special: Reader Questions
Here are the answers to the questions you sent for Frank Bry. Hope you enjoyed the special as we did. Many thanks to Frank for the amazing work! Designing Sound Reader: Would you care to share your full gear? Some recording dos and dont's too perhaps? :) And they sound so clean! How post-processed are these samples? FB: Thanks for the kind words. My gear consists of a Sound … [Read more...]
HISS and a ROAR Announces CrowdSource Library 2: ROOM TONES
The first crowdsource sfx library of HISS and a ROAR has been finished and Tim Prebble is ready for the second collection: Room Tones. Traditionally Room Tone referred to the recording of (near) silence on set, to help dialogue editors with filling their tracks/matching backgrounds to different camera/mic angles and/or extraneous sound. It’s also known as a buzz track … [Read more...]
Frank Bry Special: Passion and a Microphone
I was not sure of the title for this article. Maybe it should be called Nothing But Time on My Hands or What Am I Going To Do Today. Well, whatever the title should be is not relevant; the most important thing is— What is your passion? Dateline: When I was a city dweller Back in my so called youth I spent many a day and night just wandering around with my recording gear … [Read more...]
Frank Bry Special: Recording Airplanes: A Recordist's Retrospective
[Written By Frank Bry for Designing Sound] I love aviation, and I can't really explain why. Maybe it's the idea of soaring around the skies with total freedom like the birds... or maybe it's the sound a F/A-18 Hornet jet makes when flying by right in front of me at 300 mph. Moving air, nothing sounds quite like it when it's being moved by an engine that can produce 18,000 to … [Read more...]
Win 5,000 Sound Effects with The Sound Effects Bible's Christmas Challenge
The Santa of sound effects has arrived! Ric Viers, author of "The Sound Effects Bible" is giving away a free copy of the new Sound Effects Bible Hard Drive with 5,000 sound effects. To win, you will need to submit a video explaining or showing how "The Sound Effects Bible" has helped you record or create sound effects. The video must be submitted before December 20, 2010 and … [Read more...]