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New SFX Libraries: August Recap

September 2, 2016 by Michael Klier

(Picture Credit: Mindful Audio) If you are releasing a new SFX library and you would like it to be included in our recap, send us the details with our SFX Independence Submission Form. Please only notify us of libraries that were released within the last month or substantially updated.     This month's SFX recap features a broad range of new and also … [Read more...]

New SFX Libraries: May Recap

June 9, 2016 by Adriane Kuzminski

Men stand outside a van recording the rainforest ambience of Papua New Guinea.

If you are releasing a new SFX library and you would like it to be included in our recap, send us the details with our SFX Independence Submission Form. Please only notify us of libraries that were released within the last month or substantially updated.   There was a record number of submissions last month with 21 new libraries, and two of them are free! So if … [Read more...]

Pushing the Boundary – Your Stories: SFX Creators, Part 1

June 6, 2016 by Adriane Kuzminski

If you are a sound effects or synth creator who has submitted a library to the Designing Sound monthly recaps and you would like to contribute to this series (and for some you haven't received the questionnaire -- check your spam folder), please email [email protected]. The deadline is 14 June.   When creating sound effects, how have you pushed the … [Read more...]

New SFX Libraries: March Recap

April 5, 2016 by Adriane Kuzminski

A pair of headphones hang on a long line in a rolling field.

If you are releasing a new SFX library and you would like it to be included in our recap, send us the details through our SFX Independence Submission Form. However, please notify us of libraries that were released within the last month or substantially updated, since we will not include old libraries that are on sale. Last month, we had the most submissions I've seen since … [Read more...]

New SFX Libraries: February Recap

March 14, 2016 by Adriane Kuzminski

A boom mic sits in the snow recording the wintery ambience as the digital recorder sits in a GDC bag.

If you are releasing a new SFX library and you would like it to be included in our recap, send us the details through our SFX Independence Submission Form. https://designingsound.org/contact-2/sfx-independence-submission As many of us travel to San Francisco for GDC this week, some of our fellow sound designers won't be able treat it as a vacation with assets to create and … [Read more...]

New SFX Libraries: December Recap

January 14, 2016 by Adriane Kuzminski

Two women kiss on a foggy European destination street with blue and white light displays, secluded from the others walking down the road.

If you are releasing a new SFX library and you would like it to be included in our recap, please send us the details through our SFX Independence Submission Form. Now excuse me as I mourn Alan Rickman. I know I’ve let half the month go by again without the recap, but - what can I say? - buying a new house means a lot of moving and planning and building and raking and … [Read more...]

News: How to Create Horror Sound Effects

October 26, 2015 by admin

In an appropriately seasonal blog post over at A Sound Effect, Asbjoern speaks to Saro Sahihi of SoundBits, a boutique SFX library and sound design company. Saro, who has released some excellent gore SFX libraries, goes in-depth on how to achieve some truly squishy, wrenching, and disgusting gore sounds for all your horror needs. He even touches on some other horror mainstays, … [Read more...]

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