Synth & VSTi
Vital Synth Sound synthesizer.
Compressor, Saturator, Distortion, Reverb Set of free effect plugins.
Paulxstretch It can turn any audio into hours or days of ambient soundscape, in an amazingly smooth and beautiful way.
Speech Enhancer Adobe Speech Cleaner fixes background noise and reverb issues. It is capable of healing problematic recorded speech tracks.
Sound Sample Library
BBC Sound Effects Library The BBC Sound Effects Archive is available for personal, educational or research purposes. There are over 33,000 clips from across the world from the past 100 years.
Sound Bible SoundBible.com offers free sound clips for download in either wav or mp3 format.
FreeSound Community based sound samples. Free to download
Movie Sounds Includes sound samples, dialogues and fx sources from movies.
Open Game Art Free to use digital game assets including sound and music.
Youtube Sound Library You can access royalty free sound effects and music library of Youtube.
Zapslats Cartoon sound effects, available in mp3 format.
Tutorials
Foley Technique - Game Sound Design
Davinci Resolve
DaVinci Resolve Database Creation
Davinci Resolve Volume Automation Interactive, Davinci Resolve Automation, Davinci Resolve Plugin Automation
Davinci Resolve Loudness Adjustment, Loudness, Peak Loudness
Davinci Resolve Bus Group tracks to apply same effects.
Davinci Resolve 7 Tips Great tutorial for audio editing (Layered video editing, cross-fade), Bounce the audio to a different track ⭐️
Davinci Resolve Sync Audio Clips You record the audio with two different microphones, it syncs separate tracks. Do not forget to clap sound while recording
EQ
Davinci Resolve Fairlight EQ (Equalizer) Tutorial on voice over editing
Davinci Resolve Muffle Sound How to make sound as if it is coming from far away.
Reverb
Davinci Resolve Fairlight - Reverb How to end the music track with reverb
For key shortcuts refer to Shortcuts page.
AI Assisted Audio Technologies
Coproducer Co-Producer is a new set of AI capabilities we’re building to help music makers unlock more time creating and less time searching, beginning with Pack Generator.
Quotes
It’s not about the gear, it’s about the ear.
Open Calls
Sound of The Year Annually organized sound design contest based on several soundscape related compositions.
Raster Media Record label studio focuses on experimental sound issues.
Assignments Pool
week 01
💾 Download and install Davinci Resolve free edition → link
📖 Reading: cod323_week1_Elements_of_Sound-Beauchamp
📺 Watch: What is Sound?, The Art of Sound Design, The Magic of Sound Design
✍🏻 Assignment 1 (Writing): Research about sound design. Explain the differences between sound design and sound track of a movie with your own words not using AI tools.
week 05
Automation Curves
Loudness
Voice Over
Assignment
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Select a video scene of at least 30 seconds to record a voice over track. The video can be a movie clip, documentary, or any other clip of your choice.
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Create a sound design for the scene effects and soundscape.
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Then record your voice over track. You can record anyone including yourself. Avoid reverb or background noise during your recording.
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Add your voice-over track to your project and adjust background music and effects using automation curves as I showed you in class.
Before importing your voiceover recording into Davinci Resolve, you can apply the following AI noise reduction tools.
Adobe Voice Enhancer or Audiophonic
week 06
Field Recording and Acoustic Ecology
EQ
Limiter
week 07
Elements of Sound Design
Effects
EQ, Far/near sound with
Reverb, End scene
Why sound design matters, scene 1, scene 2
Hatefull eight scene, sound source
Naruto Sasuke fight scene