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When choosing a sound effects library, what do you look for? For people new to the industry, there are a few key questions they need to answer in order to determine what kind of sound effects library that need for their productions. To start off with, while there are a variety of sound effects library [...]

There’s a trend towards more professional podcasting and video games by using impactful sound FX and implementing professional sound design in podcasts and video games. We would suggest that there are in essence are three main categories of sound FX people looking for in producing podcasts: cartoon sound FX, explosion sound FX and movie sound [...]

When it comes to auto sound systems, one question seems to be repeated often-is bigger better? The honest answer to that is not by a long shot. There are many excellent quality sound systems that will not require the backseat and your first-born in order to enjoy wonderful quality of sound and music as you [...]

An Introduction to the Properties of Sound for Recording Musicians
by Clay Butler
Obviously, if you’re reading this article, you have an interest in recording.   I’m sure you also have some notion as to what sound is.  Sound is what we hear, right?  Well, yes.  But there’s a lot more to sound.  Knowing what sound is and how sound works is [...]

22 Tips to Obtain Better Sound in a High End Audio System
Özhan Atalay
Email: ozhan@atalay.biz   Web: http://www.nonamehifi.com
 
 
Introduction
 
Basically accepted thing in audiophile world is that it almost impossible to achieve the best sound by just combining only the best equipments. Much chea

When looking at sound effects libraries, there are a few key differentiators. You will especially want to know the difference between sound effects libraries if you want to ensure a high quality production. Not all sound FX libraries come in the same style or quality! Here are a few of the most critical things you [...]

Whether you are looking to enhance your production, add some reality to your amateur film or include a little zing to your website, using sound effects from a sound effects CD is a common way to do it. A sound effects CD is used in a variety of applic

The trend in distribution of sound effects is toward distributing sound effects collections on hard drives or USB drives. By doing this, publishers are compiling a greater variety of formats and much higher quality sound effects then in the past.
An example of a hard drive collection is the Series 6,000 Hard Drive produced by [...]

A few years ago 5.1 surround sound DVD video players looked likely to become standard kit in every living room in the technology friendly world.
So now a few years on, what has happened to the original promise of surround sound music? Well the answer to that is ‘lots, but not nearly enough.’
For those that don’t [...]

Located in the heart of Brighton, UK, the Revenge nightclub is one of the South coast’s premier gay venues. With an ongoing project of refurbishing the club, Showtec was contacted to design a new lighting system for the Box Bar on the 2nd Floor. The system needed to be something which would make the venue [...]