How AI & Machine Learning Is Changing The Sound Industry & Creativity - With SoundMorph's Jason Cushing | A Sound Effect Podcast EP 25

What AI and ML means for audio industry and creativity - the A Sound Effect Podcast

Posted August 24, 2023 by Asbjoern Andersen in A Sound Effect, Sound community highlights

We're back with a fresh episode of the A Sound Effect podcast! In this conversation with Jennfer Walden, Jason Cushing takes you behind the sound of SoundMorph, and shares his thoughts on how AI and machine learning is changing the sound industry - and creativity itself.

Interview by Jennifer Walden, hosted by Asbjoern Andersen

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As mentioned in the podcast: SoundMorph – WATER – Behind The Scenes

Explore the newest & best-selling SFX libraries from SoundMorph:

Mechanical Sound Effects Jason Cushing’s TOYED Play Track 5000+ sounds included $49

100+ Toys, 1500+ Designed Sounds – From Childhood Playthings to Cinematic Gold. TOYED has it all.

Think You Don’t Need a Library of Toys? Think Again.

This release might just change your mind—and blow your mind at the same time! TOYED is an exclusive sound library from the Founder of SoundMorph, Jason Cushing. With a 25-year career spanning AAA games, anime, cartoons, and film, Jason has designed for Electronic Arts, BioWare, and Epic Games, contributing to titles like the Mass Effect Trilogy, Skate Trilogy, and Unreal Engine’s weapon sound design. His deep expertise in cinematic sound design, UI creation, ambient textures, and weapons makes TOYED a versatile, high-end collection of professionally crafted sounds.
Jason’s meticulous approach to field recording and sound selection ensures that this library isn’t just about capturing toy sounds—it’s about unlocking rich, unique sonic textures that are ideal for games, film, animation, and futuristic sound design. With contributions from longtime SoundMorph sound designers Andrew Pals, Tibo Csuko, and Vincent Fliniaux (GORE 2, WATER, Robotic Lifeforms 2), TOYED is built to deliver exceptional quality and usability across multiple production styles.

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Sci-Fi Sound Effects L.A. GRIT Play Track 1236+ sounds included $99

A raw, cinematic sound library forged from the pulse of Los Angeles.

In collaboration with L.A.-based VFX editor and motion designer Zachary Craig, L.A. Grit is a high-impact, meticulously curated collection of 1,000+ premium sound effects built for trailers, transitions, motion graphics, and dynamic visuals. Drawing from the unfiltered grit of the city and the polished world of professional post-production, this library blends brand-new custom recordings with powerful selects from SoundMorph’s top-tier libraries, delivering a toolkit that’s both versatile and hard-hitting.

Whether you’re designing bold visuals, explosive title sequences, or immersive cinematic trailers, L.A. Grit gives you the edge — with categorized folders that make it easy to find the sound you need, fast.

A showcase video featuring Zachary’s own work is included on the page, offering a real-world glimpse into how this library performs in action. Watch as Zachary brings visuals to life using only the sounds from L.A. Grit — a powerful testament to its creative potential.

L.A. Grit is built for modern editors, designers, and artists who need maximum emotional impact with minimal effort.

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Sci-Fi Sound Effects Sinematic Worldized Play Track 934+ sounds included $149

Sinematic Worldized: The Ultimate Worldized Sound Library

Immerse yourself in cinematic realism with Sinematic Worldized, a groundbreaking library created through a collaboration with sound designers across the globe. Using the art of Worldizing—playing back and re-recording sounds in real-world environments—this collection captures natural reverberations and textures that bring scenes to life.

What’s Inside:
• Over 800+ professionally recorded sounds
• Authentic textures from environments like tunnels, forests, churches, factories, and more.
• Ideal for film scoring, game design, multi-media and virtual reality.
• Crafted with cutting-edge gear including Neumann KMR 81i, Sennheiser MKE600, and custom contact microphones

Global Contributors

This library was brought to life by talented sound designers from around the world, each adding unique perspectives and environments:

France – Benoit Riot Le Junter
USA – Diego Hodge, Jason Cushing, Andrew Pals
Poland – Wojciech Cholascinski
Philippines – Ramses Salen
Denmark – Michael Higgs, Ras Munch
Mexico – Shenandoe Ochoa
Canada – Vaughn Wagner
Taiwan – Hyphen Lu
China – Alex Abahmed, David Ge, Kaien Zhang
Italy – Andrea Damiano
Belgium – Tom Dils
Russia – Oleg Tyutyunnikov
Germany – Stefan Erschig

The Art of Worldizing

Worldizing involves playing pre-recorded sounds in real-world environments and re-recording them to capture the unique reverberations, echoes, and environmental nuances. These sounds were recorded in environments ranging from abandoned factories to serene outdoor locations, blending high-quality sound design with authentic ambiance.

