Sound Effects

I’m Clovis, a seasoned freelance field recordist and sound designer.

I started my career in cinema as a sound production mixer at 19 and have been working in the field ever since. Over time, I expanded into sound post-production and sonic design, focusing primarily on motion graphics, sound branding, and collaborating on sound installations for exhibitions and theater productions.

I have a deep passion for creating original sounds, working with my personal sound libraries, and experimenting with new textures.

Today, as an experienced field recordist, I travel extensively to capture unique sounds and continuously expand my sound library. Finding the right sounds for people who need them has become an essential part of my daily work!

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Animal Sound Effects Magpie Studio – An Intimate Bird Sound Library Play Track 21+ sounds included, 45 mins total $50
From the gentle chirps of a bird falling asleep to the powerful calls for food, this library offers a rich variety of magpie vocalizations. Additionally, it includes foleys recordings of magpies walking on wood and concrete, as well as the fluttering of their wings and a lot of preening.
Magpie Studio is a sound library capturing the vocal journey of young magpies, from their first cries to their early adult calls. This collection tells the story of four chicks that fell from their nest after being abandoned by their parents.
Most of the sounds were recorded in a studio environment in mono, with each chick recorded individually, along with a few stereo recordings featuring all four together. Only one long recording was made outdoors, capturing the moment they were released back into the wild.
The chirping of the young magpies has not been edited individually, as their early vocalizations are not yet distinct enough to be identified as separate “words” or “sentences”. Instead, longer recordings are provided to capture the broadest range of their developing vocal expressions and so categorized by mood. However, the adult magpie’s calls have been carefully edited and categorized by complexity—ranging from simple one- or two-syllable calls to more intricate vocalizations—allowing you to create your own bird conversations.
All sounds were recorded in 96 kHz / 24-bit quality.
- Mono recordings were captured using a Neumann KM 150.
- Stereo recordings were made with a Neumann AB pair.
- All recordings were done using a Nagra recorder.
P.S.: All the birds regained their strength and were successfully released back into their natural habitat.
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Nature & Countryside Ambiences Stromboli – A Volcanic Sound Library Play Track 73 sounds included, 45 mins total $50

Here a library of one of the most active volcano in Europe: The Stromboli.

The actual sound library contains 73 sound recordings for a size of 2.6 GB.

Eruptions were recording mainly from three distances:

• at 200m of altitude and 1,3km distance from cratere

• at 400m of altitude and 1km distance from cratere

• at 850m of altitude and 500m distance from cratere

I stayed here one month to manage to have the most diversified eruptions that offer Iddu the volcano. A friend who accompanied me did beautiful shoots with cameras and drone. You can have a look to the video. This project brought us to another one, that’s coming up in the next months, a type of documentary about the whole island and his inhabitants.

So in the future I will add more sounds of Stromboli, the city, the people, the sea, the animals, the ambient etc… that you could listen and download for free on my website.

I wanted this sound library focused on the eruptions, but I put also a few recording of the waves and water because they sound particularly strong and they suggest the volcano’s sound: All the island is little made of “fresh” lava’s rock, that make every impact very resonant in the bass frequencies.

This library contains also a few ambient of the island, his city and his surrounding nature. And some roomtone corresponding to the place where I recorded the eruptions.

All recording made with the Nagra VI. Neumann mics, audio technica MS and Micromix amp for some specifics recording.

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Wylie Stateman

Supervising sound editor,
The Hateful Eight, Inglourious Basterds, Kill Bill: Vol. 1

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Gabriel Guy

Re-recording Mixer, Walt Disney Animation Studios:
Frozen, Big Hero 6

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Supervising Sound Editor/Re-recording Mixer, The Lego Movie & Mad Max: Fury Road

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Sound designer:
Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit trilogies

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Director, Digital - Source Sound Inc.

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