Many of you already know what the "Ultimate" word means in the sfx world... More fun from The Recordist! This time the turn is for chains, featured in the new Ultimate Chain library, which includes 670 different sounds presented on 160 files recorded at 24-Bit 96kHz in WAV format. Included in this collection are a wide variety of performances with large heavy chains, medium … [Read more...]
New Guns Series at The Recordist, Rifle Actions HD Library Available
Frank Bry has released Rifle Actions HD, a new library of gun foley, including 398 sounds (66 files) recorded at 96kHz/24-Bit. Here's what Frank says about it: Presenting Guns: Rifle Actions HD, the first in a series of gun foley action sound effects libraries. Included are 6 rifles, old and new: PTR-91 Semi-automatic Rifle (based on the Heckler & Koch G3/HK91), … [Read more...]
Scott Morton on Combat Audio for “Star Wars: The Old Republic”
New article at the official website of "Star Wars: The Old Republic", featuring sound designer Scott Morton. Hi, my name’s Scott Morton, and I’m one of the audio designers who helps create the soundscape for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™. I spend half my time coming up with new sounds for different parts of the game (explosions!), and the other half conceptualizing … [Read more...]
New Sound Lab Releases Chorus Echo 501 and Pacific Ocean Libraries
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/22500948[/vimeo] New Sound Lab has released two new sfx packages: Chorus Echo 501 ($25) The classic 1980's era Roland Chorus Echo RE 501 captured in 24bit 192khz HD format. This library features 217 sounds processed by a mint condition Chorus Echo RE-501, including metal impacts, church bells, chainsaws, voices, and water. In addition, … [Read more...]
TONSTURM Releases The Whoosh
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/23456902[/vimeo] TONSTURM has released The Whoosh, a new sfx library loaded wih 160 whoosh/pass by recordings, containing 1030 different sounds. For The Whoosh we did quiet some research. Again we wanted to come up with fresh and unique sound effects so we tested all kinds of things and build our own custom made whoosh devices. We build a wooden … [Read more...]
Surprises
"There's no excuse for having a mental or creative block in sound. You can just go out and collect things in the real world - they make the sound, not you. It's very restricting to always use a library for sound effects. It's much more interesting and freeing to go out and record new sounds because you never know what you're going to get." - Gary Rydstrom … [Read more...]
The Recordist Releases Snowballs HD Ultra and Free Bear Trap Libraries
Frank Bry has released two new libraries on The Recordist. The first one is Snowballs HD Ultra, a package loaded with 298 snowball sound effects. The second one is a free library with great metal sounds recorded from a bear trap, Presenting Snowballs HD Ultra Sound Effects Library. My first 24-Bit 192kHz sound effects library release. Recorded over the 2010-2011 winter season … [Read more...]