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Looking for something great to listen to? We've found some excellent podcast episodes about sound for you - in this roundup:

Bernard Gariépy Strobl, David McCallum & Steve Fanagan join the Tonebenders Podcast to talk about new sci-fi film 'Swan Song' and tell us how they came together as a team when none had ever met before. They also talk about the challenge of designing UI sounds for the near future and the unique schedule for the film's post production.

The sound and music team from Eidos-Montréal join guest moderator Andy Vaughan, from Dolby Game Developer Relations, on the Sound + Image Lab: The Dolby Institute Podcast to chat about their work on the video game adaption of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy.

Emmy award winning Foley artist and sound editor Joanna Fang drops in at the SoundGirls Podcast for an insightful discussion on her background and fascinating craft.

In the latest episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel and Monica Bolles are joined by the director of the Applied Psychoacoustics Laboratory at the University of Huddersfield – Hyunkook Lee, discussing Hyunkook’s recent research on 'A Conceptual Model of Immersive Experience in Extended Reality' and its influence on spatial audio.

The Soundtrack Show dive into more music from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time in Part III of their series on the popular adventure video game.

Most people think you absolutely need to live in a big city to make a living in music, sound, or just art in general. The Sound Business Podcast asks, is that true?

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SoundGirls Podcast – Joanna Fang: Emmy award winning Foley artist and sound editor


Episode outline: ‘Joanna Fang is an Emmy award winning Foley artist and sound editor. An alumna of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Joanna fell in love with sound design and Foley during her studies at Tisch and after graduating with honors in 2014, she started apprenticing and performing with Foley artist Leslie Bloome at Alchemy Post Sound in Peekskill, NY. Seven years and hundreds of credits later, Joanna transitioned into game development and has since been hired by Sony Playstation where she co-leads their new Foley department and is their first in-house Foley Artist in over 15 years.

Through her Foley sounds, she has had the privilege of slinging webs as Spider-Man, fighting misogynists in Promising Young Woman, and even crashing a bus for Ira Glass on This American Life. Her Foley art spans across several media from traditional narrative films, documentaries, and television series to triple A games, virtual reality and experimental pieces. In 2016, she was recognized by the Television Academy as the first openly transgender woman of color to win a Primetime Emmy for her Foley and sound editorial work on A&E’s Cartel Land.’

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Sound + Image Lab: The Dolby Institute Podcast – 108 – The sound of Marvel’s Guardian’s of the Galaxy


Episode outline: ‘Since so much groundbreaking sound work is being created in the world of gaming these days, we’ve decided to dedicate the next few episodes of this podcast to some of the superstars behind your favorite new video games. First up is the sound and music team from Eidos Montreal, who brought us “Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy.”

Bringing this massive title to life was no easy endeavor, especially during a global pandemic. Yet the end result is a thrilling game with a surprisingly emotional story that is very rewarding to play through.

“We wanted it to feel epic. We wanted it to have that, that sort of comic book jumping out of the pages, that Saturday matinee movie that you’ve been waiting for.”

— Steve Szczepkowski, Senior Audio Director, “Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy”

Our guest moderator this week, Andy Vaughan from Dolby Game Developer Relations, spoke with the team behind this game for an in-depth look into their process.’

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Tonebenders Podcast – 187 – Swan Song


Episode outline: ‘In this episode we are joined by Bernard Gariépy Strobl (re-recording Mixer) David McCallum (supervising sound editor) & Steve Fanagan (sound designer/supervising sound editor) of the new sci-fi film “Swan Song”. They tell us about how they came together as a team when none had ever met before this film. They also talk about the challenge of designing UI sounds for the near future and the unique schedule for the film’s post production.’

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Immersive Audio Podcast – Episode 59 Hyunkook Lee (A Conceptual Model Of Immersive Experience In Extended Reality)


Episode outline: ‘In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel and Monica Bolles are joined by the director of the Applied Psychoacoustics Laboratory at the University of Huddersfield – Hyunkook Lee.

Dr Hyunkook Lee is a Reader (i.e., Associate Professor) in Music Technology and the Director of the Applied Psychoacoustics Laboratory, University of Huddersfield, U.K. His research over the last 10 years contributed to advancing the understanding of three-dimensional (3D) audio perception and developing new 3D capture and reproduction techniques. He has invented various psychoacoustics-based 3D microphone arrays including PCMA-3D and ESMA-3D, whose principle for height microphone configuration has been adopted for Schoep’s award-winning ORTF-3D array. Recently, he has been focusing on researching and developing perceptually optimised techniques of 6DoF audio rendering for extended reality applications. He is also currently leading a multidisciplinary project that connects immersive arts and technologies. From 2006 to 2010, he was a Senior Research Engineer in audio R&D with LG Electronics, South Korea, where he participated in the standardisations of MPEG audio codecs and developed spatial audio algorithms for mobile devices. He is an Associate Technical Editor of the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society (AES). He co-edited a recently published book “3D Audio” (Routledge). Hyunkook is a Fellow of the AES, Vice-Chair of the AES High-Resolution Audio Technical Committee, and has recently been elected as a Governor of the AES for 2022-2023. Dr Lee received a B. Mus (Hons) degree in music and sound recording (Tonmeister) from the University of Surrey, U.K., in 2002 and a PhD in spatial audio psychoacoustics from the Institute of Sound Recording (IoSR), the University of Surrey in 2006.

