Author: PSE

Featured Sound Effects Library: Soundrangers, by Develop

June 14, 2012 by PSE in Interactive Media, Interviews, Library Reviews, Sound Design, Sound Effects, Uncategorized

Develop recently ran a feature on Soundrangers outlining what makes the library great for feature films, but great for video game developers. Check out the piece, which features Soundrangers co-founder and sound designer Barry Dowsett.

Strange Places to Plant and Hide Lav Microphones

June 12, 2012 by PSE in Sound Effects, Sound Recording

In my years of recording sound effects and dialogue for film and commercial production I have hidden microphpones, mostly lav microphones, in all kinds of places (as I’m sure most sound recordists have). I’ve planted microphones in a tree branch in a West Virginia field, a toilet bowl to record …

Space Sound Design With Full Circle Werks’ Chris Wiseman Interview

May 18, 2012 by PSE in Interviews, Sound Design, Sound Effects

It was a breezy Thursday morning last month when New Yorkers and Jerseyans clambered to their office windows as the nation tuned in to catch space shuttle Enterprise make its final flight over Manhattan. The following day, in far away Germany, Chris Wiseman uploaded this short: a NASA video simulation …

Pro Sound Effects Library Interview: The Top Finalists from the AudioDraft Audio Logo Contest

April 26, 2012 by PSE in BBC Sound Effects Library, Contests, Interviews, Sound Design, Sound Effects

The top three finishers from PSE’s recent audio logo contest, sponsored by AudioDraft,reflect on their experiences crafting PSE’s new sound logo by taking us inside the process.

New Video Tutorial of Pro Sound Effects Online Library

April 20, 2012 by PSE in Interviews, Sound Effects

In case you weren’t already aware, Pro Sound Effects Online  library has over 115,000 of its sound effects  for you to peruse and demo. If you’d like a brief overview to see how it works, be sure to check out our new how-to video—and get cracking! online library here

Glyph Announces New Sound Effects Hard Drive

April 13, 2012 by PSE in Sound Effects

Our friends at Glyph recently announced the sleek new GPT50, a redesign of their GT050Q sound effects hard drive. The differences you ask? The GPT50 is smaller, with more environmentally-friendly packaging and a top-notch internal power supply that’ll save some outlet space. There’s even an intelligent power switch to protect …

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

March 27, 2012 by PSE in Blastwave FX, Sound Design

By David Sonnenschein, author Sound Design: The Expressive Power of Music, Voice and Sound Effects in Cinema. Tune into David’s upcoming Webinar Series on April 3rd, co-hosted with our own Ric Viers. It’s the latest in their “Secrets for Great Film Sound” series – visit Sound Design for Pros for …

How to Design An Audio Logo For Pro Sound Effects

March 15, 2012 by PSE in Contests, Sound Design

PSE is teaming with AudioDraft to bring forward a fresh opportunity for sound designers. To illustrate how AudioDraft harnesses prize-based crowd-sourcing to tailor the best-suited audio to original video clips, we are offering the chance to design a audio logo for PSE’s exciting new motion-graphic logo. The contest was recently …

PSE at GDC (Game Developers Conference)

March 2, 2012 by PSE in Events and Parties, Trade Shows

Next Monday, March 5th, some 20,000 gaming-industry insiders will descend on San Francisco’s Moscone Center for the Game Developers Conference, or GDC. As gaming expos go, it doesn’t get any bigger than the GDC: an international attraction for multi-platform game designers, producers, artists, programmers and (our favorites) audio professionals. Which …

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