11 Of The Best Game Audio Learning Resources - Presented By Greg Lester

Posted May 17, 2022 by Asbjoern Andersen in Sound community highlights

Looking for useful game audio resources? A big thanks to Greg Lester for compiling this overview of 11 of his best game audio learning resources out there, including game audio guides, interviews, tools, books, podcasts, sound libraries, community sites, jobs, events and much more!

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11 Of The Best Game Audio Learning Resources - presented by Greg Lester

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00:00 Greg Lester’s introduction to 11 of the best Game Audio Learning Resources

00:30 Introducing the Game Audio Power List. See the Game Audio Power List here

01:02 Game Audio Stories
– Find the latest game audio stories here
– Explore selected game audio interviews
– Check out selected game audio resources

01:26 An overview of Sound Design Guides

01:40 Game Audio Books
– Find game audio books
– Discover more books about sound here

02:08 Game Audio Podcasts
– Find game audio podcasts
– Find more podcasts from the Audio Podcast Alliance

02:48 Sound Effects Libraries
– Find game sound effects
– Visit the sound effects shop
– Search for sound effects
– Subscribe to the newsletter with free SFX in every issue here

03:32 Explore the Essential Game Audio Tools list

04:02 Game Audio Jobs
– Find the latest audio jobs on Soundlister
– Get listed at Soundlister

04:48 Game Audio Communities
– Find Game Audio Groups
– Find Game Audio Events
– Find game audio groups and channels on social media

06:21 Widen your audio skillset
Get the free sound success guide here, featuring 60+ pages of expert advice to help you get started & succeed in 18 types of audio jobs

Once again, thanks thanks to Greg Lester for doing this highlight of 11 essential game audio resources!

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Seismic Core – Sonic Enhancers Play Track 548 sounds included, 45 mins total $44
Seismic Core is a modern sound effects library crafted to give your sound design its defining foundation. Every element in this collection is built for layering. Designed not to dominate, but to enhance, shape, and energize your creations. Whether you’re working on cinematic hits, trailers, motion design, game audio, or abstract sonic branding, Seismic Core delivers the essential low-end weight, transient snap, and textured grit that bring your designs to life.

These sounds are meticulously processed and polished, yet intentionally left with enough space to sit perfectly under your own layers. They’re bold enough to add instant character, but subtle enough to leave room for further creativity. This makes Seismic Core not just a toolkit, but a true starting point for powerful, flexible, and unique sound design.

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- TRANSIENT (high and low)
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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Spells Variations Vol 2 Play Track 405 sounds included $9.35

Step into a world of spells, mysticism, and creative power with Spells Variations Vol. 2, the follow-up to our acclaimed magical sound collection. This time, we’ve expanded the elemental and thematic range, offering 405 professionally crafted sound effects that are fully categorized and ready to use.
Inside, you’ll find a wide variety of magical types:
🔥 Fire
💧 Water
🌪️ Air
🌍 Earth
⚡ Electricity
❄️ Ice
☠️ Poison, Mud, Rocks
✨ As well as Arcane, Dark, Monstrous, and other mystical spell types.

Each category is organized into individual folders, with multiple variations for every spell, giving you complete flexibility to choose the perfect sound for each moment, All this makes a total of 44 different spells.
Just like in Volume 1, every sound in this collection was recorded, edited, and mastered at 192 kHz / 24-bit, ensuring top-tier quality and adaptability—perfect for professional sound designers or anyone looking for drag-and-drop magical effects for games, trailers, animations, or any audio-visual production.

More about the pack
– Intuitive file naming
– All you’ll ever need regarding magical sounds [Use them again & again
– Use the sound effects over and over, in any of your projects or productions, forever without any additional fees or royalties. Use the SFX in your game, in your trailer, in a Kickstarter campaign, wherever you need to, as much as you want to.
– Totally mono compatibility
– All sounds have several variations.
– Use your imagination and feel free to use any sound for a creature other than the one described, remember that the world of sound is totally subjective.
– For any questions or problems: khronstudio@gmail.com

Features
– 405 spell sounds
– Format: 192KHz / 24 bits
– Win/Mac: Yes
– Minutes of audio provided: 22:26

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Spells Variations Vol 1 Play Track 361 sounds included $8.80

Charge up on magical energy with our Spells Variations Vol 1 sound library! We’ve designed this collection to give you a wide range of magical effects, allowing your project to shine with an extraordinary variety of sounds. With 361 fully categorized and carefully named magic sounds, you’ll have everything you need to create an immersive and magical atmosphere.