Creative Techniques and Unique Gear

The contributors used innovative methods and top-tier equipment to craft these sounds. Highlights include:

• Massive Metal Resonance: Capturing industrial textures with contact microphones in underground spaces and enclosed garages.
• Experimental Setups: Using powerful car radios and remote microphone placements to create otherworldly effects.
• Field Recording Adventures: Sounds captured in challenging environments like abandoned factories, mountain ranges, and long corridors, ensuring every sound feels alive and immersive.

Why Choose Sinematic Worldized?

• Fresh Realism: Adding real reverb of natural spaces adds a new feal to these cinematic sounds.
• Versatility: Perfect for a wide range of applications, from cinematic projects to immersive VR experiences.
• Unparalleled Quality: Each sound is meticulously crafted and worldized to provide unmatched realism.
• Your Purchase Makes a Difference: We’re donating 50% of all sales to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to protect endangered species and habitats.

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Environments & Ambiences RainScapes Play Track 500+ sounds included $299

From a Drizzle to a Downpour – Your Definitive Rain Toolkit.

Introducing RainScapes by SoundMorph – the ultimate sound effects library meticulously recorded by our sound artists, including our co-founder Jason Cushing, and long time SoundMorph sound designers and field recordists Andrew Pals (WATER, GORE 2), Tibo Csuko (Robotic Lifeforms 2, WATER) & Vincent Fliniaux (WATER). RainScapes was recorded and designed over the span of two years. This collection is not just an anthology of rain recordings; it’s an ode to the soothing and dramatic symphonies of nature, captured with the precision and passion only SoundMorph can offer. For a limited time we will be offering RainScapes at a 50% off discount, just use code: RainScapes when you check out!

Library Highlights:
Over 18GB of high-fidelity rain sounds.
Looped Files – Will play looped when needed.
More than 500 versatile files.
Pristine recordings from rural tranquility to urban bustle.
Exclusive folders including Country, Designed Slow Motion, Synthesized, and more.
Authentic experiences from within a car, under a metal roof, and amidst thunderous downpours.

RainScapes isn’t just a library; it’s an expansive canvas for creators who understand the essence of sound design. It’s the best toolbox for everything rain, tailored for the dedicated professional.

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Best-selling libraries from SoundMorph:

Materials & Texture Sound Effects Element Series – Water Play Track 1600+ sounds included $399

– Evolved WATER Sound Library

This isn’t just another water library, this is a professional’s dream library, and we feel you are all going to love it. Not only from all the source recordings, but also from all the incredible designed sounds. It really is an all around workhorse that will have you covered for everything WATER. With over 1600 files and over 3,000 sounds, this library is absolutely massive. Everything from rain, lakes, waterfalls, rivers, and bubbles all the way up to KYMA designed cinematic impacts. We spent over a year recording and designing this collection and are so proud to offer it to you for your toolbox!

Why make another Water library? Because here at SoundMorph we always want to push the limits and quality of what is out on the current marketplace. Elements like WATER present a huge challenge to make modern and exciting. This is what we aimed for with this collection. Watch the Behind The Scenes video by clicking on the “How’s Made Button” to find out just how much went into making this colossal release. A new standard for any working sound professional!

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Fire Sound Effects Fire Play Track $199
Elevated and Designed FIRE sounds

Welcome to the first in our new Element Series: FIRE. The Element series will feature highly designed sounds as well as expertly recorded raw source recordings. With FIRE we spared no expense to experiment with tons of different props and sources. From a double ended fire staff all the way to a “plasma gun” fire tube. Can you ever have enough FIRE? We don’t think so. FIRE is a collaboration between SoundMorph, Jason Cushing, Tibo Csuko & Boris Karekine. FIre contains more than 3.4GB / 675+ files.

WHAT’S INSIDE

All files are 24bit/96khz .WAV stereo files, all meticulously embedded with Soundminer & Basehead metadata. FIRE contains the following folder categories:
- Designed Sounds
- Blasts
- Burning
- Fire Ball
- Fire Staff
- Ignition
- Matches
- Plasma Gun
- Textures
- Torch
- Whoosh
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Firearms Sound Effects Future Weapons Play Track $69

Welcome to SoundMorph’s Future Weapons soundpack, one of the most advanced weapon sound effects libraries ever created.

