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Giants, doors, cinematic hits and other new releases just uploaded…

Alan McKinney 6th November 2017 No Comments

It’s great to be back working on user requests and to get the creative juices flowing. I love having time off, but I equally miss working on recording and producing…

Recreating two of the iconic Star Wars sound effects

Alan McKinney 2nd November 2017 No Comments

Star Wars is one of the most influential films of ‘modern’ sound design. By that I mean the sound designer responsible, Ben Burtt set standards that were way ahead of…

New free sound effect releases…

Alan McKinney 2nd November 2017 No Comments

After a very short break (I’ve had 4 days off due to some family commitments) I’m back on it uploading loads of new free sound effects. Even though I’ve been…

Starting out as a sound designer and getting a step ahead

Alan McKinney 26th October 2017 No Comments

These days, all the colleges and universities around the world that offer music and sound courses are releasing many thousands of young, enthusiastic, inspired and creative individuals, all keen to…

More recent feedback

salyanne 25th October 2017 No Comments

In another round of feedback, here are some of the comments you’ve made to us in the last few weeks. I really appreciate the feedback (good or bad). The good…

Arrow and body impact sound effects just added

salyanne 25th October 2017 No Comments

Today was a day creating the sounds of things flying through the air and hitting things, literally. I have been wanting to add some fresh arrow impacts to our free…

Creating a guillotine sound effect

Alan McKinney 24th October 2017 No Comments

I had a request come in via email for the sound of a guillotine falling and chopping off someone’s head, a popular form of death penalty in France from the…

We’ve just uploaded our 17,000th free sound effect

Alan McKinney 23rd October 2017 No Comments

We’ve just uploaded our 17,000th free sound effect and are working hard to add more professional quality sounds to the library. Every day I am in the studio or out…

A morning in a basement

Alan McKinney 22nd October 2017 No Comments

I have a friend who is one of those guys who can fix almost anything and as such, has a tool for almost anything. He has a basement full of…

Latest soundfx uploads

Alan McKinney 17th October 2017 No Comments

As usual, it’s been a busy few days here and I’ve been working through some sound requests as well as recording lots of new sounds I’ve had planned for a…