Shaping Soul's Superb Sound - New A Sound Effect Podcast Interview With Coya Elliott And Ren Klyce:

Posted January 25, 2021 by Asbjoern Andersen in Film sound

Go behind the superb sound of Pixar's Soul in our brand new interview with supervising sound editor Coya Elliott, and re-recording mixer, sound designer and supervising sound editor Ren Klyce:

Interview by Jennifer Walden, hosted by Asbjoern Andersen and Christian Hagelskjaer

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Here’s what’s in The A Sound Effect Podcast episode 11 (with starting times):

01:46 New independent sound effects: We take a listen to some of the many interesting SFX releases that have come out
04:03 Shaping Soul’s Superb Sound – with supervising sound editor Coya Elliott, and re-recording mixer, sound designer and supervising sound editor Ren Klyce
24:50 Greetings from our friends in the Audio Podcast Alliance

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Sound effects libraries highlighted in this episode:

Drones & Mood Sound Effects Dune Drones Play Track 25 sounds included, 61 mins total $50

An extremely rare recording of “singing” sand dunes recorded in Death Valley National Park.

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Materials & Texture Sound Effects Mutate Organic Play Track 3042 sounds included From: $135

SOUNDS FROM UNDER YOUR SKIN
BOOM Library’s newest sound effects outgrowth has surfaced: MUTATE ORGANIC, the deliciously abnormal collection of mutating and morphing lifeforms and rogue organic matter. Discover the full spectrum of size, dampness and gut-wrenching movement this library provides in its ready-to-use Designed collection as well as the ultra-detailed comprehensive Construction Kit.

WHAT’S INSIDE

INCLUDED SOUNDS – KEYWORDS
ALIEN, ANIMAL, ATMOSPHERE, BLAST, BONES, BOULDER, BREATH, CARVE, CHOKED, CLOTH, CUTTING, DEBRIS, DRY, ERUPT, FICTIONAL, FLAME, FLUID, FUTURISTIC, GARGLE, GORE, GRANULAR, GRIND, GROW, GUT, IMPACT, INSECTS, JUICY, LIFEFORM, LIQUID, MOIST, PARTICLE, PLASMA, RUBBER, SCREECH, SIZZLE, SLIME, SLURPING, SQUEAK, STRETCH, SWISH, SYNTHETIC, TEXTURE, TUBE, VEGETABLE, VIRUS, VOCALIZATION, WET, WHOOSH, WOBBLE, WOODEN

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Nature & Countryside Ambiences Tropical Caves Play Track 41+ sounds included, 166 mins total $65

in stereo, binaural, ambisonics

7.6 GB of original sounds, 9.46 GB with the encoded ambisonic files in stereo included

• rough & authentic recordings in remote locations
• immersive & suitable for VR productions and mobile applications
• real binaural and ambisonics recordings
• clean edited, but not designed
• including long takes >15 minutes with a lot of sounds for further editing and looping
• with cave atmospheres, animals, and tropical wildlife
• metadata added
• incl. stereo versions of the ambisonics B-Format AmbiX files for instant use
• captured during three recording expeditions over the past five years in Colombia, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos
• Microphones: 2xDPA 4060, Sennheiser Ambeo, 2xMKH 40-P48

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Firearms Sound Effects Western Black Powder Guns Play Track 496 sounds included $90

Western Black Powder Guns is a collection of 19th century firearm sounds, created by sound designer Barney Oram. It features 496 sounds in total, including 440 multichannel source sounds and 56 designed sounds, supplied in 192kHz 24bit WAV file format.

This library contains a selection of classic Wild West style weapons, including; Colt 1851 Navy Revolver, Pattern-Enfield 1853 Rifle, Snider-Enfield 1861 Artillery Carbine, Winchester Model 1887 Shotgun and more.

Recorded on a private shooting range in the UK, this library features multi-mic coverage and a range of distance positions captured on all included source content. Microphones used include; Schoeps, Sennheiser, Neumann, AKG and DPA, captured with recorders such as Sound Devices, Zoom, Sony, and more.

In addition to source recordings, Western Black Powder Guns also contains a generous designed section, lovingly crafted to be of immediate use to sound designers. The designs are an homage to the classic gun sounds of Western movies, mixed with a tight and punchy modern edge.

This library includes detailed SoundMiner metadata and utilizes the UCS system for ease of integration into your library.

Behind the Scenes Video:

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Watch the official trailer for Soul here:

Disney and Pixar’s Soul | Official Trailer | Disney+

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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:

Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Four Elements – Elemental Magic Play Track 3050 sounds included, 251 mins total $149
Master the Art of Bending the Elemental Forces

Unleash the raw power of fire, water, earth, and air with this comprehensive 9 GB sound library featuring 3050 high-quality sound effects across 630 files. Whether you’re designing cinematic soundscapes or enhancing video games Four Elements delivers the tools you need to harness the energy of the natural world.

