BOOM Library has released a new library called Medieval Weapons. It's done. Get ready to unleash an epic battle and blow away your audience. With our "MEDIEVAL WEAPONS" sound effects library, you get a fascinating collection of bone-crushing hammer impacts, deadly sword hits, wall-tearing catapult shots, bows and arrows, armor impacts and much more to design an incomparable … [Read more...]
West Texas Gun Recording
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/23313309[/vimeo] René Coronado has recently published a fantastic three-part article on gun recording, including details on pre-production, reports of the sessions, how was the editing/tagging process and more. So a little while back I packed up the mics and headed out west to record some gunfire with my friends. Not because I had a project that … [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...]
Chuck Russom FX Releases Gun Handling SFX Library
Chuck Russom FX has released Gun Handling HD PRO, a new library loaded with 417 sounds from 13 different guns. Gun Handling is a collection of Gun Mechanism and handling sounds. Featuring sounds from 13 different rifles, handguns, and shotguns. Included are sounds such as: gun cocking, magazine inserts/removes, bullets being loaded, dry firing, and more. All sounds are newly … [Read more...]
The Sound of “Brink”
Chris Sweetman, Audio Director at Splash Damage, has published a very interesting article about the sound of "Brink". Let's read: INTRODUCTION I'm Chris Sweetman, Audio Director at Splash Damage, and this developer diary is all about Brink’s sound design. What does an Audio Director do all day? Well, I'm responsible for the quality of everything that is heard in our games, … [Read more...]
“Metal Impacts”, New SFX Library of Chuck Russom FX, Q&A Included
Chuck Russom has announced the release of Metal Impacts, a new SFX library loaded with more than 900 sounds. Metal Impacts could be called a sword library, but no actual swords were used to create it. My goal was to put together a set of sounds that could be used to design swords and other metal weapons. With a creative imagination, you’ll find many other uses for these … [Read more...]
"Fallout: New Vegas" – Exclusive Interview with Audio Director Scott Lawlor
I love the Fallout franchise. The gameplay style is fantastic, the technology is top notch and all the places and stories are really unique. After the success of Bethesda with the great Fallout 3, now the turn is for Obsidian, who released "Fallout: New Vegas", a new installment of the game which bring us to a journey through the world of New Vegas, a post apocalyptic … [Read more...]