Author: Jeremy Siegel

How to build an efficient sound library to save time and increase production value

January 4, 2018 by Jeremy Siegel in How-To, Sound Effects Licensing

Looking to ramp up your the value of your media productions? We’re seeing more and more creative teams come to us looking to take their work’s sound to the next level. So we created this guide to help demystify your options and start you down the path to sonic success. …

PSE Client Spotlight: Foothill College

October 29, 2015 by Jeremy Siegel in Audio Education, Client Spotlight, Sound Effects Licensing

Every sound effects user is different. The PSE Client Spotlight Series provides examples of how Pro Sound Effects works with individual clients to provide customized, multi-faceted sound effects solutions based on their unique circumstances. This installment of the Client Spotlight Series again features one of our premiere education clients, and longtime …

PSE Client Spotlight: University of North Texas

June 9, 2015 by Jeremy Siegel in Audio Education, Client Spotlight, Sound Effects Licensing

Every sound effects user is different. The PSE Client Spotlight Series provides examples of how Pro Sound Effects works with individual clients to provide customized, multi-faceted sound effects solutions based on their unique circumstances. We have worked hard over the years to hone our offerings for many industries, not the least …

PSE Client Spotlight: Cloud Imperium Games

February 10, 2015 by Jeremy Siegel in Client Spotlight, Game Audio, Sound Effects Licensing

Every sound effects user is different. The PSE Client Spotlight Series provides examples of how Pro Sound Effects works with individual clients to provide customized, multi-faceted sound effects solutions based on their unique circumstances. Last summer I was delighted to hear from Lee Banyard, Audio Director at Cloud Imperium Games (developers …

What Hollywood Edge + Pro Sound Effects® Means for Soundminer Users

August 25, 2014 by Jeremy Siegel in New Features, Sound Effects, Sound Effects Licensing

Update: As of June 30th, 2015, Hollywood Edge is no longer part of the Pro Sound Effects Library offering. We have decided to focus on developing and updating our own libraries (Online Library, Hybrid Library, Master Library). A number of Soundminer users have been asking us what the addition of the …

Pro Sound Effects Sponsors Inaugural Avid Customer Association Event @ NAB 2014!

April 3, 2014 by Jeremy Siegel in Trade Shows

We are psyched to be sponsoring and participating in the inaugural Avid Customer Association Event (April 4-6 at the Bellagio)! Douglas and I will be at Avid Connect with a table and demo computer alongside other media and technology titans! We can’t wait to go to the new club Hyde …

GDC 2014 Wrap-Up

March 26, 2014 by Jeremy Siegel in Trade Shows

I was out at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco last weekend, and boy did I have me a blast! It was great to meet new and interesting people and see some familiar faces in the game audio world. But by far the highlight of the week was …

5 Keys for Using Sound Effects to Improve Sound Design – Part 3

January 3, 2012 by Jeremy Siegel in Sound Design, Sound Effects

By David Sonnenschein, author Sound Design: The Expressive Power of Music, Voice and Sound Effects in Cinema. Key 3:  Description of the environment gives clues for the sounds Information about the environment first appears in the scene headings, which are as succinct as possible to help the production manager do …

Happy Thanksgiving from Pro Sound Effects!

November 23, 2011 by Jeremy Siegel in Sound Effects, Sound Librarian

Hey there turkey lovers (and you too, untimely vegetarians)!  We here at PSE would love to wish you all a happy and healthy Thanksgiving holiday, and in doing so, share with you some of our very favorite turkey sound effects! Here is a choice gobble, plucked (pun intended) from the …

5 Keys for Using Sound Effects to Improve Sound Design – Part 2

November 16, 2011 by Jeremy Siegel in Sound Design

By David Sonnenschein, author Sound Design: The Expressive Power of Music, Voice and Sound Effects in Cinema.  Key 2:  Look for objects and actions as explicit sounds Scriptwriting convention pays a certain homage to the power of audio by requesting that each sound be capitalized in the body of the …