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For some of us, November might be bringing the chill, but why not start a fire, put in the old earbuds, and warm up to a few podcasts from the audio community?

In these episodes you can learn about the lives of veteran ADR mixers Chris Navarro and Patrick Christensen and Emmy and Golden Reel Award-winning dialogue editor Paul Longstaffe.

You can also hear from EA DICE’s Swedish sound team about their process of capturing the detailed and historically accurate sound of ‘Battlefield 1’ and a special PAX West conversation with Gina Zdanowicz from Serial Lab Studios. Plus, the guys at Game Audio Hour discuss their takes on the recent SAG-AFTRA strike. Happy listening :)

 

Soundworks Collection: The Sound of Battlefield 1:

In this new edition of the ‘Soundworks Collection’, Michael Coleman speaks with Lead Sound Designer Andres Almstrom and Audio Director Bence Pajor from EA DICE’s Stockholm studios. They talk about developing the sound of ‘Battlefield 1’ (released 21 Oct), from its powerful weapon systems to its detailed ambiences. They discuss working with artists and directors in the early phases to ‘sketch’ concept sounds and how authenticity was not only a goal for the period-specific WWI weapons and vehicles but also for the geographically accurate ambiences and natural reverbs. After running through the trenches and blasting your Model 97, listen to this episode to learn how it was all made.

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Tonebenders: Ep. 048 – ADR Roundtable:

In the new episode of ‘Tonebenders’, René Coronado and Timothy Muirhead chat with Patrick Christensen, ADR mixer at Sound Lounge in NYC, and Chris Navarro, ADR Mixer at Formosa Group in West Hollywood, who have worked on just about every film and television show from the last decade. They talk about how they encourage great performances from actors by creating a warm studio vibe and how proper recording environments and mic choices help them match the details of the original source. They also go into how they use macros and templates to efficiently prep their sessions and the difficulty of entering ADR with large studios vanishing. Though some audio pros may find the role of ADR mixer intimidating, these two wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.

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Smart Post Sound’s Smartcast: Ep. 027 – Dialog Editor Paul Longstaffe:

In this new episode of Smart Post Sound’s Smartcast, Larry Benjamin speaks with Paul Longstaffe, who has won two Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Reel awards for his work on ‘Storm of the Century’, ‘The Bridge’ and others. He talks about his beginnings as a classical guitarist who immigrated to the US before coming across an article about sound editing, a field that brought him to DSP and Todd-AO. Plus, he discusses his iZotope RX workflows in matching ambiences and cleaning dialogue, especially when props or improperly synced breaths arise in the mix (especially with the late ‘Sopranos’ star, James Gandolfini). He also talks about his workflow when dealing with different mics, and when you’re working with 120 tracks of dialogue in ‘NCIS’, workflow is key!

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Beards, Cats and Indie Game Audio: Ep. 32:

Sadly, Odin, the cat of ‘Beards, Cats, and Indie Game Audio’, passed away after battling cancer. Matthew has immortalized Odin with a recording of her voice, which can be used in any of your game projects. On a happier note, Matthew and Gordon were at PAX West and they spoke with Gina Zdanowicz from Serial Lab Studios. They discuss her talk at PAX about saving dev time (aka money) with middleware, and they talk about ‘the sounds that got away’ – the ones you say you’ll record tomorrow and forget until after you’ve moved. Plus, they talk about plugins, traveling with sound gear, creating so many assets you don’t know if you could create any more – and how sometimes in all that work you need to step away, eat a donut and watch a Lifetime movie.

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Game Audio Hour: 117 – VO Strikes and Unions:

Kyle Johnson and Vincent Diamante keep it 100 as they discuss the recent SAG-AFTRA strike in this new episode of ‘Game Audio Hour’. They go over some of the pros and cons of joining unions like SAG-AFTRA and AFM and their personal takes on hiring agents. They also talk about how it can be hard to empathize with the strike’s money issues – since they are sound designers who are used to not receiving royalties – but they understand how stressful performances, insufficient pay and poor working conditions will continue if you don’t put your foot down. Though the issues of the strike have been oversimplified in some cases, you will hear only honesty in this episode.

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    SpellBound can compliment your fx arsenal with traditional fantasy, modern magic, cinematic impacts, and even as an explosion sweetener. It can take over a fantasy trailer or a compliment a hybrid space magic video game.

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    Bring your games and apps to life with the Kawaii UI Bundle.

