Written by Adriane Kuzminski.
Stories from A Sound Effect:
• How to succeed in UI/UX Sound Design, ADR Recording, & Audio Programming – with Emma Butt
• How to succeed in Sound Editing, Sound for Advertising, and Production Sound – with Lucy J Mitchell
• How to succeed in sound design for Film, Documentaries, and Trailers – with Nia Hansen
• Creating the sound for Velvet Buzzsaw’s mix of horror, humor, and high art – with Margit Pfeiffer
• How ‘First Man’ takes your ears on a supersonic adventure – with Ai-Ling Lee and Milly Iatrou
• Indie Audio Adventures: Telling BestLuck’s beautiful story through sound – with Gina Zdanowicz
• Ant-Man and the Wasp – Creating Big Sound for Tiny Superheroes – with Katy Wood
• Ototoxicity: Is your medication damaging your hearing? – with Karen Collins
More Stories:
• International Women’s Day: Celebrating Irish Women in the Audio Visual Sector
• Women & The Grammy For “Producer of The Year, Classical”
• Women on air, for International Women’s Day
Podcasts:
• Ada Lovelace Day – hosted by Suw Charman-Anderson
• Level with Emily Reese – hosted by, of course, Emily Reese
• The Sound Women Podcast – hosted by Liz Kershaw
• Tonebenders – hosted by Teresa Morrow
• Beards, Cats, and Indie Game Audio Podcast – Ep. 49: Chatting with Carlye Nyte at GDC
• Immersive Audio Podcast – Ep. 10: Jane Gauntlett & Tessa Ratuszynska (In My Shoes)
• Immersive Audio Podcast – Ep. 6: Catherine Robinson
• Location Sound Podcast – Ep. 8: Jennelle Jordan – Production Manager at ProductionHUB
• midierror meets… – Ep. 8: Hannah Dunster – Community Music Maker / Company Director / Flutist
• Recording Studio Rockstars – Ep. 180: Yoli Mara – How To Manage A Pro Studio – Welcome To 1979
• The Right Scuff – Kitty Malone
• The Sound Architect UK – S2E1: Victoria Atkin & Patricia Summersett
• The Sound Architect UK – Women In Gaming: Voiceover Special – Victoria Atkin, Cissy Jones & Patricia Summersett
• The Sound Architect UK – Interview with Voiceover Director and Composer, Amanda Rose Smith
• The Sound Architect UK – Another Awesome Catch Up Interview with Cissy Jones!
• Soundbytes Podcast – Ep. 25: Interview with Isabella Ness
• Sound Perspective – Making Music for Art: Becky Sui Zhen, CORIN and Casey Hartnett
• Soundworks Collection – The BBC “Dancing Shadows” Sound Design Series – with Cecelia Hall and Ann Kroeber
• Soundworks Collection – Conversations with Sound Artists: 2019 Oscar Edition – with Nicole Paradis Grindle
• Tonebenders – Ep. 94: Nina Hartstone & John Warhurst on Bohemian Rhapsody
• Tonebenders – Ai-Ling Lee & Mildred Iatrou Morgan on First Man
• Tonebenders – Ep. 87: SoundGirlsOrg: Career Paths in Audio Post-Production
• Twenty Thousand Hertz – Ep. 61: Dining on Decibels – with Kate Wagner
• Voices of VR – Women in VR Dicussion Sponsored by Mozilla
Events:
• Women in Games Drinks in Brighton – 8 March 2019
• WOMEN IN GAMES: A Celebration! Hosted by Playcrafting NYC – 28 March 2019
• WAMCon Nashville – 27-28 April 2019
• Wonder Women Tech Washington DC Global Summit – 1 May 2019
• Wonder Women Tech London International Conference – 8 June 2019
• Wonder Women Tech Amazonas Latinx Summit – 29-31 August 2019
Groups:
• Audio Treehouse Community Slack – The Audio Treehouse provides a safe space for aspiring and current audio professionals of all underrepresented genders/sexes in the industry.
• Black Girls Code – A non-profit organization that introduces programming and technology to a new generation of coders, coders who will become builders of technological innovation and of their own futures.
• IGDA Women in Games SIG – The IGDA Women in Games (WIG) Special Interest Group (SIG) was formed to create a positive impact on the game industry with respect to gender balance in the workplace and the marketplace.
• Soundgirls – SoundGirls supports women working in professional audio and music production by highlighting their success and providing a place for them to connect, network, and share advice and experiences.
• Sound Women Network – This Facebook group is for all women who work in audio (radio, podcasting, music, streaming, management, engineering and beyond).
• Women in Film & Television UK – Women in Film & TV (UK) is the leading membership organisation for women working in creative media in the UK and part of an international network of over 13,000 women.
• Women in Games Boston – Women in Games Boston is a networking event for women who make games and their allies.
• Women in Games International – Women in Games International (WIGI), made up of both female and male professionals, works to promote the inclusion and advancement of women in the global games industry.
