Keepforest – AizerX Trailer SFX Designer Toolkit (Review)
With their new AizerX line of products, Keepforest presents two collections of cutting-edge cinematic sound design toolkits powered by a sample engine that is built around layering and randomization.
HybridTwo – Project Chaos (Review)
With Project Chaos, British sample library developer HybridTwo launches their third and latest installment in their range of cutting-edge cinematic sound design products that offers a wide spectrum of percussion loops, cinematic effects, textures, drones and synth sequences. Project Chaos changes the game’s rules by offering an entirely user-expandable product which allows you to import and process your very own samples.
Heavyocity – FORZO (Review)
Heavyocity just released another product in their range of modern orchestral virtual instruments: FORZO Modern Brass. Following the successful concept of their Modern Strings range NOVO, FORZO is in essence three libraries in one: a powerful 26-piece orchestral brass section sampled with over 100 articulations, a hybrid engine that masterfully merges traditional brass and sound design and a loop designer that puts over 400 tempo-synced brass loops at your fingertips.
In this review, we’ll have a look at the library’s features and find out together, if FORZO can hold up to its award-winning sibling NOVO.
Star Wars: Battlefront – Behind the Scenes of Music & Sound Design
In this 2016 GDC Audio talk, composers Gordy Haab (Halo Wars 2, Crusaders Of Light, Star Wars: Battlefront 2) & sound designer David…
Creating Trailer Sound Design with Karél Psota (Interview)
As part of our review of Evenant’s Trailer Sound Design Course we had the chance of interviewing the course’s tutor, sound designer and composer Karél Psota. We had an enjoyable chat about inspiration, workflow, secret sound design tricks and…Pokémon.
Gothic Instruments – DRONAR Cinematic Atmospheres Review
Gothic Instruments just added a fifth volume to their renowned DRONAR series of cinematic sound design tools called DRONAR: Cinematic Atmospheres. We had the chance to review this comprehensive toolbox of moody and suspenseful cinematic drones, perfectly suited for the SciFi and Horror genre.
Gothic Instruments – DRONAR Dark Synthesis Review
After the first three successful installments, Gothic Instruments is back with their fourth volume of their exclusive drones & ambience creation engine DRONAR…
8DIO – CAGE Bundle Review
Today we’re reviewing 8DIO’s CAGE bundle, a collection of sample library specialized in aleatoric orchestral effects. The bundle combines three different volumes of orchestral sections including strings, brass and woodwinds and is – in words of the developers – the largest collection of orchestral effects ever made.
We’re taking a look under the hood of this 66GB mammoth of a library and find out, if its sounds can convince in an orchestral setup.
BOOM Library – Cinematic Trailers Designed 2 Review
Today we’re taking a look at BOOM Library’s most recent sound effects sample library CINEMATIC TRAILERS DESIGNED 2. It’s the highly anticipated successor…
