Women In Sound Asbjoern Andersen

Posted by Adriane Kuzminski in Sound community highlights


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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    User Interface (UI) Sound Effects Kawaii UI 2 Play Track 625 sounds included $50

    Level up with Kawaii UI 2 the perfect companion to Kawaii UI.
    Kawaii UI 2 follows up with more charming, modern, rounded user interface sounds designed to make your projects pop.
    This library provides an adorable blend of cute, satisfying interface sounds, crafted to enhance user experience and feedback.
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    The designed folder of Kawaii UI 2 gives you a selection of ready to use UI sounds. You’ll find sounds for button presses, cursors, notifications, swipes, errors, bootups, app opens, loading loops, etc.
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    Footsteps Sound Effects Ultimate Footsteps Play Track 1176-3056+ sounds included From: $160

    Need footstep sound effects? Get 5 Shoes, 25+ surfaces, 15+ variations – created by Foley Supervisor Joshua Reinhardt and professional Foley walker Lara Dale.

    Deep heavy metal, crunchy snow, old boat wood, crisp grass, gritty dirt, clean tile – this library has it all. Not only does this library contain walking but it's got pretty much every performance you can think of, from scuffs to jumps and lands and scrapes. With this library you can cut Foley for pretty much any film or game that comes your way.

    Highlights:

    • 17 different Performances – From slow walk to RUN, 5 scrapes, bodyfall/land, stomps and more
    • Every file is labeled with a description of the shoe, surface and performance type.
    • Every folder has a picture of the shoe and surface plus a description of the distance of the mic from the Foley walker.
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    • Same recording studio mics and preamps used in over 50 major motion pictures
    • Same boots that were used for Sylvester Stallone in The Expendable
    • Mix and match shoes, surfaces and sweeteners to make your own custom characters
    • Can be used as a stereo or separated and mixed/matched as a mono depending which mic works best for your project

    Specs:

    Foot wear type:
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    Performances:
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    Surface Types:
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    Get the sounds and ambiences of London: Here are 101 authentic recordings from the English capital.

    Featuring crowd sounds, traffic, general ambience, underground / tube, church bells, emergency and much more, this library is the perfect backdrop to any film / theatre project in need of that lively, living city sound. Detailed file names plus Soundminer, ID3 v2.3.0 and RIFF INFO metadata embedded.

    In total, this library gets you more than 4 hours of atmospheric London sounds!

    Sounds captured at famous (and some not-so-famous) London locations and landmarks such as:
    Alexandra Palace • Borough Market • Bricklayers Arms • British National Gallery • Buckingham Palace • Cardington Street • Carnaby Street • Chelsea Wharf • China Town • Courtyard Gallery • Covent Garden • Euston Station • Festival Pier • Gough Square Warwick Court • Greenwich Foot Tunnel • Hyde Park • Islington Green • Joseph Grimaldi Park • King’s Cross underground station • London Eye • London Underground • Old Compton Street • Palladium Theatre • Piccadilly Circus • Pubs around London • River Thames • Royal Horticultural Halls • Seven Dials • Shaftesbury Avenue • Soho • Somerset House • Southbank • Southbank Skatepark • Southbank Tower • Southwark Street • St Paul’s Church gardens • The Strand • Theatre Royal • Trafalgar Square • Warwick Court • West End • Whitechapel

    A special bundle opportunity:
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  • Hand Combat Sound Effects Massive Punches Play Track 505 sounds included, 1 mins total $29.99

    MASSIVE PUNCHES – 505 files of punch sound effects, from several sparring sessions. From quiet taps and hits to thudding and cracking impacts. Massive Punches comes in at over 1 minute, of real skin on skin body and head shots. Bring the power of bare knuckle to your next project. Recorded at 192kHz and 32bit, using microphones capable of recording ultrasonic frequencies. Massive Punches filenames are in the Universal Category System format with additional Metadata baked-in.

    Don’t need a Massive amount of Punch sound effects? We offer ‘Mini’ sound effect libraries as companions for all of our ‘Massive’ sound effect libraries. All recordings are unique to each library with no overlap. Go Mini today, and upgrade to the corresponding Massive library later, when you need more of that particular sound effect.