In this episode, we discuss Hyunkook’s recent research on “A Conceptual Model of Immersive Experience in Extended Reality” and its influence on spatial audio.
This episode was produced by Oliver Kadel and Emma Rees and included music by Rhythm Scott.’

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The Soundtrack Show – The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time – The Music (Part III)


Episode outline: ‘In Part III of our series on Ocarina of Time, we tackle our main quest to save Hyrule by learning more complex melodies, mastering new musical dungeons, and ultimately facing off against our bongo-playing, pipe organ-pounding foes.’

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Sound Business Podcast – Why You Need to Move to a Big City to work in Audio… and Why You Don‘t


Episode outline: ‘Most people think you absolutely need to live in a big city to make a living in music, sound, or just art in general. But is that true? Let’s cover that in today’s episode.’

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  • 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.

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    The RacerBike is that kind of bicyle the double shot cortado drinker nochalantly parks in front of the window at his favorite coffeeshop. This vintage Koga Miyata is  maintained very well, with fresh lubricants and perfectly lined up gears it’s a smooth racing devil that you pay nicely for second hand.

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    2. Onboard Pedal: nice overall combination of pedaling, crank creaks, chain rattle, tire and surface sounds.
    3. Onboard Rear: close up sound of the rear axle, with chain, sprocket and switching of gear.
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    5. Static XY shot: stereo recording of the passby that emphasizes speed.

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    Onboard recordings are 2-3 minutes long depending on speed. Higher speeds > shorter duration.
    All 3 onboard mics are edited in sync with one another to make layering easy.
    All Passbys, Arrivals and Departures move from Left to Right.

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    Because we know how important metadata is for your sound libraries we have created a consistent and intuitive description method that adheres to the Universal Category System. This allows you to find the sound you need easily, whether you work in a database like Soundminer/Basehead/PT Workspace work, or a Exporer/Finder window. We made a video that helps you navigate the library ans find your best bicycle sounds faster and easier.

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    A quick way to filter out sounds you don’t need: like handling sounds or vice versa bicycle onboards.

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    Fastest way to find the type of action you need for all bicycles. Passby needed, just click and voila.

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    Once you’ve selected the bike you can open up OpenTier and audition and select the perspective you want to use.

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    This field contains the type of bicycle or other sound. So you can find the bike you like fast.

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    This is a neat little identifier you will find in the Waveform displays and you can see in a glance what Listening position you are.

    MicPerspective

    We have another way to find perspectives but it is more limited to distance to the recorded subject.
    So passbys are MED – EXT and handling are CU – EXT. Exterior? Of course: we recorded everything outside!

    UserComments
    We used this field to create the UserData and give you the minimal set of information about the recording in the filename.

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  • Bicycle Sound Effects Ride on Bike Play Track 112 sounds included $49.99

    This library was recorded in different locations. The main one is the woods to record the detail of the mountain bicycles when riding. Other locations were on asphalt roads, to obtain the delicious sound of the wheels and chain spinning and drifting.



    Ride on Bike


    The library was recorded in mono and stereo depending on the perspective of the rider.

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  • Car Sound Effects Lada 2104 Play Track 226 sounds included $179

    This is a definitive sound library for the legendary Soviet automobile: the original Lada. The Flysound team procured an old model of this retro series, with a charmingly worse-for-wear engine and a battered exhaust, and set to the task of recording the unique sounds of starting, idling, various engine speeds, acceleration, cruising and braking.

    Externally the microphone set was a Neumann U 87, a Schoeps CMC6/MK4, and a Sennheiser MKH 416. Neumann U 87s were also used for recording the engine and exhaust, and wheel recordings were done by a Sennheiser MKH 416. The car’s interior was captured by a Neumann U 69.

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    This collection is your ultimate toolkit for adding authentic British soundscapes to your film, TV, or video games. With over 400 meticulously recorded files and embedded UCS metadata, these high-quality recordings offer a true-to-life acoustic representation of each environment. Whether you’re looking to create a specific mood or build your own custom soundscapes, this sound effects library provides the flexibility and pristine clarity needed to enhance your creative projects. Bring scenes to life with the UK Ambiences library—your gateway to a world of immersive, original sounds.

    This sound library contains over 400 audio files, all with embedded UCS metadata. It has the deepest collection of ambiences from Northern England, including voices, crowds, wildlife, and tourist attractions. Uncover diverse and captivating soundscapes that transport you straight to the heart of Britain with the UK Ambiences library.

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    “Ping Pong” is a sound library containing many recordings of Ping Pong/Table Tennis. Includes the sound of rallies, individual hits, drops, and more!

     

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