Construction Kit – 2443 Sounds

A treasure trove of raw, organic, and processed sounds including seamless loops divided into Fire, Water, Air, Earth and Explosion categories. Customize every detail with an extensive selection of sound components.
- Organic Fire: Campfire sizzles, torch whooshes, and flame bursts.
- Processed Fire: Distorted impacts and unique crackles.
- Organic Earth: Rock crashes, gravel scrapes, and heavy stone hits.
- Processed Earth: Stylized rumbles and granular textures.
- Organic Water: Ocean waves, hydrophone bubbles, and fluid splashes.
- Processed Water: Underwater whooshes and stylized liquid smashes.
- Organic Air: Bamboo swishes, cloth movements, and pressure bursts.
- Processed Air: Filtered gusts and dynamic noise sweeps.
- Explosion: Firework detonations, Butane bursts, and cinematic impacts.
Building Blocks – 416 Sounds

Game-ready sound layers featuring Impacts, Whooshes, and Textures as seamless loops. Elevate transitions and enhance atmospheres with loops and pre-designed sound layers.
- Fire: Explosive bursts, blazing infernos, and warm embers.
- Earth: Ground-shaking impacts, crumbling terrain, and heavy collisions.
- Water: Cascading waves, serene rivers, and underwater ambiences.
- Air: Whispering breezes, stormy turbulence, and slicing gusts.
Design Kit – 192 Sounds

A collection of ready-to-use sound effects divided into Attack, Bend, and Explosion categories for quick integration into your projects. Perfect for high-energy scenes and immersive storytelling.
- Fire: Crackling flames, fiery bursts, and roaring infernos.
- Earth: Crushing impacts, shifting ground, and massive land eruptions.
- Water: Splashes, fluid manipulations, and crashing tidal waves.
- Air: Slicing winds, swirling currents, and thunderous gusts.
Four Elements gives you complete creative control, blending organic recordings with processed sound layers to meet the demands of any project. Master the forces of nature with Four Elements. Let your creativity ignite.

Keywords:

Elements, Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Wave, Water, Liquid, Rock, Cast, Stone, Pebble, Torch, Gas, Flame, Campfire, Sizzle, Burst, Scrape, Whoosh, Impact, Texture, Attack, Bend, Bending, Explosion, Processed, Surge, Quake, Hit, Flow, Burn, Ignite, Drop, Smack, Destruction, Rumble, Hiss, Blow, Wind, Cloth, Movement, Underwater, Bubble, Ocean, River, Lake, Firework, Firecracker, Bang, Blast, Detonation, Magic, Fantasy, Forces, Fire Magic, Water Magic, Earth Magic, Fire Air, Fire Effect, Fire Whoosh, Water Whoosh, Seamless Loop, Loop, Fire Cast, Water Cast, Earth Cast, Air Cast
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Animal Sound Effects Collections Animal Hyperrealism Vol IV Play Track 2096 sounds included, 78 mins total $153

⏰ For a very limited time:
Add this library to the cart and enter ah4launch in the cart coupon field – to sprinkle an extra launch discount, on top of the current discount!

Animal Hyperrealism Vol IV is a sound library containing animal vocalisations, from real to designed creatures totaling more than 2000 individual sounds in 294 files. The sounds were recorded in zoos, and wildlife centers.

The asset list includes but is not limited to: hippos, hyenas, vultures, dwarf mongooses, elephants, African cranes, parrots, tigers, pigmy hippos, rhea ostriches, brown bears, pheasants, wildebeests, African wild dogs and many more. The content has been recorded at 192KHz with a Sanken CO100K, an Avisoft CMPA and a Sennheiser 8050 for center plus two Sennheiser MKH8040 for stereo image.

The resulting ultrasonic spectrum is rich and allows for truly extreme manipulation of the content.

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Bundles Audiohero – The Prodigy Play Track 300000 sounds included
Rated 4.00 out of 5
$5

Download 50 Sound Effects for $9.99 within a month from a library of more than 300,000 tracks. We give you Access to a wide variety of collections from Sound Ideas and the Hollywood Edge, including categories such as ambiance, animals, comedy, cartoon, crashes, designed sounds, foley, feature film, guns, sci-fi, production elements, sports, surround sound, transportation, and the list goes on! Instead of purchasing a boutique library, choose from an extensive library ala carte. We provide you with the massive audio library without the large cost.

The sound effects are all recorded in 24bit 96khz down to 16bit 44.1khz. These sound effects have been used in many productions such as feature films, video games and all types of broadcast.

What you get:

Purchasing this offer gets you a special code that lets you download 50 sound effects from Audiohero.com within a month. The sounds you get with this purchase are covered under the Audiohero EULA.

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Latest sound effects libraries:

Hand Combat Sound Effects Violent Combat Play Track 4213 sounds included ~~From: $135~~ From: $108

THE RAW SOUND OF CINEMATIC FIGHTING

VIOLENT COMBAT is a professional sound effects library built for fight scenes that demand impact. Packed with punch sound effects, fight sound effects, and powerful combat sound effects, it delivers everything from raw realism to over-the-top cinematic action. With improved fidelity and greater variation than its predecessor CLOSE COMBAT, this collection gives sound designers production-ready audio for film, TV, and games.

