How Halo Season 2's High-Impact Sound Design Is Made

Sound designer Brennan Mercer from the Halo season 2 sound team has just released an excellent new video that takes you behind the high-impact sound of the Paramount+ series. It covers topics such as character perspectives, kineticism, singular sounds, futuristic spaceships, the sound of space and much more - watch the video below:

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Bonus: Want to learn more about the sound of the Halo series? Check out Brennan Mercer’s video on the sound of the first season

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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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Combat Hits (106)
Combat Skills (24)
Combat Stun (11)
Combat Epic (126)
Designed Boom, Drop Bass, Distortion, Risers, and Stingers (95)
Misc and Mutation (14)
Whooshes (14)

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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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Sci-Fi Sound Effects Anime Sci-Fi Play Track 499 sounds included, 37 mins total $99

Anime Sci-Fi Sound Effects Pack offers a comprehensive array of 499 sound effects, encompassing elements such as lasers, energy, ambience, spaceship, weapons, and UI, to kickstart and enhance the auditory experience of your anime science-fiction video game or animated series.

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Game Audio Packs - Game Sound Effects Libraries Click Sound Effects Play Track 110 sounds included, 0041 mins total $6

Enhance your user interface with Click UI Menu Sound Effects, a high-quality collection of crisp, modern, and satisfying click sounds. Designed for apps, games, websites, and software interfaces, these sounds provide instant auditory feedback for button presses, menu selections, and interactions, improving the user experience.

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Environments & Ambiences Mountain Ambiences Play Track 13 sounds included, 38 mins total $10.99
Immerse your audience in the beauty of the natural world with this sound pack featuring realistic nature recordings. Carefully captured in the highest resolution possible, each audio file preserves the full richness and detail of the environment, ensuring a truly authentic experience. Whether you’re working on a game, film, app, or any other project, these high-quality nature sounds will enhance the realism of your work and provide a deeper, more immersive user experience. Perfect for bringing outdoor scenes, landscapes, and natural settings to life.

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Foley Sound Effects Zastava Rival 1987 truck Play Track 159 sounds included, 49 mins total $65

All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1, Line Audio Omni1and 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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Environments & Ambiences Rivers Soundscapes Play Track 10 sounds included, 32 mins total $12.99
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