Software

BaseHead Introduces In-App Downloadable Sound Libraries

2020/07/30 Filed Under: Software

BaseHead has just released a new version of their sound file management app with a compelling new feature: retail CloudPacks. Has a morning of editing skidded to a stop because you’re missing one vital sound effect? Annoyed by breaking your workflow to click through dozens of sound library Web shops to download tens of gigabytes […]

Audio Ease Updates Barbabatch, Snapper, and Altiverb

2020/04/29 Filed Under: Gear, Software

Dutch software company Audio Ease has updated some of their popular software. Over the past two months I’ve received invitations to download latest versions of Barbabatch, Snapper, and Altiverb. In most cases, this brings MacOS Catalina 64-bit compatibility to the apps. However, there are some intriguing changes and new features.

First Look: Soundminer V5Pro Sound Browsing App

2019/07/10 Filed Under: Gear, Software

For decades, the fastest way to find sound effects was to look them up in a book. These Sound Ideas Sound Effects Catalogs indexed every CD and sound effect from the Canadian stock media publisher. Sound editors had to flip through pages to find what they needed. Thank goodness that’s no longer the case. Sound […]

Metadata App News: Soundly, Soundminer, Resonic, BaseHead, & Search Updates

2019/06/27 Filed Under: Gear, Software

Sound designers have received some power ups to their workflows lately. With a wave of updates to sound browsing software, editors have fresh and improved ways to find, process, and curate their sound collections. We last looked at metadata news in December. Let’s see what has changed.

Pro Sound Effects Announces Upcoming “Search” Sound FX App

2019/05/21 Filed Under: Gear, Software

Web shop Pro Sound Effects has long been the home for a la carte clip downloads as well as large libraries of sound fx. Last week they announced Search, an upcoming app that allows editors to find and transfer sound fx.

Fixing Field Recordings with Absentia DX: A First Look

2017/02/22 Filed Under: Software

I experienced a series of surprises while browsing my Twitter feed earlier last month. The first was an announcement of Todd-AO’s new dialogue noise reduction software, Absentia DX. The second was that it was produced by respected Hollywood sound supervisor and field recordist Rob Nokes. The third was that it was priced at $49. Now, […]