Virtual Reality Sound Design Asbjoern Andersen

Posted by Asbjoern Andersen in Game audio


If you’re interested in sound for virtual reality, don’t miss this one: It’s a really interesting talk from the Oculus Connect 2 conference by Tom Smurdon, Audio Content Lead at Oculus:

3D audio is critical for creating a believable virtual world, and sound design for VR is very different from traditional games or movies. This talk will cover VR audio techniques including building immersive ambiences, attenuation curves, mixing and player focus. You’ll hear some of the sound design tricks used in the Oculus demos, and learn more about how to work with the Audio SDK to create authentic and compelling experiences.


Oculus Connect 2: 3D Audio: Designing Sounds for VR


 

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    Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Spells Variations Vol 2 Play Track 405 sounds included $14

    Step into a world of spells, mysticism, and creative power with Spells Variations Vol. 2, the follow-up to our acclaimed magical sound collection. This time, we’ve expanded the elemental and thematic range, offering 405 professionally crafted sound effects that are fully categorized and ready to use.
    Inside, you’ll find a wide variety of magical types:
    🔥 Fire
    💧 Water
    🌪️ Air
    🌍 Earth
    ⚡ Electricity
    ❄️ Ice
    ☠️ Poison, Mud, Rocks
    ✨ As well as Arcane, Dark, Monstrous, and other mystical spell types.

    Each category is organized into individual folders, with multiple variations for every spell, giving you complete flexibility to choose the perfect sound for each moment, All this makes a total of 44 different spells.
    Just like in Volume 1, every sound in this collection was recorded, edited, and mastered at 192 kHz / 24-bit, ensuring top-tier quality and adaptability—perfect for professional sound designers or anyone looking for drag-and-drop magical effects for games, trailers, animations, or any audio-visual 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

    Features
    – 405 spell sounds
    – Format: 192KHz / 24 bits
    – Win/Mac: Yes
    – Minutes of audio provided: 22:26

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  • Metal Sound Effects Moving Ship’s Steps Play Track 26 sounds included, 8 mins total $6

    Haunting, metallic creaks and moans of a ship’s steps as it shifts with the sea in Reykjavik Harbour. Recorded with a LOM Geofon this sound library contains eerie, dissonant textures and deep resonant tones, ideal for abandoned, post-apocalyptic or ghostly atmospheres.

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  • Electricity Sound Effects NeoVolt – Electricity Play Track 600 sounds included $26

    NeoVolt is a carefully curated collection of over 600 electricity sounds across 60 files. Inspired by the iconic Tesla coil zap sound from Red Alert, but with so much more to offer. Perfect for any scenario featuring electricity, magic, or futuristic sci-fi elements. Contains both designed audio and source files.

     

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  • Electricity Sound Effects The Arcane Electric Spells Play Track 622 sounds included, 78 mins total $30

    622 meticulously processed stereo electric and lightning 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 spells. It also includes raw files for more flexibility for your projects.

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

    The library is fully focused on electric, thunder and lightning spells. You will find simple one shot electric impacts, powerful high level thunder spells, magic weapon enchantments and so on. Spells such as lightning strike, electric blast, thunderbolt, magnetic field, thunder hammer, electric sword, lightning projectile, etc. are included in this library.

    THE ARCANE ELECTRIC SPELLS

    Recorded assets: Thunder, big and small adhesive tapes, inflated balloon, styrofoam, cellophane, various clothes, baseball glove, winter gloves, metal objects, aluminum foil, oven door, etc. Analog/digital synths and ultrasonic/geophone usage for more variety.

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    Bring the world of board games to life with Board Game Sound Effects Kit – Sounds for Digital Tabletop, Card, Dice and Match Games and Apps. It’s a carefully curated collection of interactive sound effects that are made especially for tabletop and mobile game creators, app designers, and RPG sound artists. Whether you’re designing a card or tile-laying game, word puzzle, family party game, or roller/dice-based adventure, this sound library is packed with the tactile, satisfying, and characteristic sounds you need for all your gameplay mechanics.

