Sound design and field recording fans awoke Monday to a sad announcement. Editors Jack Menhorn and Shaun Farley wrote they are putting the pro sound news website into “hibernation.”
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Recording Jet Airliners in the UK
Earlier this month I released the free Jet Fly Bys sound effects library over on Airborne Sound. I explained that I had captured those field recordings when I found myself living beneath the flight path of an international airport. A reader recently wrote me to tell me he tried the same technique after reading the […]
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A New Giveaway: Discuss Field Recording. Win Prizes
Note: the contest has now ended. For the entire month of December the Designing Sound news site is offering prizes for asking and answering questions about field recording or sound design on their new forum, Designing Sound Exchange.
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New: A Sound FX Library Sale & Discount Listing Page
A quick update: I’ve added a new page to my independent sound effects library search engine, Sound Effect Search. The page is a community service that lists sound fx sales, discounts, and bundles from indie sound fx library publishers. Just click the links there to visit the Web shop and save on cool sound fx. […]
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The last article introduced a new sound design tool: Sound Particles. That post presented a quick look at the new granular spatialization software, as well as a bonus interview with its creator, professor Nuno Fonseca of Portugal. That scratched the surface of the new sound design tool. Want to know more? You’re in luck.
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New Soundminer Blog + Updates
Did you know that there is a Soundminer blog? Previously, fans of the metadata app could find updates on the Code Destructor forum. That was a good way to interact with the developers themselves, and share ideas with other sound pros. Now the crew at Soundminer have created an easier way
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