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Bengal Tiger Roar Sound Effect to Earn Your Stripes

October 16, 2012 by PSE in Sound Of The Day

Bengal tigers are the national animal of both Bangladesh and India. Their roar is among the mightiest of any big cat: it can be heard from a range of two miles. Bengals are the most common tiger and number about half of all wild tigers, though that’s not too many, …

Penguin Billing Sound for the Socially Awkward

October 10, 2012 by PSE in Sound Of The Day

We all know penguins as those well-dressed, black-and-white birds from the icy hinterlands. Did you know that these classy (and also endangered) birds often greet one another by tapping their bills against each other’s—it’s called ‘billing’. But as this sound effect also demonstrates, penguins sometimes greet one another with a …

Bornean Orangutan Kiss Squeak for Hopeless Romantics

October 5, 2012 by PSE in Sound Of The Day

This kiss-squeak sound is a defensive mechanism orangutans developed to trick intruders or predators into thinking the individual is bigger than he or she really is. Not to suggest the Bornean Orangutan is a pushover, exactly—their strength is approximately seven times greater than the average human’s—but it is an endangered …

Poison Dart Frog Chirp for Your Morning Alarm

October 3, 2012 by PSE in Sound Of The Day

Poison dart frogs, also called poison arrow frogs, are so named because of the use of their venom by Amerindian tribes. Though they tend to weigh less than an ounce, the most poisonous breed packs enough poison to kill up to 20,000 mice. Their remarkably vibrant colors are a natural …

Rhino Charging Sound to Get Your Day Moving

October 2, 2012 by PSE in Sound Of The Day

Poaching, often for their horns, has kept rhinos an endangered species since the ’70s. Did you know? The distinctive horn for which rhinos are so well known isn’t actually a true horn: it is made of thickly matted hair that grows from the skull, without skeletal support. Download FREE Rhino …

David Sonnenschein & Ric Viers Kick Off Webinar Series: Secrets For Great Film Sound

October 1, 2012 by PSE in Blastwave FX, Events and Parties, How-To, Interactive Media, Sound Effects

Starting today, David Sonnenschein and Blastwave FX’s Ric Viers are launching a six-part webinar series entitled SECRETS FOR GREAT FILM SOUND. The lectures are set to address specific challenges in audio recording, editing, and design. The program will also include raffle prizes along the way—like a tascam DR-40 handheld 4-track recorder, and an …

Starting Next Week, Sound of the Day Highlights Endangered Species Sound Effects

September 27, 2012 by PSE in Sound Of The Day

Recently, CNN published a profile of Bernie Krause, a musician-turned-sound-ecologist whose work in natural environments and ambiences totals some 44 years of  experience. In that time, the article goes on to say, Krause has recorded an estimated 15,000 creatures. But a more startling statistic comes from within that figure: 50% of those …

Giant Panda Cub Call For Endangered Animals Awareness

September 26, 2012 by PSE in Sound Of The Day

Giant Pandas stand between two and three feet tall at the shoulder when on all four legs. But they eat sitting upright, using a pseudo thumb to scarf bamboo stems. In one day, a Giant Panda will eat between 20-40 pounds of bamboo, which they can stomach since their digestive …

Introducing PSE User Stories: First Up, Ben Minto of EA DICE

September 25, 2012 by PSE in Client Spotlight, Sound Design, Sound Effects

We are thrilled to have Ben Minto from Electronic Arts talk for the first of our PSE User Stories. Here’s what he had to say: “We started working with PSE when the Blastdrive library was first released” says Minto, Audio Director at the EA DICE studio located in Stockholm, Sweden. “The …

Tom Fleischman Talks Old School Sound Effect Libraries

September 21, 2012 by PSE in Audio Branding, Events and Parties, How-To, Interactive Media, Interviews, Sound Design, Sound Effects

Last night I attended “Music and Audio for Film,” a panel discussion held in the NYC SOHO Apple Store featuring Academy Award Winner (most recently for Hugo) Tom Fleischman. I came across a podcast Tom partook in with Hollywood-based 123 Film Easy. He spends some time discussing his entry into the sound-for-film …