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Rabbit Ears Audio Releases “Bells”

May 11, 2011 by Miguel Isaza

Rabbit Ears Audio has released Bells, its sixth sound effects package, loaded with 440 sounds of awesome bells of all kinds and sizes. Bronze, Brass, Chrome, Gold, Stainless Steel, and Steel are just some of the materials that forged this library. We spent a day at one of the few remaining bell foundries in the United States and we rang bells until our ears nearly fell off. … [Read more...]

Cinematic Trailers, New Library of BOOM Available for Pre-order (Save 25%)

May 11, 2011 by Miguel Isaza

BOOM Library has published details for their upcoming library called Cinematic Trailers, a huge collection of sources and designed sounds of whooshes, stingers, impacts, rises, and more, all of them delivered at 96kHz/24-Bit with Soundminer metadata. As usual in BOOM, there are two packages available: [soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/15074712"] Construction … [Read more...]

More Sound Effects from the Independent Libraries

May 9, 2011 by Miguel Isaza

Sound effects makers never stop. Here's what's coming soon in the indie libraries: TONSTURM has announced The Whoosh, sfx pack of whooshes, pass bys, etc. [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/23456902[/vimeo] JordanFehrFX released Porcelain Destruction (Smashes, Breaks, Impacts, Debris, Shatters, Pieces, Moves, Shakes), including 34 files (3-5 performances each) at … [Read more...]

Hart FX Announces New Releases, Motorcycle Sound Library Available for Free

May 5, 2011 by Miguel Isaza

Colin Hart has been very active with his company Hart FX, since the recent announcements of new releases (LFE Effects, two more), new assistant, and also new fantastic blog posts about their field recording trips. Colin has also released a new free library of sounds recorded from a Yamaha R1 motorcycle, at 96kHz/24-Bit. [soundcloud … [Read more...]

The Sound of “The Lost Thing”

May 3, 2011 by Miguel Isaza

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/23189403[/vimeo] SoundWorks Collection has published a fantastic profile on the sound of "The Lost Thing",  featuring sound designer John Kassab, who we recently interviewed. The story of “The Lost Thing” is about a boy who discovers a bizarre looking creature while out collecting bottle tops at the beach. Having guessed it is lost, he tries to find … [Read more...]

TORTURED PIANO, New Library of HISS and a ROAR

May 3, 2011 by Miguel Isaza

HISS and a ROAR has released TORTURED PIANO, a new library loaded with 1,143 sound design sources recorded through the destruction of a dilapidated old upright piano. The library is a huge collection recorded and mastered at 24-Bit/192kHz (total of 7.3GB). The content is diverse and unique, offering all kind of sounds recored with different microphones and a wide variety of … [Read more...]

Blood and Guts, New Library of Chuck Russom FX

May 2, 2011 by Miguel Isaza

Chuck Russom FX has released Blood and Guts, a library recorded/produced by Chuck Russom and sound designer Rob King, and created for sound designers who are looking for sources usable for designing sounds of blood, flesh ripping, bone breaking, dismemberments, zombies... you got the idea! The sounds were not just recorded for being part of this library originally. These … [Read more...]

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