sound effects

  • Hiss and a Roar: Tim Prebble’s Vault of Sonic Inspiration

    Hiss and a Roar: Tim Prebble’s Vault of Sonic Inspiration

    Hiss and a Roar is a library founded by the talented New Zealand-based sound designer Tim Prebble, whose work has been featured here at Sonic Field in the past. Its core idea is to provide raw elements for sound design…

  • The Beautiful Lies of Sound Design

    The Beautiful Lies of Sound Design

    In a TEDx event in Athens, sound designer Tasos Fratzolas from Soundsnap library shares some interesting reflections about sound design and the process of illusion and storytelling made in the acousmatic when working around the audiovisual contract created in movies, tv shows and videogames. By…

  • In Pictures: BBC Sound Effects Room (Circa 1920)

    In Pictures: BBC Sound Effects Room (Circa 1920)

    Wonderful picture collection of a classic BBC sound effects room. “At the BBC a sound effects room used from the 1920s onwards was full of an eclectic mix of items from bells to brooms used to create the noises that…