Sound design

GDC 2018 Sample Pack – 30gb of FREE Sounds

GDC 2018 Sample Pack – 30gb of FREE Sounds Holy tolito have we got some great news for you – Sonniss has released a huge collection of sounds in honor of the 2018 Game Developer’s Conference. This makes the 4th year running that Sonniss has released a sample pack and it marks their biggest release yet with over 30gb of high-quality audio samples. Rolling in just under a thousand samples (985 to be exact) the collection includes sounds of all sorts ranging from sci-fi noises to field recordings, human noises, weapon sounds, drones, impacts, and much much more. The collection includes choice picks from a number of libraries Sonniss sells collections for, if you like a specific set of sounds you’ll be able to purchase from their creators on the Sonniss website. When we first saw this offering we feared that there would be restrictions on the types of use we could …

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DAW Cassette – Klevgrand Brings Back the Grit

DAW Cassette – Klevgrand Brings Back the Grit This week we want to share with you Klevgrand’s new plugin, DAW Cassette. DAW Cassette is a cassette tape emulation software that can immediately bring you back to the late 80’s/early 90’s for that classic sound only found on cassette. We played around with the plugin and it was extremely impressive, and we’re not being too generous, this was one of the coolest plugins we’ve reviewed in a while. Read our review then below that read an interview we had with the developers of DAW Cassette from Klevgrand. The interface is fun and easy to experiment with using the 6 buttons and 6 knobs to control each parameter. From left to right you have control over the Tape Quality, Head Quality, and Motor Quality, Input Gain, Output Gain, and finally a Dry/Wet Mix. The buttons available can alter the tape’s materials from Normal, …

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All About Ableton’s Wavetable – Global Section & Unison (Part 7)

All About Ableton’s Wavetable – Global Section & Unison (Part 7) We continue our series of All About Ableton’s new Wavetable synthesizer. Today we cover the global section and unison controls! As always we included all the previous videos so scroll down for the latest video. divider style=”clear” Part 1 – Oscillators su_youtube_advanced url=”https://youtu.be/H4lL4tSvock” showinfo=”no” rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes” https=”yes” /su_youtube_advanced divider style=”clear” Part 2 – Filters su_youtube_advanced url=”https://youtu.be/xC-KxDa08us” showinfo=”no” rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes” https=”yes” /su_youtube_advanced divider style=”clear” Part 3 – Envelopes su_youtube_advanced url=”https://youtu.be/408L71dQqUE” showinfo=”no” rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes” https=”yes” /su_youtube_advanced divider style=”clear” Part 4 – The Matrix su_youtube_advanced url=”https://youtu.be/fcYyDmIZxVw” showinfo=”no” rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes” https=”yes” /su_youtube_advanced divider style=”clear” Part 5 – LFOs su_youtube_advanced url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFP79JtVif8″ showinfo=”no” rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes” https=”yes” /su_youtube_advanced divider style=”clear” Part 6 – MIDI Expression su_youtube_advanced url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KazlYRiyFA” showinfo=”no” rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes” https=”yes” /su_youtube_advanced divider style=”clear” Part 7 – Global & Unison su_youtube_advanced url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9jvxRFLmEU” showinfo=”no” rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes” https=”yes” /su_youtube_advanced divider style=”clear” If you’d like to learn more about …

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All About Ableton’s Wavetable – MIDI Expression (Part 6)

All About Ableton’s Wavetable – MIDI Expression (Part 6) We continue our series of All About Ableton’s new Wavetable synthesizer. Today we’re covering the MIDI Expression! As always we included all the previous videos so scroll down for the latest video. Come back thursday for part 7! divider style=”clear” Part 1 – Oscillators su_youtube_advanced url=”https://youtu.be/H4lL4tSvock” showinfo=”no” rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes” https=”yes” /su_youtube_advanced divider style=”clear” Part 2 – Filters su_youtube_advanced url=”https://youtu.be/xC-KxDa08us” showinfo=”no” rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes” https=”yes” /su_youtube_advanced divider style=”clear” Part 3 – Envelopes su_youtube_advanced url=”https://youtu.be/408L71dQqUE” showinfo=”no” rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes” https=”yes” /su_youtube_advanced divider style=”clear” Part 4 – The Matrix su_youtube_advanced url=”https://youtu.be/fcYyDmIZxVw” showinfo=”no” rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes” https=”yes” /su_youtube_advanced divider style=”clear” Part 5 – LFOs su_youtube_advanced url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFP79JtVif8″ showinfo=”no” rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes” https=”yes” /su_youtube_advanced divider style=”clear” Part 6 – MIDI Expression su_youtube_advanced url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KazlYRiyFA” showinfo=”no” rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes” https=”yes” /su_youtube_advanced divider style=”clear”

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All About Ableton’s Wavetable – LFOs (Part 5)

All About Ableton’s Wavetable – LFOs (Part 5) We continue our series of All About Ableton’s new Wavetable synthesizer. Today we’re covering the LFOs! As always we included all the previous videos so scroll down for the latest video. Come back next week for part 6! divider style=”clear” Part 1 – Oscillators su_youtube_advanced url=”https://youtu.be/H4lL4tSvock” showinfo=”no” rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes” https=”yes” /su_youtube_advanced divider style=”clear” Part 2 – Filters su_youtube_advanced url=”https://youtu.be/xC-KxDa08us” showinfo=”no” rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes” https=”yes” /su_youtube_advanced divider style=”clear” Part 3 – Envelopes su_youtube_advanced url=”https://youtu.be/408L71dQqUE” showinfo=”no” rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes” https=”yes” /su_youtube_advanced divider style=”clear” Part 4 – The Matrix su_youtube_advanced url=”https://youtu.be/fcYyDmIZxVw” showinfo=”no” rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes” https=”yes” /su_youtube_advanced divider style=”clear” Part 5 – LFOs su_youtube_advanced url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFP79JtVif8″ showinfo=”no” rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes” https=”yes” /su_youtube_advanced divider style=”clear”

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KVR Audio Announces 2018 Developer Challenge

KVR Audio Announces 2018 Developer Challenge KVR Audio just announced their 2018 Developer Challenge, their seventh audio plug-in/audio application/soundware design competition. To enter you must create a completely new plugin/application/soundpack/sound library that can benefit the music community and release it for free. KVR members will vote on the entries and decide on the winner based on their definition of the best submission. This is where creativity counts the most, the plugin could be extremely innovative in the user interface or maybe it has a simple interface but is a killer under the hood. Play to your strengths, embrace your weaknesses, and have fun! Five winners will be selected to receive a cash prize along with a sixth ‘wildcard’ winner. The amount of prize money will be determined and funded by the KVR community via the Developer Challenge 2018 Donation Pool. Other sponsored prizes will be announced by KVR soon. Additionally, software prizes will be …

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