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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
Haunted Ambience Sound Design Tutorial *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Sound Designer’s Starter Pack (free): https://daviddumaisaudio.com/starterpack I created this haunted ambience from scratch for my most recent sound pack and thought you might appreciate seeing the actual project file, sources, effects, and everything I used to design it. In this
Instantly Create UNIQUE Sound Effects In Reaper *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Sound Designer’s Starter Pack (free): https://daviddumaisaudio.com/starterpack This video is a fun one. FX Permutator is a Reaper script designed to instantly create unique sound effects using plugin fx you already own. It can randomize their order on tracks,
5 Ways To Create Spectral Sound Effects *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Sound Designer’s Starter Pack (free): https://daviddumaisaudio.com/starterpack Spectral sound effects are great for almost any futuristic and sci-fi sounds. There are plugins and synthesizers that are dedicated to making spectral sound effects, but in this video, I wanted to
Fire Sound Design | How To Create Fire Sounds From Scratch *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Sound Designer’s Starter Pack (free): https://daviddumaisaudio.com/starterpack Last summer, I was working on some design work where I needed some fire sources. I thought I could maybe get some cool sounds from recording flames out
Liquidy Sci-Fi Sound Effect | Phase Plant Sound Design Tutorial *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Sound Designer’s Starter Pack (free): https://daviddumaisaudio.com/starterpack A lot of sound design is experimentation, especially when working on sci-fi content. Recently, not only was I experimenting with new synth sounds, but as it often happens, I
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