Inspired by some of the latest modern sci-fi films, Future Weapons takes high tech weaponry to whole other universes.

Divided into two factions ‘Alliance’ and ‘Resistance’, Future Weapons sound effects create sonic signatures for both good and evil forces.

Providing excellent designed sounds and source to get you started on crafting your own advanced arsenal, Future Weapons is a must have for the twenty-first century sound designer!

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Electricity Sound Effects Energy by SoundMorph Play Track 606+ sounds included $99

This SFX library is a complete collection of everything ENERGY, covering Electricity, Power Ups, Shockwaves, Sparks, Force Fields, Zaps, Loops, and plenty more.

ENERGY is created in collaboration with talented French sound design duo Frederic Devanlay and Cedric Denooz, and features more than 625+ sounds and 6.4GB of 24bit/96khz .WAV files, all meticulously embedded with Soundminer & Basehead metadata.

Sounds include:

• Energy Loops (start, loop, end)
• Neutrons and Particles
• Electricity sparks, zaps, impacts
• Energy Weapons / Special Powers
• Whoosh and Passbys
• Energy Foley
• Ambiences
• Hums and Buzzes
• Lightning Elements
• Power Ups and Power Downs
• Source Tool Box – Create your own sounds from scratch!

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Featured Sound Creators Users Of Tomorrow Play Track 1800 sounds included $149

The Users of Tomorrow library is the next level of futuristic and high-tech interface sounds, containing 2.2GB and more than 1,800 sounds designed to be used as final assets or layers.

Users of Tomorrow features more than 2.2GB of 1,800 24bit/96khz files, all embedded with Soundminer metadata.

Users of Tomorrow gets you:
• Confirms
• Calculations and text
• Drones
• Environment loops
• Holograms
• Glitch
• Liquid interfaces
• Beeps
• Buttons
• Static and noise
• Alarms
• Interface expansions and compressions

Bonus:
Users of Tomorrow also includes the unique Galactic Assistant Synthesizer Tool to design your own hi-tech interface sounds – it works in stand-alone mode, as well as with Reaktor and Max4Live.

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Sci-Fi Sound Effects Robotic Lifeforms 2 Play Track 4100+ sounds included $399

It’s been 5 years since the release of our Robotic Lifeforms 1 library, and we just felt we could do more! So we teamed up with an epic team of Sound Designers to create an ultimate follow up to it all with Robotic Lifeforms 2. This is no joke, a library of love and over 4,100 files and 12.5GB!

Using some of the most advanced microphones, Kyma, and synths, we really went all out to bring what we think is the most advanced and modern Robot library ever created. Not only do you get over 2,700 designed sounds, but you also get over 1,300 source audio files recorded in 192 kHz 24Bit with the Sanken c1000 mic, so you can pitch the sounds to infinity to create some stellar new sounds of your own.

In our opinion, this is THE robot library to have in your tool box. We aren’t just saying that because we made it, we are saying it because we believe it to be a fact.
Take Robotic Lifeforms 2 for a ride, and you will be happy to own the most advanced robot library ever made so far!

Library highlights:
• 2,700+ designed sound effects
• 1,300+ source audio files recorded in 192 kHz 24Bit with a Sanken c1000
• Transforms, Mechanisms, Movements
• Power
• Servos
• Air Hydraulics
• Energy
• Footsteps
• Impacts
• Computer
• Devices
• Attack Defense
• Textures
• Engines
• Synth
• Whooshes
• Drills
• Air Pneumatics
• Motors
• Bonus Recordings

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Mechanical Sound Effects Mechanism Play Track 769+ sounds included $99

Get the sounds of mechanisms, Steampunk inspired gears, contraptions, metal and servos with the Mechanism sound effects library.

Mechanism was created in collaboration with Sweet Justice Sound, Richard Devine, and SoundMorph, and we put great effort into ensuring the quality and usefulness of this unique collection. Half designed and half source recordings, Mechanism gives you a toolbox to be inspired by.

It features more than 300 files – and right now you get a bonus 400 best-of-sounds from our Robotic Lifeforms library, for a total of 2.8GB of 24bit/96khz .WAV files.