    •  1203 sound effects in total
    • All in 96kHz/24bit WAV + other formats
    • 700+ MB of samples
    • 19+ minutes of crystal clear HD audio
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  • Animal Sound Effects Synthesized Nature Loops and Sounds – Game Ambience Sound Sets Play Track 438 sounds included, 70 mins total $34

    The Synthesized Nature Loops and SFX pack recreates the vibrant sounds of weather, wildlife, water, natural elements and ambient environments through the lens of expertly crafted synthesized sound design. These sounds offer a unique fusion of the familiar and essential audio from nature with a distinctive synthetic twist. This collection is perfect for game developers and video creators seeking easily identifiable sounds that seamlessly balance the line between artificial and realistic—a harmony well-suited for 2D top-down games and retro-pixelated aesthetics projects. Whether you’re building immersive environments, layered soundscapes, or ambient backdrops, Synthesized Nature Loops and SFX is a versatile addition to your audio toolkit.

    • 438 files
    • All in 96k 24bit .wav
    • 2+ GB of samples
    • 102 sound sets / glued files
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  • Drones & Mood Sound Effects Delirium – Surreal Textures & Movement Play Track 380 sounds included $125

    Delirium is a sound effects toolkit, lovingly prepared to accompany your unique and personal descent into madness. Bask in the radiance of wobbling washes of muffled screams, or perhaps some swaying, spiralling tones that make you feel dizzy and nauseous!

    Designed primarily using Madrona Labs SUMU, Delirium is perfect for creating tension-filled atmospheres, hypnotic trances, dream sequences, hallucinations and generally unusual, other-worldly situations. Wavering drones that are writhing and moving, fragmented vocal splinters of what used to be human voices before they were dragged into the void, static bursts of interference from a long forgotten transmission that should never have been found… that sort of thing.

    It does cover some areas that are more grounded in the real world (Comms Static, UI Glitches), but the majority of stuff in here is proudly un-tethered from reality.

    The library is broken down into the following categories and sub categories as part of its comprehensive UCS metadata.

    • COMMUNICATIONS: Static, Telemetry – Scrambled, Lofi, Glitch
    • DESIGNED: Distortion, Drone, Eerie, Ethereal, Granular, Rhythmic, Rumble, Synthetic, Tonal, Vocal, Whoosh – Bubbling, Clicks, Demonic, Energy, Evolving, Fizzing, Gloopy, Gritty, Hissing, Metallic, Movement, Muffled, Neutral, Pulsing, Rattling, Riser, Robotic, Scrambled, Spinning, Static, Steady, Submerged, Sweeteners, Swells, Synth, Texture, Throbbing, Tonal, Watery
    • MAGIC: Shimmer, Spell – Fragments, Metallic, Movement, Steady, Swells, Tonal, Vocal
    • SCIFI: Energy – Evolving, Movement, Riser, Steady, Surges, Swells, Texture
    • USER INTERFACE: Data, Glitch, Motion – Gritty, Malfunction, Movement, Smooth, Watery, Gestures

    The sounds of Delirium will allow you to travel to weird, wonderful and sometimes unpleasant places with your sonic creations whilst maintaining subtlety and versatility. They are layers waiting to be interwoven, a bag of choice ingredients, a palette of strange colours. Go forth and paint!!!

    Artwork by Jeff at Freakshow Industries.

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  • Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Spells Variations Vol 2 Play Track 405 sounds included $14

    Step into a world of spells, mysticism, and creative power with Spells Variations Vol. 2, the follow-up to our acclaimed magical sound collection. This time, we’ve expanded the elemental and thematic range, offering 405 professionally crafted sound effects that are fully categorized and ready to use.
    Inside, you’ll find a wide variety of magical types:
    🔥 Fire
    💧 Water
    🌪️ Air
    🌍 Earth
    ⚡ Electricity
    ❄️ Ice
    ☠️ Poison, Mud, Rocks
    ✨ As well as Arcane, Dark, Monstrous, and other mystical spell types.

    Each category is organized into individual folders, with multiple variations for every spell, giving you complete flexibility to choose the perfect sound for each moment, All this makes a total of 44 different spells.
    Just like in Volume 1, every sound in this collection was recorded, edited, and mastered at 192 kHz / 24-bit, ensuring top-tier quality and adaptability—perfect for professional sound designers or anyone looking for drag-and-drop magical effects for games, trailers, animations, or any audio-visual 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

    Features
    – 405 spell sounds
    – Format: 192KHz / 24 bits
    – Win/Mac: Yes
    – Minutes of audio provided: 22:26

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