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Thanks to The Mastering Show, we’ve found some new podcasts to educate, entertain, and even relax you.

Home Studio Corner’s Joe Gilder takes questions about beginner and advanced topics alike. On Recording Studio Rockstars, Eric Taft talks about how local bands can produce albums and grow a business. Twenty Thousand Hertz features the curious popularity of ASMR. Sound Matters takes us to New York City to explore its history, noise, and culture. On Sound Design Live, hear from Chris Tsanjoures about Smaart tuning, mic placement, and common mistakes. On Working Class Audio, Matt Boudreau speaks with Phil Greiss about his life, travel tips, mentorship, and more. And Adam Buxton talks to English musician Thomas Dolby about changing technology and personal histories in the music industry. Happy listening!



 

Home Studio Corner | Ask Joe – Ep 230: Chasing Problems

Episode outline: ‘Join Joe Gilder every Tuesday at 1pm CT. This week he takes questions about (the myth of) creating the perfect first demo, how he sculpts certain sounds and uses his gear, knowing when to stop mixing, and more!’

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Recording Studio Rockstars – Ep 138: Eric Taft – Producing Rad Pop, Getting Killer Sounds, And Growing Your Studio Business

Episode outline: ‘Eric talks about producing pop punk with local bands, getting killer sounds for drums, bass, and guitars, and how to grow your local studio business through Youtube.

My guest today is Eric Taft, a producer, engineer, and multi-talented musician working from the Buzzlounge Studio outside of Baltimore MD. Eric works alongside Matt Squire with artists such as Underoath and Plain White T’s. He also plays guitar and sings for “The Great Heights Band” out of Baltimore, and produced the bands latest release, “Rad-Pop.”

Today we are going to dig into some questions about recording, editing, and mixing tight powerful pop. And how to grow your studio business through smart use of promotion and content creation.’

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Twenty Thousand Hertz – Ep 40: ASMR 🤫

Episode outline: ‘Do certain sounds give you the head tingles? If yes, this episode is full of ear candy for you! In this episode, we learn all about the phenomenon called autonomous sensory meridian response—or ASMR for short. This soothing episode features researchers Giulia Poerio (University of Sheffield), Craig Richard (ASMRuniversity.com), and ASMR artists Gentle Whispering, Jellybean Green, and Somni Rosae – as well as the team at Defacto Sound!’

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    Structured into three packages:

    Construction Kit (3151 Sounds):
    Unlock a world of possibilities with a massive set of generic components like clicks, whooshes, pops, and textures, alongside elaborate recordings for specific contextual needs such as coins, paper, medieval weapons and many more. Explore elemental textures like water, wood, stone, etc for added depth and a comprehensive arsenal of percussive and tonal instruments.

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    Designed (160 Sounds):
    Choose from four sets of ready-to-use sounds tailored for the most common UI actions in different game styles (Casual, Dark, Medieval, Modern).

    Each of the four sets gives you following UI sounds:
    • Confirm
    • Select
    • Notification
    • Purchase
    • Open Menu
    • Back/Close Menu
    • Positive Light
    • Positive Heavy
    • Negative Light
    • Negative Heavy

    With 699 sound files, each offering more than 5 variations in average, ‘INTERACTIVE’ delivers a total of over 3900 sounds – ensuring that you’ll never run out of options to bring your creative vision to life. This library gives you everything you need to captivate your audience and create immersive UI soundscapes that truly resonate.

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    WARFARE SOUNDS contains sounds from our other sound packages, including:

    Gun Sound Pack
    Bullet Impact Sounds
    Silenced Gun Sounds
    Explosion Sound Pack
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    All organically recorded at 192 and 96kHz, in stereo and mono with a Sennheiser MKH8040 stereo pair, F3 and Tascam DR-40X. You’ll have long, short and medium durations, continuous and in intervals.

    Rich electronic and mechanical clunks and whirs accompanied by the occasional thuds, buzzing and whirring. The resulting spectrum is rich and allows for manipulation of the sounds for complex sound design.

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Sound Matters – Ep 18: Untitled Noises Of New York

Episode outline: ‘In the second instalment of our Sound Of The Cities series – a sonic exploration of our urban environments and their cultural soundscapes – Sound Matters podcast jumps into the deepest of the deep ends of art and culture: New York. Host Tim Hinman is joined by podcaster and artist, Jeff Emtman, whose show, Here Be Monsters is an influential aural institution in its own right. Jeff takes us on an epic day-long sonic adventure through the Big Apple – along the way discovering a number of sonic surprises, not least a mysterious recording of influential composer, philosopher and famed man-about-New-York-town, John Cage.’

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Sound Design Live – Smaart is just a tool. You are the analyzer.

Episode outline: ‘Interview with Chris Tsanjoures, Product Manager and Smaart Instructor at Rational Acoustics, about sound system tuning time saving techniques, microphone placement for main+sub alignment, and the biggest mistake new Smart users are making.’

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Working Class Audio – Ep 176: with Phil Greiss

Episode outline: ‘Phil joins me to talk about his childhood musical and audio experiences , travel tips, mentorship, his draw to pop music and an early experience with the magic of radio broadcast compression and limiting. Enjoy! – Matt

Phil Greiss is a musician and a multiple-award-winning record producer/composer/engineer, he left his name on numerous gold, platinum & diamond records, focusing on both production and songwritting aspects of Pop songs. Very much at ease on his own or collaborating with others, he’s been known to deliver award winning albums and songs, and chart topping singles wether composing, writing, producing, arranging, mixing, or all at the same time.’