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  • Hand Combat Sound Effects Mini Punches Play Track 60 sounds included $6.99

    MINI PUNCHES – 60 files of punch sound effects, from several sparring sessions. From quiet taps and hits to thudding and cracking impacts. Mini Punches comes in at over 15 seconds, of real skin on skin body and head shots. Bring the power of bare knuckle to your next project. Recorded at 192kHz and 32bit, using microphones capable of recording ultrasonic frequencies. Mini Punches filenames are in the Universal Category System format with additional Metadata baked-in.
    Looking for a Massive amount of Punch sound effects? We offer ‘Massive’ sound effect libraries as companions for all of our ‘Mini’ sound effect libraries. All recordings are unique to each library with no overlap. Go Mini today, and upgrade to the corresponding Massive library later, when you need more of that particular sound effect.

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  • Environments & Ambiences Textured Rain Play Track 116 sounds included, 135 mins total $41.30

    Textured Rain features meticulously recorded rainfall on a wide variety of surfaces and objects. Each sound is delivered as a seamless loop, with three distinct intensities per surface for maximum flexibility.

    Captured in a controlled environment using mainly a DIY rain machine, this collection was recorded in both stereo and mono, ranging from light drizzles to heavy downpours and offering consistent, adaptable textures without unwanted background noise.

    The library includes performances on car interiors, metal and plastic props, umbrellas, vegetation, fabric, debris and more. Perfect for layering in film, games, or other audio projects, these rain loops are ideal for crafting atmospheres, enhancing ambiences, and adding realistic environmental detail.

    ‍Loops in mono and stereo

    This sound pack have been recorded using multiple mono and stereo microphone configurations and exported as seamless loops for easy drag and drop in your project.

    ‍Props and textures recorded

    Aluminium plate • Car interior • Fabric • Galvanized container • Galvanized tub • Glass plate • Green and dead leaves • Metal barrel • Metal roof • Metal sheets and plates • Metal scrap • Mud puddle • Newspapers • Plastic container • Plastic roof • Plastic sheet • Plastic tarps • Reed screen • Roof tiles • Shopping bags • Stainless steel sheet • Steel box • Tent • Trash bags • Trash can • Umbrellas • Water • Wheelie bin • Window skylight • Wood floor • Wood planks

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    ‍Gear used

    MixPre-6 II • F6 • MKH8040 • MKH30 • C411 • MKH416 • LOM Usi Pro • Oktava MK012


    ‍Metadata

    This sound library is UCS compliant and comes with fully embedded metadata compatible with Soundly, Soundminer and Basehead.

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  • Destruction & Impact Sounds Extra Crunches Play Track 74 sounds included, 27 mins total $9.99

    EXTRA CRUNCHES – is an auxiliary sound library containing 74 unique sound effect files of crunches. From close up scratching and popping to loud and rough breaking and chomping. Whether it’s crunches or crumbs you’re looking for; This Extra sound effects library will help supplement the snacks and cracker needs, of your next project. Extra Crunches comes in at over 27 minutes and was recorded at 192kHz / 32bit using an ultrasonic microphone. All of our libraries comply with the Universal Category System naming convention standard, allowing for accurate and easy granular searches.

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  • Industrial Ambiences Airflow Collection Play Track 36+ sounds included, 157 mins total $48

    Moody wind drafts for game & cinematic sound design can always give depth and realism to your production. This collection of airflow sounds covers structural air pressure, howling and whistling wind through doors, rattling frames and cracking stuff. Perfect for creating bunker-like atmospheres, tense survival settings, or immersive environmental layers, these sounds bring authenticity and emotion to your projects. Whether you need subtle drafts creeping through an abandoned shelter or violent gusts shaking a refuge, this library delivers a versatile toolkit ready for games, trailers, and film sound design.
    Only acoustic recordings are used, no designed sounds. UCS compatible file names and embedded file descriptions for your comfort.

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