Youtube sound design channels Asbjoern Andersen

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There are lots of Youtube channels out there, but finding the good ones when it comes to sound-related content can be tricky. To help you find the good stuff, Mike James Gallagher has picked 5 interesting channels to get you started - and he's also highlighting some of his favorite videos from the channels.

Oh, and while you're at it, be sure to subscribe to the A Sound Effect Youtube channel - that one's right here. Happy watching!

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AKASH THAKKAR



Akash Thakkar - Channel Intro


Akash Thakkar is an award winning composer/sound designer/public speaker who specializes in video game sound. He has an amazing backlog of short, focused sound tutorials that are a lot of fun to watch. Not only does he do great sound design but he also gives great career advice so you should also subscribe to his newsletter!

Notable videos:
Video Game Sound Design – 4 Essential Techniques
Making Horror Ambiences
Free Sound Design Tools

 

ROBERT DUDZIC



Creating Organic Drones


Robert Dudzic is a sound designer for Hollywood movie trailers (Infinity War!) as well as music libraries such as DAMAGE which he co-produced alongside Heavyocity and Native Instruments. Among his other videos, his “How I Use What I Use” series is a hands on, detailed look at how Robert records and manipulates his sounds. It looks like he’s just getting started bringing great educational content so let him know you want more!

Notable videos:
Creating organic drones
How I Use What I Use 4 – Horror trailer sound design
How I Use What I Use 5 – My creative process

 

INDEPTH SOUND DESIGN



The Bat sound design deconstructed from The Dark Knight Rises


Indepth Sound Design deconstructs film/TV sound (from the actual stems!) so that you can examine the intricate layers that go into quality sound design. There are also commentary layers so you can hear the various sound designers and re-recording mixers go into detail about how the different sounds and mixes were created. If you’re familiar with the Indepth Instagram page then you’ll be happy to know the YouTube videos are much higher quality and also feature 4K UHD picture.

Notable videos:
The Dark Knight Rises – “The Bat” aircraft sound design deconstruction
Terminator 2 – T-800 vs T-1000 sound design deconstruction
The Bourne Identity – Car chase sound design deconstruction
The Social Network – Trent Reznor vs. Elvis Costello music and sound design

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  • User Interface (UI) Sound Effects Interactive Play Track 3917 sounds included, 225 mins total $120
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    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.

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  • Industrial Ambiences Wind Turbines Inner Sounds Play Track 45 sounds included, 144 mins total $20

    Wind turbine rotations and motor movements recorded subterraneously, through wire fences, metal steps and the body of the turbine.

     The results are a selection of metallic movements, evolving eerie soundscapes, atmospheric hums, whines.

     Excellent design source and sound morphing material, eerie atmospheres and dystopian environments.

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

    Number of Sounds : 45

    Number of Files : 45      

    Total Audio Time : 2 hours  22 minutes  18  secs  ( 142 minutes 18 seconds)

    Type : WAV Stereo

    Sample Rate / Bit Rate : 192 kHz / 24 Bit

    Mastered : No

    Normalised : No

    Size : 9.92 Gb

    Metadata : Files are stamped with detailed UCS compliant metadata in Soundminer

    Documentation Included : Copyright, EULA, Images, Metadata (exported in multiple formats)

    License : A Sound Effect EULA / Terms and Conditions https://www.asoundeffect.com/license-agreement/

    Recorders : Zoom F3 and Sound Devices Mix Pre 10 II

    Microphones :  LOM Geofon, Stille and Klang small spots, Sennheiser 8040’s and 8050

    Microphone Configuration : Magnetic, Spike, Contact. ORTF and Centre Mic

    KEYWORDS : Wind Turbine , Back, Wire Fence, Metal Steps, Underground, Rotate, Inner, Motor, Vibrate, Whirr, Bass, Hum, Whine, Pulse, Atonal, Disharmonious, Breeze

    FXNAME :  Abandoned Environment, Deserted Environment, Design Source, Dystopian, Eerie Atmosphere, Post Apocalypse, Sound Morph, Uninhabited, Wind Turbine

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SYNTHHACKER



How To Make Deep Organic Pads Like RUFUS / Flume / ODESZA (Serum Tutorial)


If you want to be a well rounded sound designer then you’ve gotta know your way around a synthesizer. Synths can give you ominous textures and 808 kick drums that can help your gunfire sounds pack a wallop. SynthHacker makes hyper focused synth design tutorials that cover a wide variety of styles. So watch that Justice style nu disco pad tutorial and then go make some serene sci-fi drones.

Notable videos:
How to make deep organic pad sounds
How to make Strangers Things style synths
How to make a Blade Runner synth lead

 

MARSHALL MCGEE



Making Halo's beam rifle sound with just an iPhone mic || Waveform


Marshall McGee is a sound designer at Avalanche Games that also makes videos about sound design for games, film, and TV (mostly games). His videos discuss how some iconic video games sounds are made as well as going into his own personal sound design experiments. Many of his posts have a video essay style feel and are extremely well edited and easy to watch.

Notable videos:
The sound design secrets of Horizon Zero Dawn
Making a powerful punch sound from scratch
The sounds of Uncharted

A big thanks to Mike James Gallagher for sharing his favorite sound-related Youtube channels. Got any personal favorites? Please share them in the comments section.

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