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How can I as beginner learn Sound Design cheap?
The best advice I can give is to make a lot of mistakes. And learn from them.
So, if you really are serious about this:
start today. Select one animation, any animation already there, download it to ...
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Sound Design: water, river, streams etc using a synth
guess I've found a good starting point for bubbling:
pink noise --> plugin called "Hysterisis" --> preset ASD_Juicer
but also
pink noise --> plugin called "Molekular" --> preset Sheperd_Sortie
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The "first sound is the right sound" problem
I know this all too well, though more in a general mixing context:
In a mix with certain qualities (but also problems that has to be fixed), it feels like no matter what you tweak to get around the ...
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Stadium Reverb Ambience
Convolution reverb would be your best bet here. Find an impulse response that is recorded inside a stadium and run the plugin via auxilary send so you don't wash out the initial sound source. Make ...
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What is the best microphone type for recording natural outdoor sounds?
What is needed for recording outdoor sounds:
a high sensitivity low noise microphone
a windjammer, shock-mount, stand or boompole
a field recorder with low noise mic preamp
If you want to make ...
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Sound Design/Sound Engineering Masters in Europe
Have you looked into Iain McGregor's course at Edinburgh Napier University, UK? Although he is listed as a lecturer conducting research into sound design and listening, there may be other courses ...
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Sound Design: water, river, streams etc using a synth
I'm kinda late, but maybe I can add some things here and there. When I go for more watery sounds, I often use this tools: (Ableton) Vocoder + as many bands as possible + turning up the gate threshold ...
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How to make the "Trumpet" lead in this track?
Since this is a sample, it will be difficult to re-create with any synthesizer. To me it sounds like a baritone saxophone playing high notes. You can look for free sax samples and load them into a ...
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Want to create golden snitch wings sound effects
Put some glass cleaner on a mirror and rub with a towel
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Gunshot SFX Design: Should I use the actual model gun sound?
I think firstly, Ah Keh, it depends on how well you want your work to be respected and appreciated (and how much the job pays!) but also, it depends on what the director wants.
But these days (and ...
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How to make this detuned stab
Take 2-4 saw oscillators and detune each by 2-4 cents - except the first one.
For the envelope, use a medium decay with slighty longer release.
Add a ~2.5 s plate reverb
Locate the root (e.g. the tune ...
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What software do you use to catalogue your recordings and sound fx?
The market leader for this sort of thing is Soundminer, but it's quite costly. The next best thing to that is Basehead. What you're looking for really is a database management tool that uses metadata ...
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