Celebrating International Women's Day

Today is International Women’s Day, and it’s time to celebrate women in audio. First of all, I’d like to highlight three highly talented women who form the backbone of A Sound Effect: Adriane Kuzminski, Jennifer Walden and Anne-Sophie Mongeau – I simply can’t thank them enough for their essential contributions to the site! They’re absolutely vital to making A Sound Effect what it is today.

Below, Adriane has compiled a selection of stories and resources on and for women in sound:

– Asbjoern

Here are a few of our favorite interviews from the past year:

• Audio Outsourcing Success: Essential Tips, Thoughts and Working Practices from Adele Cutting
• Designing the sound of the future for ‘Ghost in the Shell’ (with Karen Baker Landers)
• The Future of Game Audio – with Becky Allen
• In-depth Video: Immersive Audio for VR Workflows (with Sally Kellaway)

Also, check out these podcasts lead by wonderful musicians and audio engineers:
Tonebenders podcast interviews by Teresa Morrow
Female Mixing Engineers podcast with Darcy Jeavons
Reversal of the Muse with Laura Marling
Meet the Composer with Nadia Sirota
Level with Emily Reese
Tonebenders podcast – featuring Nia Hansen
Beards, Cats and Indie Game Audio Podcast – with Fryda Wolff

And to get involved with the wonderful women in our community, don’t forget about the upcoming Women in Games GDC Roundtable on 23 Marc 18h and the Women in Games Conference, and be sure to join the Women in Games Slack!

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Car Sound Effects Compact Cars 3 Play Track 2385 sounds included, 412 mins total $250

Compilation of 10 different compact cars. Sounds are recorded with RØDE NTG1, RØDELink Lav, Line Audio Omni1, Shure KSM137, Shure VP88, Sonorous Objects SO.3 FEL Pluggy XLR EM272 and FEL Clippy XLR EM272 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II, Zoom F3 recorders. Library contains wav files of driving, interior and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds.

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