[Written by Ric Viers for Designing Sound] Recording sound effects on a stage is much like eating at a fine restaurant. You know the fancy kind with fresh baked bread and a different piece of silverware for each course. Recording sound effects in the field is more like hunting for food with a rock and then eating your kill in the middle of the woods raw with your bare hands. … [Read more...]
Introducing The Sound Effects Bible Starter Kit, Exclusively for Designing Sound Readers
During this month, our special guest Ric Viers has created an special promotion exclusively for Designing Sound readers, called The Sound Effects Bible Starter Kit, a package that includes three great products at an affordable price. Below are the details: … [Read more...]
Inside the Waves Sound Design Suite [Pt 5] – GTR, A Powerful Sound Design Tool
Fifth article in the series dedicated to explore all the tools included in the Sound Design Suite of Waves. (Remember that you still have enough time to design some great sounds and participate in the competition.) Today I'm going to talk about a very special suite of tools; a little box of toys included in the suite called GTR. It was originally created for guitar/bass … [Read more...]
Wildcats – Tigers & Lions, New SFX Collection of BOOM Library
BOOM Library has announced the release of Wildcats - Tigers & Lions, a new sound effects library packed with 3.4GB of great source sounds from lions and tigers. [soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/10460664"] Get one of the most extensive collections of big wildcat recordings. This library ships on 1 DVD with a full 3.4 GB set of great source sounds. All of … [Read more...]
Glass Squeak, New SFX Library of Benoit Tigeot and Lauriane Capaldi
Benoit Tigeot is a french sound designer/engineer from France that works on animation films and cartoons, which have inspired him to join the force of the independent SFX libraries, by announcing the release of Glass Squeak, a new library loaded with all kinds of different elements interacting with glass, recorded with Lauriane Capaldi at Talkover Studios, France. We work … [Read more...]
Chuck Russom FX Releases Gun Handling SFX Library
Chuck Russom FX has released Gun Handling HD PRO, a new library loaded with 417 sounds from 13 different guns. Gun Handling is a collection of Gun Mechanism and handling sounds. Featuring sounds from 13 different rifles, handguns, and shotguns. Included are sounds such as: gun cocking, magazine inserts/removes, bullets being loaded, dry firing, and more. All sounds are newly … [Read more...]
The Recordist Releases Prop Planes HD SFX Library
The Recordist has released Prop Planes, a new library of the Soundbox HD series. These airplanes are from a casual visit to The 6th annual Sandpoint Fly-In on a beautiful sunny day in North Idaho. A few minutes after arriving at the small town airport planes started pulling up and performing a quick engine run-up as they prepared for take off. Nobody bothered me as I was … [Read more...]