    It’s ideal for creating joyful menus, delightful HUDs, playful navigation and notifications, engaging pop-ups, and expressive text.

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    What could be better than summertime in the country?

    Of course summertime in Russian village!

    Those sweet sounds of hammers, lawnmowers, dogs, neighbors activity, forests, fields, rain and, of course, lots of cicadas!

    This library contains authentic atmospheres of villages and small towns of suburban Moscow, as well as sounds of nature, roomtones and doors of the old Dacha from Soviet era.

    KEY POINTS:

    • Authentic atmospheres of dacha, forests, fields, streams, rains, streets of small towns, night and day suburban activity and roomtones!

    • An excellent addition to your library for film, TV and multimedia – Suburban Russia during summer and autumn time

    • Recorded with Mid-Side Sennheiser MKH8040/MKH30 combo

    • Sorted by location-type categories

    • All files have metadata included

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    A US Military Truck is transformed into a percussive instrument and hit with drum sticks and a variety of mallets ( gong, xylophone and timpani ) and sampled using contact microphones and geophones.

    A unique collection of 321 metallic percussive hits perfect for metal impact sound design and transient shaping.

    Type : Source Files / WAV Mono

    Normalised : -6 dbFS

    Grouped Files for Easy Reference Included

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    Microphones : Stille & Klang Spot, LOM Geofon

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  • Effective Trailer Booms Vol. 2 delivers the next level in cinematic low-end, featuring 232 brand-new one-shot sounds meticulously designed for cutting-edge trailers.

    Building on the original Vol. 1, this new collection is designed for cutting-edge trailers. It moves beyond simple impacts to focus on the deep sub-bass, tonal rumbles, and resonant elements that build anticipation. It’s the perfect tool for setting a dark, mysterious tone at the beginning of a trailer or providing that final, deep punctuation at the end.

    A boom isn’t just a hit, it’s the sound of intrigue. Effective Trailer Booms Vol. 2 delivers the next level in cinematic low-end, featuring 232 brand-new one-shot sounds meticulously designed for cutting-edge trailers.

    Building on the original Vol. 1, this new collection is designed for cutting-edge trailers. It moves beyond simple impacts to focus on the deep sub-bass, tonal rumbles, and resonant elements that build anticipation. It’s the perfect tool for setting a dark, mysterious tone at the beginning of a trailer or providing that final, deep punctuation at the end.

    Inside, you’ll find a massive library of deep tonal rumbles, powerful sub-bass swells, bone-chilling textures, dark resonant drones, and powerful cinematic punctuation, all designed to pull the audience in.

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    SpellBound is premium sound effects library exploring the intersecting spaces of modern magic and science fiction energy. The result is a polished, designed, and inspiring set of cinematic magic sounds ready to bring new life to your film, game, and media projects. Brian Johnson, the creator of SpellBound and Slipstream is an award winning sound designer who after working in film, and television, has found his home designing sound for the biggest video game franchises in the world.

    SpellBound has 969 total sound effects
    Spells, explos, tails, whooshes, beds, impacts, drones, and more.

    Designed section – 202 designed multi-event show stopping full frequency sound effects.
    Elements section – 767 designed construction kit, layers, sweeteners, and single event effects.

    SpellBound can compliment your fx arsenal with traditional fantasy, modern magic, cinematic impacts, and even as an explosion sweetener. It can take over a fantasy trailer or a compliment a hybrid space magic video game.

    Thank you for licensing SpellBound. I hope it inspires you to create something exciting and magical.

    SpellBound Flyer

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  • Kawaii UI Bundle is the ultimate bundle for cute user interface sounds.
    In this Bundle you get both volumes of our Kawaii UI libraries.
    Kawaii UI + Kawaii UI 2

    These libraries provide an adorable blend of cute, satisfying interface sounds, crafted to enhance user experience and feedback.
    Bring your games and apps to life with the Kawaii UI Bundle.

    It’s ideal for creating joyful menus, delightful HUDs, playful navigation and notifications, engaging pop-ups, and expressive text.

    Kawaii UI Trailer
    Kawaii UI 2 Trailer

    The source recordings inside are a treasure trove of physical button presses, clicks, pops, taps, mouth sounds, toks, shakers, general synthesised UI sounds, FM bells and telemetry style sounds.. Kawaii UI Bundle provides you with the essential building blocks to craft your own distinctive designs.  Combining these elements gives sound designers a robust sonic palette to create new UI sounds.

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