Mechanism highlights:

• Mechanical Gears
• Designed contraptions
• Steampunk rusty doors and levers
• Source recorded by Richard Devine
• All meticulously embedded with Soundminer & Basehead metadata
+ 400 “best of” sounds from our Robotic Lifeforms library

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Magic & Fantasy Sound Effects Elemental Play Track 654+ sounds included, 78 mins total $199

Welcome to Elemental, a rich source of magic sound effects, focusing on the 5 elements of magic: Earth, Wind, Fire, Water, Ether, plus much more.

We worked over a year with award winning sound designers to create a magic sound library like no other. If you need both cutting edge designed magic sounds as well as raw source recordings with all the different elements and materials, than Elemental is going to be a perfect fit in your collection. Be sure to also check out the launch trailer video as well, featuring all Elemental sound effects. It's a great way to get an idea just how well the Elemental Soundpack works with magic type visuals!

Featuring tons of different spells, casts, loops, impacts, healing, breaths, and much more, we went all out to bring you plenty of options. Just look at the list below or view the full sound list further down to get an idea of all that you get. Elemental features more than 650 files, 3GB of 24bit/96khz .WAV files, all meticulously embedded with Soundminer and Basehead metadata.

Includes magic sounds such as:
Acid Cast, Earth, Electricity, Evil Breath, Evil Casts, Fire, Fireballs, Good Casts, Ice, Incineration Cast, Neutral Cast, Poison, Sand Cast, Spirit Evil, Spirit Good, Spirit Neutral, Water Cast, Wind Cast, Raw Recordings, Sweetner Layers, Loops, Impacts and Throws

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THE WORLD’S EASIEST WAY TO GET INDEPENDENT SOUND EFFECTS:

A Sound Effect gives you easy access to an absolutely huge sound effects catalog from a myriad of independent sound creators, all covered by one license agreement - a few highlights:

Animal Sound Effects Animal Hyperrealism Vol III Play Track 1711 sounds included
Rated 5.00 out of 5
$170

Animal Hyperrealism Vol III is a library containing sounds themed animal vocalisations, from real to designed creatures totaling more than 1700 individual sounds in 279 files.

The sounds were recorded in zoos and wildlife centers. The asset list includes but is not limited to: european red deers, monkeys, reindeers, hornbills camels, crickets, tamarins, boars, frogs, red ruffed lemurs, parrots, and many more.

The content has been recorded at 192KHz with a Sanken CO100K plus a Sennheiser 8050 for center image and a couple of Sennheiser MKH8040 for stereo image.
Part of the cheats section of the library features samples recorded at 384KHz. For these sounds an additional microphone was employed, specifically the CMPA by Avisoft-Bioacoustics which records up to 200 KHz. This microphone was used to record most of the library but the 384KHz format was preserved only where energy was found beyond 96KHz not to occupy unnecessary disk space.
All files are delivered as stereo bounce of these for mics, though in some instances an additional couple of CO100K was added to the sides.
The resulting ultrasonic spectrum is rich and allows for truly extreme manipulation of the content.

Bonus: Two extra libraries included for free: This library also includes two additional releases from Mattia Cellotto - for free: Crunch Mode delivers 230 crunchy sounds made with a variety of vegetables, fresh bread, pizza crust and a selection of frozen goods. The Borax Experiment gets you 158 squishy, gory, slimy and gooey sounds.

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Spells Variations Vol 3 Play Track 247 sounds included, 16 mins total $14

Spell Variations Vol. 3 brings a fresh wave of magical creativity and sonic variety. This collection dives deep into the mystical realm, offering everything from shimmering chime spells and celestial choirs, to demonic voices that feel torn from the depths of hell, along with earth-based magic, electric spells, powerful invocations, and more.

Inside, you’ll find 247 sound effects across 27 distinct types of magic, each with multiple variations. As with our previous volumes, these variations ensure each spell feels unique, even when reused throughout different moments in your project.

Each spell type is neatly organized into individual folders, giving you total flexibility when designing magical scenes, gameplay effects, or transitions. Whether you need a subtle magical aura or a powerful blast, you’ll have the perfect sound at your fingertips.

All sounds were recorded, edited, and mastered at 192 kHz / 24-bit, delivering high-end quality and broad adaptability. This library is perfect for professional sound designers and creators looking for high-quality, drag-and-drop magical sounds for games, trailers, animations, or any audiovisual production.

