Free: Sound Effects from Audio Design Desk: Scary, Thud, Pop, Guns, Knocks
Audio Design Desk is giving away free sound effects with some fantastic accompanying articles about sound design on the topic.
The files are WAVs and can be used in anything but I’m personally a HUGE fan of Audio Design Desk’s app, so be sure to check it out!
Shots Fired: Gun Sound Effects for War and Sci-Fi
Download some gun sounds… from AK47 sounds to a 10mm Glock to a Rifle Barrel Clean. And learn about realistic gun sound effects in war movies, the weapons in Star Wars, creating sci-fi gun sounds, and more. Super interesting.
Incidentally, we did a series here at Toolfarm on creating gunfire and weapons effects and I wrote an article on The Sound Design of Fire Arms, featuring a tutorial from Jared Otto from ADD.
Who’s There? Exploring the Use of Knocking Sound Effects in Cinema
Knocks are something that people who don’t work on sound design likely rarely think of. Download several types of knocks, with fists, knuckles, con wood, rapid knocking, and more. Then read about door-knocking effects in your favorite films like The Shining, The Matrix, and others, and back to The Three Stooges skit, “Who’s that Knocking on my face?”
Eek! How To Use Scary Sound Effects Effectively in Horror Movies
Who doesn’t love a scary movie? Read about the history and use of foley elements in scary films from Psycho, Jaws, Alien, Halloween, Blair Witch, and more. What makes them scary? How can you increase the heart rates of your viewers? Click below to find out.
Then, download royalty-free scary sounds to enhance the sound design in your horror film.
Thud Sound Effects: From Stomping Monsters to Minecraft Blocks
Basey thuds like those found in films like Jurassic Park, Jumanji, Harry Potter, and more can really add to the suspense and emotion of a film. Enhance your impacts with these royalty-free low-to-mid-frequency foley thud sounds. And learn about how to create your own thuds and layer them in your soundtracks to really pack a punch!
Short & Sweet: Legacy of the Pop Sound Effect in Cinema
Pop some champagne and check out these royalty-free foley pops! Included in this pack are bubble pops, mouth lip pops, bottle pops, and cartoon pops.
The accompanying article covers the Curious George Film and UP with popping balloons. Other kinds of pops to consider are bubble gum pops, bubble pops, and popcorn. The article has loads of great examples and dives into how to create your own pops!
Other recent ADD Sound Packs & Music
Audio Design Desk adds roughly one new sound pack or music library per week. In fact, most are included with your ADD license. Check out a few below, released over the past few weeks. Plus, they have fantastic art for their packages! Note: These are available to Audio Design Desk license holders and are available via the ADD sound pack manager.
- Sub Rumbles – These deep drones and pulses are impressive cinematic beds for those moments of serious gravity, power, and impact.
- Swooshes Sound Effects – 120 unique and imaginative transition sounds offered in an array of captivating styles.
- Underscore Vol 2 – Documentary Music including more than 40 full-mix music cues
- Risers Vol 2 – a curated collection of over 150 stylized, tension-building transition rises.
- Devices – features 430 recorded sounds, such as cassette players, keyboards, phones, trimmers, computer mice, video game consoles and controllers, mechanical switches, electricity, and more.
- Atmospheres – To summarize, Atmospheres is a curated collection of designed sound environments.
- Drones – In effect, a premium collection of deep and immersive sound design beds
- Water Sounds – featuring hundreds of royalty-free water recordings like drips, bubbles, splatters, splashes, sloshing, swirling, pouring, crashing, and more.
- Transitions Sound Effects – over 150 new royalty-free cinematic transition sound effects, like whooshes, stutters, suck backs, and glitch effects.
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