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Futuristic Vehicle Sound Redesign Breakdown

Futuristic Vehicle Sound Redesign Breakdown *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Sound Designer’s Starter Pack (free): https://daviddumaisaudio.com/starterpack There are so many ways you could approach creating a futuristic vehicle sound. Does it have a propulsion engine? Maybe you’ll want heavy jet engine or heavy wind sounds. An anti-gravity tech engine? maybe

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Star Wars Title Card Sound Redesign

Star Wars Title Card Sound Redesign *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Sound Designer’s Starter Pack (free): https://daviddumaisaudio.com/starterpack Have you watched the Star Wars Outlaw trailer, the newest Star Wars video game set to be released this June (2024)? I don’t know if you ever do this, but I sometimes I

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How To Sound Design Quick and Easy Vital Wavetables

How To Sound Design Quick and Easy Vital Wavetables *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Core Wavetables for Vital (free): https://daviddumaisaudio.gumroad.com/l/core-wavetables If you are a beginner sound designer, Vital is a free synthesizer that sounds great and is easy to learn. It’s a great place to start learning synthesis. If you’re

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How To Sound Design An Electrical Arc

https://youtu.be/dLKwd6VbpC8 How To Sound Design An Electrical Arc *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Core Wavetables for Vital (free): https://daviddumaisaudio.gumroad.com/l/core-wavetables If you’ve never designed them before, electricity sound effects can feel a little tricky to get right. You could record electric sounds, but it’s not always safe or easily available. A

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Sci-Fi Sounds In Vital

Sci-Fi Sounds In Vital (A Beginner’s Guide)​ *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Core Wavetables for Vital (free): https://daviddumaisaudio.gumroad.com/l/core-wavetables Almost a year ago, I made a video demonstrating how I like to create various sci-fi and UI sounds inside of Phase Plant (if you haven’t seen it yet, you can watch it

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Best Contact Microphone? | Cortado Mk III

Best Contact Microphone? | Cortado Mk III Review *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Free Exclusive Tutorial: The Ultimate Whoosh Sound Design Tutorial Contact microphones are a special tool in a sound designer’s toolbox. Not only can they pair well and be layered with regular microphones, but they can also capture

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Cinematic and Abstract Whoosh Sound Design Tutorial

Cinematic and Abstract Whoosh Sound Design Tutorial *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Free Exclusive Tutorial: The Ultimate Whoosh Sound Design Tutorial Whooshes are a super flexible type of sound effect. They can be used for weapons, spells, power-ups, and flybys, among many other common game sounds. Recently, I have been

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Whoosh Sound Design with NVK Tools

Whoosh Sound Design with NVK Tools *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Free Exclusive Tutorial: The Ultimate Whoosh Sound Design Tutorial When working in sound design, it is very common to have short deadlines and quick turnaround times, so it is important to have the tools you need to be able

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Sci-Fi Whooshes with Vital

Sci-Fi Whooshes with Vital *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Free Exclusive Tutorial: The Ultimate Whoosh Sound Design Tutorial Recently I made my first video using Vital to create sound effects and had a few comments requesting more.  So here is it. In this video, I will be designing some whoosh-esque

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Star Wars Jedi Survivor Sound Redesign

Star Wars Jedi Survivor | Sound Redesign Tutorial *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Free Exclusive Tutorial: The Ultimate Whoosh Sound Design Tutorial Is there any other franchise or game that is more risky to redesign than Star Wars? Everybody knows what it is and what it should sound like. There

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Crunchy Impact Sound Design

Crunchy Impact Sound Design *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Sound Designer’s Starter Pack (free): https://daviddumaisaudio.com/starterpack Recently I discovered the game Atlas Fallen, a third-person action-adventure game where you wield melee weapons and hunt legendary monsters. As I watched gameplay videos, I kept being drawn to the weapon attack impact sounds

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Halo Energy Sword Sound Redesign

Halo Energy Sword Sound Redesign | Sci-Fi Sound Design Tutorial *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Sound Designer’s Starter Pack (free): https://daviddumaisaudio.com/starterpack If you are working on sci-fi weapon sound effects, then this one is for you. As I have been experimenting with Vital over the past few weeks, I have

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Route Audio From Your DAW Into Whoosh

Route Audio From Your DAW Into Whoosh *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Sound Designer’s Starter Pack (free): https://daviddumaisaudio.com/starterpack Recently, I was watching a YouTube video where sound designer James Denholm was using 4 audio tracks in Reaper and routing them into Whoosh by Tonsturm. I didn’t know this was possible,

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Easy Sci-Fi Impact Sound Design

Easy Sci-Fi Impact Sound Design *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Sound Designer’s Starter Pack (free): https://daviddumaisaudio.com/starterpack Recently, I finally jumped on the Vital train! I downloaded the free version and have been playing around with it designing some cool sounds. As I was experimenting, I found myself designing these nice

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Spaceship Flyby Sound Tutorial

Spaceship Flyby Sound Tutorial *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Sound Designer’s Starter Pack (free): https://daviddumaisaudio.com/starterpack Sci-fi sound design is always a lot of fun because you can create almost anything out of any sound. There’s the classic example of the Star Wars TIE fighter spaceship sounds being made from elephant

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