Hear the episode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKF3JfPeP0o&list=PLrzeCrZFdiEwCeB4yvDXga7lBsyqIu7R8&index=172

 

The Adam Buxton Podcast – Ep 60: Thomas Dolby

Episode outline: ‘Adam talks to Thomas Dolby about his pioneering adventures in the music and tech industry, including revealing tales of close encounters with Michael Jackson and David Bowie.’

Hear the episode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TosWKF1Yc98

 

 

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  • From subtle button clicks to satisfying scrolling sounds, each of the 91 sounds in this pack is crafted to enhance the interactivity between player and interface, ensuring a captivating and unforgettable gaming experience

    23 %
    OFF
  • User Interface (UI) Sound Effects Interactive Play Track 3917 sounds included, 225 mins total $149.99
    User Interface (UI) Sound Effects - get more than 3900+ sounds in the INTERACTIVE sound library

    Introducing ‘INTERACTIVE’ by Rock The Speakerbox: Your ultimate organic Game UI Sound Design Toolkit. Elevate your UI sound design with a comprehensive sound effects library crafted to meet the exacting demands of modern game development. ‘INTERACTIVE’ is a massive toolset designed to empower you with a diverse range of components for creating immersive, dynamic and organic sounding UI.

    Structured into three packages:

    Construction Kit (3151 Sounds):
    Unlock a world of possibilities with a massive set of generic components like clicks, whooshes, pops, and textures, alongside elaborate recordings for specific contextual needs such as coins, paper, medieval weapons and many more. Explore elemental textures like water, wood, stone, etc for added depth and a comprehensive arsenal of percussive and tonal instruments.

    Building Blocks (606 Sounds):
    Streamline your workflow with pre-designed sounds of basic UI components, including impacts, clicks, whooshes, specific contextual actions and textures (clattering coins, rustling paper, igniting fires, alchemical reactions, growing vegetation) plus tonal and musical feedback for different moods (positive, negative, rewarding, warning, triumphal, holy)

    Designed (160 Sounds):
    Choose from four sets of ready-to-use sounds tailored for the most common UI actions in different game styles (Casual, Dark, Medieval, Modern).

    Each of the four sets gives you following UI sounds:
    • Confirm
    • Select
    • Notification
    • Purchase
    • Open Menu
    • Back/Close Menu
    • Positive Light
    • Positive Heavy
    • Negative Light
    • Negative Heavy

    With 699 sound files, each offering more than 5 variations in average, ‘INTERACTIVE’ delivers a total of over 3900 sounds – ensuring that you’ll never run out of options to bring your creative vision to life. This library gives you everything you need to captivate your audience and create immersive UI soundscapes that truly resonate.

  • Game Audio Packs Warfare Sounds Play Track 2492 sounds included $28

    WARFARE SOUNDS is a massive collection of 2492 professionally recorded, edited and designed sound effects.  Including guns, bullet flybys, bullet impacts, silenced guns, explosions, footsteps, Foley, nature ambiances and more!

    WARFARE SOUNDS contains sounds from our other sound packages, including:

    Gun Sound Pack
    Bullet Impact Sounds
    Silenced Gun Sounds
    Explosion Sound Pack
    Footstep and Foley Sounds

    Plus additional content from Pro Sound Collection! This is the ultimate sound package for anyone working on a military type film or game.  Perfect for an FPS or any type of shooter.

    ALL sounds from WARFARE SOUNDS are already included in our full package Pro Sound Collection. So if you need more sounds. Be sure to check it out before purchase.

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Explore the full, unique collection here

Latest sound effects libraries:
 
  • Bringing you the distinctive sounds of electric tufting guns.

    With 60 files and 182 sounds, you will get rhythmic, repetitive thuds as the gun drives the tufts of yarn or fabric into the rug, and the whirring, buzzing and more.

    All organically recorded at 192 and 96kHz, in stereo and mono with a Sennheiser MKH8040 stereo pair, F3 and Tascam DR-40X. You’ll have long, short and medium durations, continuous and in intervals.

    Rich electronic and mechanical clunks and whirs accompanied by the occasional thuds, buzzing and whirring. The resulting spectrum is rich and allows for manipulation of the sounds for complex sound design.

    182 sounds / 100% royalty-free / comes with detailed naming / UCS compatible

    Find the true sound of it with Vadi Sound Library.

     

    Keywords

    Tufting, machine, gun, electric, cut, pile, loop, rug, carpet, yarn, fabric, whirring, buzzing, clunk, weaving, thud, click.

     

    What else you may need

    You may want to check out the new Pottery Workshop for 84 sounds of hums, scrapes, splashes, thuds and more. Our Mechanicals library is another option for 600+ sounds of mechanics, tools, Foley and equipment.

  • Game Audio Packs Bandit / Thug SFX Play Track 14 sounds included $4.99

    Give your bandit/thug character a unique personality with these 14 original sound effects

    29 %
    OFF
  • Immerse players in intense firefights with these distinctive, futuristic laser weapons sounds, each sound meticulously crafted to evoke a strong sense of tactility

    30 %
    OFF
  • Immerse players in fierce gameplay with 27 meticulously crafted, authentic sword fighting sounds, designed to elevate the realism and intensity of their gaming experience

    30 %
    OFF
  • From subtle button clicks to satisfying scrolling sounds, each of the 91 sounds in this pack is crafted to enhance the interactivity between player and interface, ensuring a captivating and unforgettable gaming experience

    23 %
    OFF

   

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