More about the pack
. Intuitive file naming
. All you’ll ever need regarding magical sounds [Use them again & again
. Use the sound effects over and over, in any of your projects or productions, forever without any additional fees or royalties. Use the SFX in your game, in your trailer, in a Kickstarter
campaign, wherever you need to, as much as you want to.
. Totally mono compatibility
. All sounds have several variations.
. Use your imagination and feel free to use any sound for a creature other than the one described, remember that the world of sound is totally subjective.
. For any questions or problems: khronstudio@gmail.com

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Whoosh Sound Effects Tiny Transitions Play Track 565 sounds included $18

‘Tiny Transitions’ deivers 275 short Whooshes and other Transition sounds. Instead of the huge, more cinematic transitional sounds that you are accustomed to hear from SoundBits, this sound pack focuses more on the smaller, not-so-intrusive production elements that come in very handy for any Sound Designer, All-In-One Film Editor or Web-, App- and Game-Developers.

All these small motion-supporting elements that you need in your everyday work for game menus, apps, general motion designs, … or as parts of more complex moving stuff.

You get 275 designed sounds + a selection of 290 cleaned and edited source sounds that were used to design the Tiny Transitions. These sounds are mostly different props that are scraping or sliding on different surfaces and also some vocalized whoosh attempts.

All source sounds were recorded with Sonosax SX-R4+ and Sennheiser MKH8050+MKH30 M/S rig.

All sounds come with embedded Soundminer Metadata.

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Latest sound effects libraries:

Game Audio Packs - Game Sound Effects Libraries UI RPG Sound Effects Play Track 174 sounds included, 2 mins total $19.99
Enhance your game with the UI Menu RPG Sound Effects Pack, featuring 174 carefully designed sound effects. Created for high-quality user interface interactions, this pack includes sounds for select, deny, and access actions, perfect for RPGs and other genres. But these versatile effects go beyond just menus—they can be used to elevate action, skills, magic, combat, motion, and more. Whether you’re building intricate gameplay systems or immersive user interfaces, this extensive collection offers the dynamic, rich sounds you need to bring your project to life.

Features:
- 174 universal user interface sounds for any type of game
- High-quality sounds for the most commonly used categories
- Can be used not only for UI, but perfect for any genre
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Game Audio Packs - Game Sound Effects Libraries Transmission Sound Effects Play Track 104 sounds included, 20 mins total $7.99
Elevate your game with this Transmission/Glitchy sound effects pack, designed to add a dynamic, futuristic edge to your project. Perfect for enhancing the user experience, these high-quality, glitch-inspired sounds are ideal for creating technical malfunctions, digital disturbances, or sci-fi-themed environments. Whether you’re working on a cyberpunk game, a tech-heavy adventure, or any project in need of glitchy, electronic audio, this pack will help you immerse your audience with compelling, atmospheric effects that bring your digital world to life.

Features:
- Transmissions
- Glitches
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Environments & Ambiences Fantasy Jungle Ambiences Play Track 18 sounds included, 60 mins total $17.99

Enter the mystical heart of an ancient, otherworldly wilderness with Fantasy Jungle — a curated collection of 18 designed stereo ambience tracks, totaling 1 hour, 31 minutes, and 41 seconds of immersive fantasy jungle soundscapes.

Each track is a richly textured sonic environment where strange birds call from the treetops, mysterious creatures chirp and chatter in the shadows, and the soothing sounds of flowing water, rustling leaves, and gentle winds form a vivid natural backdrop. This ambience set is ideal for adding depth and life to fantasy worlds, game environments, audio dramas, or creative writing sessions.

Crafted with care and detail, all files are delivered in high-quality stereo WAV format, with embedded metadata for easy organization and integration into your workflow.

Product Features:

·         18 stereo WAV files

·         Total runtime: 1:31:41

·         Fantasy wildlife & jungle ambience – strange birds, unknown creatures, wind, and water

·         Metadata embedded for seamless library management

·         Loopable-friendly for continuous playback

·         Perfect for RPGs, games, film, podcasting, and immersive storytelling

Let Fantasy Jungle breathe life into your magical worlds — where every chirp, breeze, and ripple tells a story beyond the veil of the ordinary.

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Household Sound Effects Extra Coins Play Track 179 sounds included, 24 mins total $9.99

EXTRA COINS – is an auxiliary sound library containing 179 unique sound effect files of real metal coins. From spare change and coin sacks to individual coins being handled and dropped. Whether it’s metallic clanking and ringing or the old familiar sound of a hand full of coins you’re looking for; This Extra sound effects library will help supplement any of your coin money needs, for your next project. Extra Coins comes in at over 24 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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Car Sound Effects Mazda MX-5 Miata 1998 sports car Play Track 224 sounds included, 44 mins total $65

All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1, Line Audio Omni1 and 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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