Let the Libraries Laugh! Curating and organizing libraries is a part of this discipline that I love. Previewing, testing, merging into databases, updating master caches, and of course, designing. Libraries are just...fun. For this month’s theme I wanted to embrace that wilier side of this more clerical end of our work. I always like to stumble across sounds that take me by … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought #68 – Our Intelligent Future
A really compelling narrative running underneath all the other news of the world right now is the ways in which machine learning and neural networks are transforming data interpretation. And really, transforming everything. The core concept of machine learning, termed over fifty years ago now, is a process which "gives computers the ability to learn without being explicitly … [Read more...]
Sound Design Tutorial List
These days, resources to improve your audio craft are widely available on the internet. In an effort to help finding those resources even easier, Designing Sound has compiled a list of many of the free Sound Design Tutorials that are available. There is a wealth of information contained in this article, and whether you are an audio veteran or just starting out, you … [Read more...]
SFX Independence – April 2015
Let us know about recent independent sfx library releases by using the SFX Independence Submission Form. Matter Mayhem SoundMorph https://soundcloud.com/soundmorph/matter-mayhem-sound-pack-preview Announcing one of their largest libraries ever, Matter Mayhem from SoundMorph is all about debris and destruction. Created in collaboration with Frederic Devanlay … [Read more...]
SFX Independence – February 2015
The first SFX Independence edition of 2015 is here, with a whole host of new and recently-released sfx packs, and a few special offers. Don't forget to use the SFX Independence Submission Form if you've got an independent sfx collection that's recently or about to be, released. Tone Manufacture New York … [Read more...]
Soundsnap gets a makeover
Online sound effects library Soundsnap has unveiled a brand new website. Whilst the main objective was to refresh a website design that had undergone only hairline changes since launching in 2007, the cosmetic overhaul also boasts a new user interface for searching and downloading sounds. Some of the improvements that users can benefit from include bigger and more detailed … [Read more...]
SFX Independence – September 2014 (Part 1)
It has been a little while since the last SFX Independence post. So many new sfx libraries have come to our attention during that time that this roundup comes in two parts, designed to make it more digestible. Part 2 will follow later in the week. Our aim is to provide readers information about the best and most innovative independent sound effects library available, so if … [Read more...]