From Realism to Cinematic Exaggeration

Dial in the tone you need with dedicated categories: Martial Arts, Grounded, Over The Top, and Gory. Whether it’s kung fu sound effects, karate sounds, or exaggerated wrestling hits, you can shift seamlessly from authentic to stylised.

Successor to Close Combat

VIOLENT COMBAT builds on the legacy of CLOSE COMBAT with higher fidelity recordings, better-organised categories, and more variation. It’s the ideal companion, giving you the flexibility to cover every style of fight scene.

Sounds That Land With Force

Recorded with a wide range of props and techniques, each fighting sound effect has real weight. Where needed, selective pre-processing boosts impact, avoiding the flat results of real fight recordings.

Production-Ready and Versatile

Equally at home in film, TV drama, high-end game audio, or immersive theatre. From knockout sound effects to stylised fight sequences, Violent Combat is ready to drop straight into your mix.

Included Sounds – KEYWORDS
AIR, BODYFALL, CLOTH, CRUNCH, FINISHER, FURNITURE, GORE, GRAB, GRAPPLE, IMPACT, KICK, LEATHER, MARTIAL ARTS, METAL, MOVEMENT, PLASTIC, PUNCH, SLAP, SWISH, SWOOSH, THROW, WHOOSH

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Animal Sound Effects Collections Animal Hyperrealism Vol IV Play Track 2096 sounds included, 78 mins total $153

⏰ For a very limited time:
Add this library to the cart and enter ah4launch in the cart coupon field – to sprinkle an extra launch discount, on top of the current discount!

Animal Hyperrealism Vol IV is a sound library containing animal vocalisations, from real to designed creatures totaling more than 2000 individual sounds in 294 files. The sounds were recorded in zoos, and wildlife centers.

The asset list includes but is not limited to: hippos, hyenas, vultures, dwarf mongooses, elephants, African cranes, parrots, tigers, pigmy hippos, rhea ostriches, brown bears, pheasants, wildebeests, African wild dogs and many more. The content has been recorded at 192KHz with a Sanken CO100K, an Avisoft CMPA and a Sennheiser 8050 for center plus two Sennheiser MKH8040 for stereo image.

The resulting ultrasonic spectrum is rich and allows for truly extreme manipulation of the content.

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Weather Sound Effects Hyper Thunder Play Track 800+ sounds included $49.50
Hyper Thunder is a colossal collection of thunder and lightning, 100% crafted from the ground up using innovative synthesized technics and props recordings. Not a single real life thunder recording was used. using synthesis and props manipulation crafted to deliver impact far beyond natural recordings. Built entirely from innovative synthesis and props recordings, this library pushes the boundaries of weather sound design—perfect for when you need the raw energy of a storm dialed up to cinematic extremes.

Featuring over 800 files, Hyper Thunder spans everything from subtle distant rumbles and rolling thunder to razor-sharp lightning strikes and earth-shaking impacts. With both designed hits and source layers, you have full control—drop in ready-to-use power or sculpt your own stormscapes using the source recordings.

Created in collaboration with Bruits.Studio’s Vincent Fliniaux and Tibo Csuko—longtime SoundMorph contributors to acclaimed libraries like Robotic Lifeforms 2 and WATER— Hyper Thunder blends technical mastery with bold creativity.

Key Features
- 800+ files of synthesized thunder and lightning
- Both designed hits and source layers for full creative control
- Covers subtle distant rumbles through to massive cinematic impacts
- Crafted 100% from synthesis for a unique, larger-than-life sound
- Perfect for film, games, trailers, and any project needing storm power
- Created in collaboration with Bruits.Studio’s Vincent Fliniaux and Tibo Csuko (Robotic Lifeforms 2, WATER)
From atmospheric detail to explosive drama, Hyper Thunder gives you thunder and lightning that are bigger, subtler, and more versatile than nature itself.
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Destruction & Impact Sounds The Arcane Fire Spells Play Track 638 sounds included $25

638 meticulously processed stereo fire spells sound effects recorded in 96 khz and 24 bits for high audio definition.

The collection comes with hundreds of variations, more than 1 hour of content and many different type of fire spells. It also includes source sounds for more flexibility for your projects.

This collection is perfect for any films, video games or trailers.

The library is fully focused on fire spells. You will find simple one shot magic firebolt, powerful high level fire spells, fire sword, berserker enchantments and so on. Spells such as fireball, firewall, rain of fire, meteor, fire nova, magma storm, pyroblast, sword of Avernus, etc. are included in this library.

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Ambisonic Sound Effects Ambisonic Sounds – Rain and Thunderstorm Vol.3 Play Track 19 sounds included, 55 mins total $20

Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of natural power and tranquility with the “Rain and Thunderstorm” sound collection, consisting of 4 Vol-s.
This collection features a variety of looped sounds: light rain, night rain with loud thunderclaps, and other effects that will help you create the perfect atmosphere – from a quiet, secluded night, long scenes, or endless atmospheric effects without abrupt transitions, to a dramatic thunderstorm on the horizon.
The recording was made by a Zoom H3-VR recorder in the Ambisonics A format (96 kHz 24 Bit) and then converted to the AmbiX and Stereo formats (96 kHz 24 Bit), which are located in different folders of this sound pack.

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