You’ve conjured inspiring audio in the studio and in the streets. You’ve mixed and mastered the tracks. You’ve gathered your best selections into an impressive sound library. Now it’s time to share your sound effects and music with your peers and fans. But how do you do this? The last article described how to create […]
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How to Create an Indie Sound Bundle
These days, it’s typical to edit audio and send finished show reels digitally to colleagues a half dozen time zones away. Capturing field recordings at 192 kilohertz is routine. It’s common to source fresh sound effects from talented recordists living on the other side of the globe. This digital revolution has evolved sound effects libraries […]
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How to Protect Sound Library Samples
In a recent article, I explained how to create a sound library preview montage for your pack or sound library. I shared some ideas on the importance of sound previews beyond the basic, literal demo tracks. But all of this talk about sharing sound online invites another question: if you’ve created a great preview that […]
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How to Create an Irresistible Sound Library Preview
You’ve finally decided to share your sounds on the Web. And why not? You’ve spent countless hours recording sound effects. You’ve tweaked endless plug-in settings. You’ve slaved mastering each clip: sculpting every fade, the slice of each edit, and each precise pinch of EQ. The result? A collection of clips you can objectively say are […]
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Helping Field Recordists Share Libraries – Q & A with Asbjoern Andersen of A Sound Effect
Much of the appeal of field recording comes from how the craft changes. One day you’ll be crawling under a car lashing microphones to its chassis. The next you may be wrangling puppies to record dog vocals. Perhaps today you’ve piled up a creative stack of plug-ins to create a shimmering, unearthly drone. You’ve captured, […]
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What’s Best for FX Web Shops? Stripe vs. PayPal Review
What do you need to share sound on your own site? In my e-Book, Selling Creative Sound, I explained that a Web shop allows customers to do the following: Search for sounds using keywords and categories. Hear sound previews. Create and modify accounts. Add or remove sounds from a virtual shopping cart or basket. Send […]
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