Bluesky Is Gaining Traction In The Audio Community - And Here's A Useful Tip To Get Up And Running

How to find the audio community on Bluesky

Posted October 20, 2024 by Asbjoern Andersen in Sound community highlights

There's a surge in new audio community members at social media platform Bluesky - so if you've had it with X/Twitter, now seems to be a great time to give Bluesky a try:

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Quick tips on how to get up and running:

• First off: We’ve set up an account for A Sound Effect on Bluesky – and you’re more than welcome to follow here!

A common problem on new social media networks is that it takes time to find interesting people to follow (and for you to be found) – but there’s a really clever solution to this on Bluesky: It’s called Starter Packs and they’re effectively manually-curated lists of interesting people to follow within a certain field. They even have a handy ‘Follow All’ option to help you quickly build your network. Here are a few Starter Packs to get you… well, started:

• Interested in game audio and sound design? Aaron Brown has created an excellent Starter Pack of people to follow in game audio:
– Follow the Game Audio Starter Pack here

• Interested in film and television sound / audio post / sound design? Check out my Starter Pack for this here (and drop me a note on Bluesky if you want on the list too):
– Follow the Starter Pack for people in Film Sound & Audio Post here

• Need some general advice on how to get a Bluesky account set up? Buffer has a guide here

• Bonus: Want to stay updated on the very latest indie sound libraries? Explore a steady stream of new releases by following this new account.

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THE WORLD’S EASIEST WAY TO GET INDEPENDENT SOUND EFFECTS:

A Sound Effect gives you easy access to an absolutely huge sound effects catalog from a myriad of independent sound creators, all covered by one license agreement - a few highlights:

Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Metal Core Alliance Play Track 613 sounds included $22

Metal Core Alliance is a library created to bring colossal machines, futuristic metallic environments, and large-scale robots to life. Ideal for video games, film, or any project requiring high-impact mechanical sound design.

In this collection, you’ll find 613 high-resolution (192 kHz / 24-bit) sounds carefully designed and organized into categories for easy creative use:
🔹Auto Deployment Unit
🔹Biotitan
🔹Bionic Spike Rotator
🔹Brutal Metal Assembly
🔹Malfunctioning Unit
🔹Mech (robots, mechas, and more)
🔹Mechanical Shrinking Gear
🔹Mechanical Shrinking Pillar
🔹Sci-Fi Doors (locks, heavy, sliding…)
🔹Turrets
🔹 Whoosh (cyber, mech, robotic…)
🔹Bonus 🎁

Each category was created with those gigantic mechanisms we see in so many science fiction movies and video games in mind. To achieve this, we used real recordings of heavy machinery, metals, and industrial textures that add authenticity and power.

All sounds have been recorded and edited at 192 kHz – 96 kHz / 32-24 bits, and are delivered in 192 kHz / 24 bits, allowing them to be stretched, distorted, slowed down, or manipulated without losing quality or detail.

Metal Core Alliance is not just a library: it’s a versatile, creative, and brutally powerful sound design kit, designed to shape mechanical worlds with their own unique personality.

More about the pack
– Intuitive file naming
– All you’ll ever need regarding Robots, Machines, Gears, etc…[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 other than the one described, remember that the world of sound is totally subjective.
– For any questions or problems: khronstudio@gmail.com

Features
– 613 sounds
– Number of Audio Waves: 613
– Format: 192KHz / 24 bits
– Do Sound FX loop: Yes
– Win/Mac: Yes
– Minutes of audio provided: 25 minutes

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Animal Sound Effects Demonic Pigs Play Track 12 sounds included $10

The Demonic Pigs audio library features 12 terrifying pig creature squeals, perfect for any horror film or game that is sure to strike fear into your audience.

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Creature Sound Effects Fantasy Creatures Play Track 651 sounds included $59

Enter the realm of fantasy, where mythical creatures roam and legends come to life in a symphony of imagination. From the lumbering footsteps of trolls to the haunting moans of zombies, each sound captures the essence of otherworldly beings. Experience the mischievous cackles of goblins and the eerie calls of giant insects echoing through enchanted forests. Whether it’s the ominous presence of a kraken beneath the waves or the skeletal rattles of undead skeletons, these sounds transport listeners to a realm where magic and mystery reign supreme.

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Explore the full, unique collection here

Latest sound effects libraries:

Drones & Mood Sound Effects Delirium – Surreal Textures & Movement Play Track 380 sounds included $125
Delirium is a sound effects toolkit, lovingly prepared to accompany your unique and personal descent into madness. Bask in the radiance of wobbling washes of muffled screams, or perhaps some swaying, spiralling tones that make you feel dizzy and nauseous!

