3 Plugins To Design Ambience Sound Effects *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Sound Designer’s Starter Pack (free): https://daviddumaisaudio.com/starterpack Over the past few weeks, I have been creating a lot of different fantasy and nature ambiences for my upcoming sound pack. As I was designing, I found myself often going back
Sound Design Tools I Would Get If I Were Starting Over *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Sound Designer’s Starter Pack (free): https://daviddumaisaudio.com/starterpack What would you do if you were starting over? What gear would you get first and where would you place your hard-earned $$$? I was recently thinking about
How To Make SFX Sound BIGGER *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Sound Designer’s Starter Pack (free): https://daviddumaisaudio.com/starterpack What’s the difference between a baby crying 100 meters away and one crying right in front of you? OK, one may be more annoying than the other, but apart from volume, the baby
How 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 design is cool technique you can use to create interesting sounds and textures. Usually, these lend themselves well to the sci-fi genre and are great for UI, weapons, and almost any
How To Make Dark Ambience Layers *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Sound Designer’s Starter Pack (free): https://daviddumaisaudio.com/starterpack Nailing the tone of an atmosphere or ambience is really crucial for creating an immersive experience in any game. There are, of course, many ways of creating ambiences, but I have found that
How To Create A Tinnitus SFX In Phase Plant | Ear Ringing Sound *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Sound Designer’s Starter Pack (free): https://daviddumaisaudio.com/starterpack Having an ear-ringing (tinnitus) sound effect play after a character or player is close to an explosion sound is a classic way to add intensity and
https://youtu.be/BDKl4uUd3Kw Sci-Fi Gestures 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 having a hard time making your sci-fi sounds punchy or just sound satisfying, then creating gesture layers may just help you. These are sounds that, on their own, don’t really
Mechanical Footstep Sound Design Tutorial *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Sound Designer’s Starter Pack (free): https://daviddumaisaudio.com/starterpack In a recent video, a viewer left a comment saying they really liked the robotic/mechanical/sci-fi footsteps that the character had. While, I don’t remember exactly how that specific sound was created, what I’d like
Fantasy Jungle Ambience Sound Design Tutorial *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Sound Designer’s Starter Pack (free): https://daviddumaisaudio.com/starterpack In this fantasy jungle ambience sound design tutorial, I will break down exactly how I created this soundscape ambience. If you’re like me, you probably don’t live anywhere near a jungle where you
Sci-Fi Power Up Sound Design Tutorial (with Phase Plant) *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Sound Designer’s Starter Pack (free): https://daviddumaisaudio.com/starterpack In this video, I demonstrate how I designed a sci-fi power-up sound effect within Phase Plant. Oftentimes, sound design requires a lot of experimentation, especially when working on sci-fi content.
Dark Forest Ambience Sound Design Tutorial *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Sound Designer’s Starter Pack (free): https://daviddumaisaudio.com/starterpack In this video, I’ll be demonstrating how I designed the creepy forest ambience from scratch. Dark and creepy forests may be quite hard to find in real life, but designing them is really
Distant Gunshot Sound Design Tutorial | Video Game Sound Design *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Sound Designer’s Starter Pack (free): https://daviddumaisaudio.com/starterpack Recently I had a viewer message me and asked how he could design a distant gunshot sound effect. He designed a gunshot he was happy with and tried adding
4 Elements of Great Linear Sound Design *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Sound Designer’s Starter Pack (free): https://daviddumaisaudio.com/starterpack There are many aspects you could point to that make up a really good sound design scene. It could be storytelling with the designer’s sound choices or it could be mixing and
Sci-Fi Ambience Sound Design Breakdown Tutorial *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Sound Designer’s Starter Pack (free): https://daviddumaisaudio.com/starterpack Sci-fi ambiences can be a little tricky because while you can have all the freedom to design sounds that have never been heard before, you still want to make sure that your design
Lava Ambience Sound Design Tutorial *Please note that this blog post may contain affiliate links* Sound Designer’s Starter Pack (free): https://daviddumaisaudio.com/starterpack Designing ambiences can sometimes be super simple: you take out your recorder and record the environment you are in. But some ambiences are not so simple to record or just don’t exist in real
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