The human voice can evoke so much meaning and emotion. Therefore, it is an invaluable vehicle for expressing the mood of a location. As a result, this month’s theme is one of my favourite types of sound effect for creating interesting and evocative soundscapes. This theme lies somewhere between ‘exterior crowd’ fx and crowd ADR. It is not general chat or crowd sounds. It … [Read more...]
The Sound Collectors Club – February’s Theme: Wind
The theme for february's collect at The Sound Collectors Club has been announced: Wind! The result of the vote for the ‘Night and Day’ theme was a three way tie, so I’ve decided to give all three contributors the chance to choose a theme over the coming months. First up is Dan Gallard of Sonik Boom Sound in Australia who has chosen ‘Wind’ to be February’s theme: “My theme … [Read more...]
The Sound Collectors' Club, More Crowdsourcing Power in the SFX World
Michael Maroussas, creator of the of the great sonicskepsi blog, has launched a new and very interesting project, called "The Sound Collectors' Club", inspired by great projects like HISS and a ROAR and Soundsnap. Basically, it's a place where you can go, upload sound effects (according to a specific topic) to a SoundCloud group. Then you will have access to all the sounds … [Read more...]