Designed primarily using Madrona Labs SUMU, Delirium is perfect for creating tension-filled atmospheres, hypnotic trances, dream sequences, hallucinations and generally unusual, other-worldly situations. Wavering drones that are writhing and moving, fragmented vocal splinters of what used to be human voices before they were dragged into the void, static bursts of interference from a long forgotten transmission that should never have been found… that sort of thing.

It does cover some areas that are more grounded in the real world (Comms Static, UI Glitches), but the majority of stuff in here is proudly un-tethered from reality.

The library is broken down into the following categories and sub categories as part of its comprehensive UCS metadata.
- COMMUNICATIONS: Static, Telemetry – Scrambled, Lofi, Glitch
- DESIGNED: Distortion, Drone, Eerie, Ethereal, Granular, Rhythmic, Rumble, Synthetic, Tonal, Vocal, Whoosh – Bubbling, Clicks, Demonic, Energy, Evolving, Fizzing, Gloopy, Gritty, Hissing, Metallic, Movement, Muffled, Neutral, Pulsing, Rattling, Riser, Robotic, Scrambled, Spinning, Static, Steady, Submerged, Sweeteners, Swells, Synth, Texture, Throbbing, Tonal, Watery
- MAGIC: Shimmer, Spell – Fragments, Metallic, Movement, Steady, Swells, Tonal, Vocal
- SCIFI: Energy – Evolving, Movement, Riser, Steady, Surges, Swells, Texture
- USER INTERFACE: Data, Glitch, Motion – Gritty, Malfunction, Movement, Smooth, Watery, Gestures
The sounds of Delirium will allow you to travel to weird, wonderful and sometimes unpleasant places with your sonic creations whilst maintaining subtlety and versatility. They are layers waiting to be interwoven, a bag of choice ingredients, a palette of strange colours. Go forth and paint!!!

Artwork by Jeff at Freakshow Industries.
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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Spells Variations Vol 2 Play Track 405 sounds included $14

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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Animal Sound Effects Steller Sea Lions Play Track 24+ sounds included, 17 mins total $38

Steller Sea Lions
The Steller Sea Lions library is a mini library of stereo recordings from an expedition up the coast of Vancouver Island. In this library you will find a variety of vocalizations from a colony of over 200 Steller Sea Lions.
It’s everything you’d need for any linear or game media.

The Herring spawn (or Herring run) happens every spring along eastern Vancouver Island. Adult Pacific Herring congregate in huge numbers along the coastal shorelines.
This brings an abundance of wildlife to the coastal areas of Vancouver Island.

Keywords: BARKING, BARK, BREATH, GURGAL, SPUTTER, EXHALE, GROAN, GUTTURAL, SNORT, BELCHES, ROAR, BLEATS

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Bundles MASTERGUN – Ultimax 100 Play Track 552 sounds included $40

The Master Gun Ultimax 100 Sound Effects library is recorded using a large array of various microphone configurations, we recorded shots from several distances in an open shooting range in the Nevada Desert.

Raw Recordings

Our raw shots features a total of 20 channels including 10 Stereo sources. All of our close and mid spaced pair Microphone options can be used as two independent mono microphones. The right side of every spaced pair will have more Mech than its left side counterpart.
Every single gun has been recorded using the same gain settings on the same recorders, and we have level matched each microphone option between the same calibers so your 50ft microphones will be the same or similar across all libraries that share the same calibers. This makes mixing large amounts of weapons easier as the loudness and character of each gun is predictable.

Our foley features a total of a stereo A/B pair of Neumann KMR81i mts which are placed on both the left and right of the gun. All of the foley has been recorded at 192kHz for extreme processing workflows.

Designed Mixes

Created from the ground up we’ve designed a collection of game-ready mixes for your next project. If you are creating your own custom weapons system and would like to use our designed mixes in your project, you can use our no-tail options which are our realistic designed mixes without our tail layers. Just drag, and drop.

UCS compatible metadata embedded

All files contain extensive metadata to provide you with the fastest and easiest workflow possible. Metadata can be read and processed by audio management tools. Some digital audio workstations feature an included search tool that can also read embedded metadata.

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Car Sound Effects Jaguar I-Pace 2018 electric compact crossover SUV sport utility vehicle Play Track 178 sounds included, 27 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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