Explore categories such as arcane magic, water magic, electric magic, zaps, whooshes, celestial magic, dark magic, summons, and much more. Each effect has been meticulously recorded,edited and distributed at 192 kHz and 24-bit, ensuring exceptional sound quality. Whether you’re a professional sound designer or just looking for magic effects to drag and drop into your projects, you’ll find what you need here.

Our files have been named to reflect the essence of each magic, making it easy to intuitively find the perfect sounds for your creation.

More about the pack
– Intuitive file naming
– All you’ll ever need regarding magical elemental sounds [Use them again & again
Use the sound effects over and over, in any of your projects or productions, forever without any additional fees or royalties. Use the SFX in your game, in your trailer, in a Kickstarter campaign, wherever you need to, as much as you want to.
– Totally mono compatibility
– All sounds have several variations.
– Use your imagination and feel free to use any sound for a creature other than the one described, remember that the world of sound is totally subjective.
– For any questions or problems: khronstudio@gmail.com

Features
– 361 spell sounds
– Number of Audio Waves: 361
– Format: 192KHz / 24 bits
– Do Sound FX loop yes
– Minutes of audio provided: 12 minutes and 31 seconds

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Latest sound effects libraries:

Car Sound Effects Porsche Panamera 970 2009 grand tourer Play Track 274 sounds included, 61 mins total $65

All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1, Line Audio Omni1 and FEL Clippy XLR EM272 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving, interior and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds. It is also available in UCS.

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Animal Sound Effects The Animal Symphony – Lemur Play Track 102 sounds included $5.50

With this lemur sound library, you’ll find 18 high-quality audio tracks, each featuring multiple variations. This collection captures the distinctive sounds of these curious animals in great detail.

Easy to Use Structure
All recordings are uniformly labeled to integrate smoothly into your workflow, making it easy to select, combine, or replace takes based on your creative needs. This library includes the typical short calls lemurs produce, such as sharp squeals, brief meows, and rhythmic wails.

Captured at Very Close Range
The sounds were recorded at very close proximity, allowing for exceptional clarity and detail. As with many of our other libraries, we used high-end recording equipment, including:
– Sennheiser MKH 8050
– Sanken CO-100K
– Zoom F6
– Zoom H6

The ultrasonic capabilities of this setup allow for pitch shifting without losing depth or richness, making these sounds ideal for fantasy creature design or realistics purposes.

Professional Standards & Quality
Resolution: Recorded at 24-bit / 192 kHz – 96 kHz, and delivered in the same formats, ensuring outstanding detail and dynamic range.
Editing: All tracks were meticulously cleaned to remove unwanted background noises such as birds, wind, footsteps, or human activity, delivering a clean, professional-grade product.

Ideal Applications
Video games: Add realism and depth to the natural environments of your games.
Cinema and Documentaries: Enrichment of the audiovisual product with authentic sounds.
Educational Applications: Use these sounds in educational projects to teach about wildlife and animal behavior.
Multimedia Projects: Ideal for any project that seeks to enrich the user’s listening experience.

Technical Details
– Total Tracks: 18 (approx. 34 isolated sounds per mic, total of 102 sounds
– Format: 192 kHz – 96 kHz / 24-bit
– Equipment Used: Zoom F6 with Sennheiser MKH 8050 and Sanken CO-100K microphones, plus Zoom H6 for stereo
– Total Duration: 1 minute and 11 seconds

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City Life Sound Effects NSL – 60s TRAINS Play Track 51 sounds included, 100 mins total $15

This Sound-Pack features a diversity of 51 Punctual Sounds, including Train Pass by, Onboard High Speed Rolling, Raw Metal Railway Sounds, Train Doors, and a lot more !

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Human Sound Effects Heart Beat Play Track 41 sounds included $10

The Heart Beat library is a small collection of real heart beat recordings captured using stethoscope. Featuring BPMs from 50 to 120, this library covers a range of emotional states—from calm and resting to tense and elevated.

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Thunder Drums Play Track 512 sounds included $39

Thunder Drums is a sound effects library designed to deliver powerful low-frequency impacts, rumbles, and strikes for cinematic sound design. It features non-traditional percussion instruments, including a thunder tube (spring drum), loose drumheads, and large plexiglass sheets, struck with mallets and drumsticks to produce a wide range of impacts, thunder-like rumbles, deep strikes, and heavy drum hits.

In addition to raw recordings, the library includes designed elements enhanced with granular processing, distortion, and impulse response reverbs. Perfect for sound design in film, games, and trailers where powerful hits and low-end energy is needed.

All sounds were captured using a Sennheiser MKH 8050 microphone and Zoom F6 recorder at 32-bit / 192kHz, and are delivered as 24-bit / 192kHz WAV files. The library includes 185 files (512 sounds), is 3.7 GB in size, and is fully UCS-compliant with embedded metadata.

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