• Women in Games – Women in Games (WIGJ) is a not for profit organisation that works to recruit more women into the games industry and to support those already in the industry.
• Women’s Audio Mission – Women’s Audio Mission is a San Francisco/Oakland-based nonprofit organization, and the only professional recording studio in the world built and run by women, which attracts over 2,000 underserved women and girls every year to STEM and creative technology studies that inspire them to amplify their voices and become the innovators of tomorrow.
• Wonder Women Tech – Wonder Women Tech (WWT) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and ecosystem that produces year-round programming and national and international conferences that highlight, educate, and celebrate women and the underrepresented in STEAM industries (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math), innovation and entrepreneurialism.
I just want to say a huge thanks to two gifted women who are an absolute cornerstone of A Sound Effect: Adriane Kuzminski (who wrote this piece & many more), and Jennifer Walden, who does a lot of brilliant interviews for the site. Their talents, excellent writing and drive are an ongoing inspiration!
– Asbjoern
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Nature & Countryside Ambiences High Desert Ambiences 1: Miniature Play Track 10+ sounds included, 94 mins total $35In High Desert Ambiences 1: Miniature, get a mini-nature collection of desolately beautiful sounds of the American southwest as the sun brings to life the songs of desert wildlife. This collection features sounds that will make you fall in love with the desert with the trickling of distant rivers, smooth cricket chirps, echoey caws from ravens so close you can hear the details in their wings flaps, snorts from a cautious yet curious mule deer, choruses of birds at dawn, and much more. Most recordings are well over 4 minutes, with one half-hour night-time track that will make you want to take out your tent immediately. For a mini-nature collection of lush, peaceful nature sounds from the heart of the American Southwest, here’s High Desert Ambiences 1: Miniature.
2% for the Planet:
Two percent of the price of this library is donated to an environmental cause. I view it as an “artist royalty” for the planet!KEY FEATURES:• Sounds in this library are NOT included in High Desert Ambiences 2 and 3.
• This library contains a small selection of both “active” and “quiet” nature sounds from the high deserts of West Texas.
• If you need more “active” or “quiet” nature sounds check out: High Desert Ambiences 2: Active Nature or High Desert Ambiences 3: Quiet Nature.
• Featured on Designing Sound: “Our Favorite Sounds of 2016”
• Desert dawn and evening choruses
• Distant flowing river, songbirds, and insects
• Ravens soaring and squawking in a stark and resonant valley
• Lengthy night-time cricket chorus
• Partially audible and ultrasonic bat clicks up to 70kHz
• Ghostly distant animal calls
• Mule deer warning snorts and jumping movement
• Files ranging from 31 seconds to 30 minutes
• Rio Grande dawn chorus along the Texas/Mexico river border
• Locations: Near Marfa, Texas (in a mountain valley at an altitude of 6,000 ft) and Big Bend National Park along the Rio Grande River, Texas/Mexico border.
• These desert ambiences are extremely quiet, so I have included descriptive markers to signal interesting events in an otherwise featureless waveform. These markers can be read in programs such as RX, Reaper, and Soundminer. The markers are also included as .txt files in the sound files folder.
GEAR USED:
• Sennheiser MKH 50/30 MS pair
• Mid/Side recordings decoded to LR stereo
• Sound Devices 702
• Rycote AG MS Blimp
• ***Note – the name of this library was changed from High Desert Ambiences 1 to High Desert Ambiences 1: Miniature on 11/28/17. This was a name change only. No audio files were updated. -
Diffuse City is the unique urban ambience sound effects library you didn’t know you were missing. It captures the urban environment in its many forms – all based around the idea of diffuse ambience.
The Diffuse City library is purpose-built for the times an environment needs to be felt, but not be distracting.
Every track in Diffuse City was recorded with some sort of real life “filter” in mind; be it distance, elevation, time of day, physical material – Anything to provide the feeling of city life with out the specificity of many urban ambience libraries. No distracting close car pass-bys or people talking; only great natural ambience beds.
Diffuse City was recorded in big cities, suburbs, small towns, and rural settings over a span of two years. It was largely recorded over very late nights, when very few people we’re around. Occasionally, however, a car would pass by… a gun would go off… While these were edited out of the recordings, they are included as “extras” in the library. Perfect for adding some flavor to a moment that’s authentic to the environment it was recorded in.
Metadata – and markers:In addition to thorough metadata, each ambience in Diffuse City is embedded with markers highlighting unique moments that aren’t easily visible in a waveform. Software like Soundminer v4.5 and Reaper can display these markers, making it easy to identify distinct sonic moments in an otherwise nondescript waveform.
Markers in Reaper
There are 10 areas of focus in Diffuse City:Elevated City • Distant Highways • Underground City • Distant City • Under Bridges • City Rumble • Empty Parking Lots • Alleys • Industrial • Window Contacts
Hear examples and learn more about each one below
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