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What "Boutique" SFX collections would you like to see made available?

A bit topic of the past few weeks has been smaller "prosumer" sfx collections. Chuck made one, Tim has two out, I'm working on a few, and I know others are two. Earlier today Nathan called them "Boutique" SFX collections. I like this term better…
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MP3 gapless looping help?

Hi guys, quick query here, Need to make some sounds for a client loop seamlessly in his game. Edited them fine as wav files in Pro Tools so they loop ok, but when saved as mp3 at clients request a tiny silence gap is added. Most annoying! Anyone…
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What sample rate do you use/prefer?

First question so apologies if it's not up to scratch. Feel free to let me know :) I'm wondering what sample rate you like to record at and what the sample rate generally is of any sound effects that you buy? I've noticed a few recordists offering…
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How much should I charge to edit dialogue for a video game?

I have an opportunity to do some editing (and possibly some mastering) of some lines for a video game. it's all broken down in such a way that it will all be cut into single line sound files. there will be a given number of lines, say in the…
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What is your voice, as a sound designer?

Something I've been thinking about lately: We have a vocabulary to describe what a certain composer's music sounds like. They're really into X Y Z and the do this or that dynamically etc. etc. I can talk to a client about what s/he's after in music,…
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Sound or Audio?

Do you define "sound" and "audio" differently? Do you use them interchangeably? I noticed that often we (meaning peers in the sound/audio fields) term parts of our processes as "audio", as in "audio post-production", whereas specific roles within a…
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Trouble creating Punching SFX

I'm having trouble creating realistic punching sounds. Everything I try to create sounds really fake or nothing like a punch. Are there any suggestions as to how I can resolve my issue?
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Some Gear Prawn

Here are some cool photos in a gallery I just stumbled over. Check 'em out! Thought you all would enjoy seeing some different rigs. http://gallery.me.com/jwsound#100220&bgcolor=black&view=grid
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Portable Mic Preamp... Suggestions?

I am in the market for a portable, battery-powered microphone preamp for my shotgun. My Zoom H4n portable recorder does not seem to be driving my Rode NT2-A well enough, I would like to give it more juice through an external pre. The main one I…
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How important is union membership for sound designers and production sound mixers?

Being relatively new to production sound mixing and post production sound, I've been wandering my way through the indie world not doing too much studio work. How important will it be for me to be a union member to begin working on large-scale…
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How do I record snow-based foley without real snow?

At the time of recording, conditions were so severe on set that recording on-set foley was out of the question, much less getting clean dialog. Lo and behold, it's now May, all the snow is gone, and I still don't have my footsteps in the snow. I…
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Mics for metal (screaming vocals)

I was just wondering, if you record a metal band with a vocalist who screams, which microphones do you find to be the cleanest and most applicable?
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Recording Glass Shatters

I'm planning on a short indoor recording session of shattering long fluorescent tubes. Who has done this and has sage advice to share? Mic choices? Best way to contain debris while not coloring the sound too much? Surfaces? Thanks in advance, all…
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Have any of you tried Soundtorch?

Its an amazingly intuitive sound finder. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMLylqa5Gck Load in all of your sounds and it automatically sorts them by similarity. Pretty damn amazing. They just released a public beta test.…
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Microsound/Fourier/Granular Synthesis

Hi all, So, I've been watching this lecture on microsound given by Barry Truax. [vimeo]7122776[/vimeo] I'm inruiged, enthralled, fascinated, and pretty much every kind of -ed by it. I understand far less of what he's talking about than I'd like…
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