Chuck Russom has released a new SFX library called Rocks, recorded in the California desert and featuring 388 sounds of cement, bricks, cinderblocks, marble, and rocks of various sizes and performances such as impacts, smashes, drops, and debris. All sounds were recorded and mastered at 24bit 192K. Also included are 24bit 96K versions. Rocks is a downloadable collection of wav … [Read more...]
Online Sound Design Seminar – "Psychoacoustic Tools for Creativity", by David Sonnenschein
Some time ago I talked with David Sonnenschein (author of "Sound Design" book) about giving clases and seminars online. We do some research and started to try some platforms and a see what would be the best way to do something like this. Last Thursday David hosted the first online seminar. The announce was a little private, because it was the first time, but... the platform … [Read more...]
Jim Stout Special: Making Atmosphere Sounds
Jim Stout is back with another video tutorial, showing how to make atmospheric/wind style effects with synths and processing. Tools: Neko | Sylenth 1 | Reaktor … [Read more...]
The Sound of "Fringe"
Colin Hart has published on his blog an interesting interview with Bruce Tanis, sound designer of "Fringe", a sci-fi show of Fox. CH: How old were you when you discovered your passion for sound? BT: I came to sound editing a bit later than most people I guess. I finished my degree in Forestry from the University of Nevada in Reno but this was in the early eighties when … [Read more...]
Jim Stout Special: Making a Scary Voice Effect
Here is a new video tutorial created by Jim Stout. This time Jim is showing how to make a Poltergeist style scary voice effect using Logic (you can do the same process in any other DAW). … [Read more...]
GrainCube, a Free Reaktor Instrument for Granular Sound Manipulation
JazzMutant, Devine Sound, Rachmiel, Twisted Tools and ABSoundscapes announced the release of GrainCube, a new free instrument for Reaktor, specifically aimed towards sound designers looking for granular gestural sound manipulation. GrainCube is a four part granular processing instrument with numerous randomizing functions and modulation capabilities that allow for … [Read more...]
Crowdsourcing a SFX Library, HISS and a ROAR is Looking for Recordists
Defined by Wikipedia, Crowdsourcing is "the act of outsourcing tasks, traditionally performed by an employee or contractor to a large group of people or community (a crowd), through an open call." That's the new and fantastic idea of talented Tim Prebble, owner of HISS and a ROAR. The idea consists in group 100 recordists, who would have to record 10 doors sounds (each one), … [Read more...]