Dialogue Editing And Sound Design - An AirCon Interview With Supervising Sound Editor/sound Designer Becky Sullivan

In this A Sound Effect interview for AirCon, Jennifer Walden speaks with Oscar-nominated and BAFTA and MPSE Award-winning supervising sound editor/sound designer Becky Sullivan (The Woman King, The Big Short, Unbroken)

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Dialogue Editing and Sound Design – with supervising sound editor/sound designer Becky Sullivan:

Oscar-nominated and BAFTA and MPSE Award-winning supervising sound editor/sound designer Becky Sullivan (‘The Woman King’, ‘The Big Short’, ‘Unbroken’) offers advice on using dialogue editing tools, when to recommend ADR and how to get a great ADR performance, working with loop group, and how she built backgrounds and crowds for director Gina Prince-Bythewood’s ‘The Woman King’ using library sounds. Plus, she shares her thoughts on using AI tools for creating loop group and dialogue.

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Anime Epic Combat Play Track 390 sounds included $99

390 Anime Epic Combat Sound Effects! This sound effect album is excellent for Anime-inspired games, Japanese fighting video games, and more! This collection of 390 sounds features a wide range of combat impacts, skills, and whooshes. In addition, we also designed many booms, drop bass, distortion, risers, and stingers to intensify the epicness and brutality of any combat moves! So supercharge your fight scenes and embark on an action-packed adventure now!

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Wild Animals Sound Effects Wolves & Coyotes Play Track 150+ sounds included $50

This collection features 150 wolf and coyote sound effects. This library includes howls, roars, barks and more from single and multiple coyotes and wolves.

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Tired of those same old door knobs and hinge squeaks that you hear in every single game, film and TV show? Well, Gateway aims to remedy that issue while providing you with a brand new palette of sounds.

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Cloth and Fabric Sound Effects Character Fabrics Sound Effects Play Track 196 sounds included, 4 mins total $14.99
Enhance your projects with our 196 Carefully Recorded and Designed Fabric Sound Effects. This diverse collection of high-quality fabric sounds is perfect for adding realism and dynamic movement to your characters and environments. From the rustling of clothing to the swishing of fabrics in motion, each sound has been meticulously recorded and designed to bring your scenes to life. Ideal for game developers, filmmakers, and sound designers, these fabric sound effects will add depth and authenticity to every wardrobe, interaction, and environmental detail. Whether you’re working on character animations, environmental design, or immersive storytelling, these sounds provide the perfect touch to elevate your work.

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City Life Sound Effects City & Suburbs Ambiences Play Track 135+ sounds included, 340 mins total $22

City ambiences, downtown ambiences, suburbs, residential area, harbor, industrial area.. traffic, people in background, urban birds, nocturnal-quiet ambiences etc.

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Bird Sound Effects Birds Ambiences Play Track 7 sounds included, 22 mins total $8

Immerse yourself in the serene and captivating sounds of nature with Birds in Various Ambiences – Field Recordings Collection. This compilation features a rich assortment of bird sounds captured in diverse environments.

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects BIAS Play Track 70 sounds included, 11 mins total $15

Unleash sonic chaos and chilling unease with BIAS, a collection of 70 sound effects of pure cacophony and dissonance (24 Bit / 48 kHz, wav, UCS).

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City Life Sound Effects Suburbs Of Denver: Balcony Evening Play Track 500+ sounds included, 154 mins total $10

Suburbs Of Denver: Evening is the second in the Suburbs of Denver Series. Recorded on the same balcony as the first pack, but this time, between the Evening hours of 7:15pm to 9:53pm. Around 2 and half hours packed into 14 audios files. Similar to the first pack, you’ll hear loud cars, motorcycles, airplanes, sporadic bird chirps, and more! All metadata is tagged using the Universal Category System in Soundminer, and also searchable in Basehead, and Soundly. Recorded at 32 bit, 192 using the LOM MikroUsi Pro into a Zoom F3 Recorder.

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