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Articles about sound effects:
Free Sound Effect Pack Features Explosions, Kitties Screaming, Ominous Thuds & Hot Chicks Sighing
Blastwave FX has released a free sample library, creatively named Download Pack #2 (Note to Blastwave: see this earlier post about sample libraries with porn movie titles).
It’s got ominous thuds, kitties screaming – all the stuff we mentioned in the headline. And more.
You can unleash this monster download at the Blastwave FX site. Read more…
The Epic Guide To Sound Effects
Epic Sound has a fun guide to making sound effects.
The guide explains techniques used by sound designers to create a wide variety of effects, ranging from bats flying to screaming rocket engines to the perennial favorite, ripping a small alien’s body in half.
Check it out and let me know what you think!
Stingers Audio Sample Library
Precision Sound has released Stingers II, 150 sound effects, divided into 20 preset maps, specially designed for adding drama and impact to trailer, jingle or music productions.
The SampleSet contains booms, blasts, transitions, hits and impacts with starts, tails and many separated elements so you can combine these as you like.
You can preview Stingers II below:
You get Stingers II in two formats:
- 44.1 KHz 24 bit WAV
- 48 KHz 16 bit AIFF
Download size aprox. 448MB Packed
Gotchanoddin has introduced Grimy Sound Effects Vol.1 - a high definition sample library featuring “rhythmic and percussive inspiration and seasoning”.
Kinda like Lawry’s for your tracks.
The library features 96 Sound Effects, 8 Kicks, 8 Snares, 16 Hats and offers 32bit, 24bit and 16bit files for Wav Format, Reason Refills, MC909, Fruity Loops, Motu MachFive, Halion, Battery, Kontakt and the EXS 24 Sampler. Read more…
The Wilhelm Scream may be the most famous movie sound effect of all time:
It’s a scream that’s been used in movies for over 50 years, becoming a sort of inside joke among filmmakers. It was used in all six Star Wars movies, Poltergeist, all three Pirates of the Caribbean films, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Reservoir Dogs and all four Indiana Jones movies. It even shows up in many of Disney’s recent cartoons.
Watching this visual history of the Wilhelm Scream, it’s funny to see all the places it’s been used:
Here’s a brief history of the Wilhelm Scream:
More at HollywoodLostAndFound.net.
via Califaudio
