Welcome to SFX Lab, the "laboratory" of sound effects, a place dedicated to experiment and explore sound libraries with the goal of learning different kinds of sounds and some of its morphing features. We take libraries of a certain theme and put them through some experiments. Think about not only what you will learn, but also for what your ears are obtaining. Some time ago, … [Read more...]
Inside the Waves Sound Design Suite [Pt 6] – Other Important Tools
Welcome to the sixth and last article in these series dedicated to explore the plugins included in the Waves Sound Design Suite. Finally I'm going to talk about some important tools included in the bundle: DeEsser LoAir PAZ Psychoacoustic Analyzer PS22 Stereo Maker S1 TransX DeEsser Although DeEsser is dynamics/frequency processor, I think it's more a special tool for … [Read more...]
Having Fun with The Recordist’s Ultimate Mud and Ultimate Splash [Review and Demos]
I admire Frank Bry a lot, not only for his great design work and philosophy, but also for the incredible job he does at The Recordist, one of the leading companies in this era of sound effects independence. Today I'll talk about two of his recent libraries: Ultimate Mud and Ultimate Splash. Apart of the great sounds included in Frank's libraries, there's a lot of "hidden" … [Read more...]
[Review + Demo] Rabbit Ears Audio – Hydrophonic
In the past year, Rabbit Ears Audio released Hydrophonic, a new sound effects library loaded with a wide variety of underwater recordings. I just finished a new video where I worked a lot with this library, so I'd like to give you my opinions about it. As Michael Raphael (owner of REA) explains in this fantastic article on Sonic Terrain, he spent a lot of time to develop this … [Read more...]
Having Fun with Creatures from BOOM Library [Review & Demo]
My friends of BOOM Library released a new sound effects library in the last monday. I've been beta testing and having fun with the library from some days ago, so I'd like to talk you about it and also show you some works that I've done with it. This package is huge! As the same as the Cinematic Metal library, you can get a Designed version and the construction kit with tools. … [Read more...]
A Must-have Collection of Snow Sounds by The Recordist [Review & Demo]
In the video I was doing for BOOM, I also had the opportunity to use the Ultimate Snow library in there. It's another amazing collection recorded and distributed by Frank Bry under The Recordist. The library is amazing, as always. Frank is a true master in this thing. He record the sounds with the sound designer mind, so he really knows how to get a unique performance and lots … [Read more...]
Having Fun with Small Motors SFX Library from Rabbit Ears Audio [Review & Demo]
Michael Raphael recently released Small motors on Rabbit Ears Audio. This package is terrific sfx collection full all kind of little motorized devices, including appliances, broken devices, and also a really cool robot: the Maker Bot 3D Printer. This library maintains the same great sounding stuff from the first Rockets library. It's recorded at 96kHz/24-Bit and comes tagged … [Read more...]