Adriane Kuzminski highlights 21 excellent new sound effects libraries from the independent sound community here:
Featuring 102 magical activation sound effects and 104 drone loops for magical fantasy portals, teleportation devices, magic objects, enchanted runes, magic orbs and spheres, fantasy towers, magic buildings, magic machines, treasure chests, and more! All drone loops are 30 seconds long, seamless, and perfect for all video game genres. Sound effects range from small to large, shimmery to dark to sci-fi, for every interaction in the game, whether it is an object, portal, structure, or any visual effects. Use the sounds standalone or layer them with materials like stone, wood, metal, concrete, and more—whichever fits your animation. In addition, this pack includes basic elements such as wind, water, fire, and electricity to give you the flexibility to layer over the activations or loops for extra realism.
Adriane Kuzminski highlights 18 new sound effects libraries from the independent sound community here:
In Hydroelectric Power, witness the power of water in this collection of recordings captured at historic hydropower plants and massive concrete dams in the United States.
In the American West, water scarcity and allocation are hot topic issues. Gain access inside a working powerhouse along the Boise River as one of three generators, producing over 1,000–kilowatts of power, crank up from a cold start in advance of the irrigation season. Get hit in the face with spray from Shoshone Falls, a waterfall taller than Niagara Falls, during a high water event. Stand 100 yards downstream from the massive Bonneville Lock and Dam along the Columbia River in Oregon as 3,487 Kgal/sec rush past, generating 624 megawatts of power. Listen to the thunderous sound of Gorge Dam along the Cuyahoga River. Yes, the river that caught fire. This decommissioned 60-foot tall, 400-foot-wide dam has sat idle for over 50 years.
These recordings, captured in pristine 24-bit/96 kHz quality by field recordist Richard Alan Hannon, will complement your documentary, film and game design needs until, unfortunately, the rivers run dry. Seamless loops have been meticulously crafted from sounds that allow for it. Providing more opportunities to utilize these sounds in your projects.
The Elements Collection contains 508+ cinematic sound effects from every elements sound library that we have released so far. It features Fire, Ice, Rocks, and Plastic sound effects, including ambiences, drones, textures, swooshes / wooshes, impacts, glitches, sequences, and more. Royalty-free.
Included libraries:Â
A general sound effects collection that includes SIX of our first category-focused micro library releases, plus HUNDREDS of additional files, priced at a substantial discount compared to buying collections separately. 1100+ separate WAV files recorded at 24bit, 96kHz or 48kHz.
With astonishing clarity and thundering intensity, BOOM Library presents this new collection of transitions, slow and fast whooshes, zaps, and particle sounds for any number of movements flashing by. The collection features 7.7 GB of .wav files, bringing you a new dimension of excitement for your trailer or other project.
What’s inside
Game audio guru Damian Kastbauer outlines the ultimate itinerary for game audio folks going to GDC 2023 here:
