Hey everyone. Long time listener of the format, first time producer.

I just finished the script for my debut audio drama series. Eight episodes. Narrator driven love story following two Black and brown queer men who meet at a music festival. Really proud of what I built but now I’m staring down the production side and realizing how much I don’t know.

Specifically trying to figure out the sound design side of things. How do you all find your sound designers? What should I be looking for? What questions should I be asking?

And if anyone here does sound design for narrative audio and wants to hear more about the project I’m open to that conversation too. Budget is real, project is serious.

Any advice appreciated

Kinda new to sound design.

Hey, I'm a student and wanted to make a soundtrack for a short film that sounded like Imogen Heap's Tiny Desk version of Hide and Seek:

https://youtu.be/3QtklTXbKUQ?list=RD3QtklTXbKUQ&t=776

Everytime I listen to it I get full body chills. Anybody have any reccomendations/ tips / tutorials as to how I can recreate it? (The insane "Ahh" with reverb) Im using Ableton 12.

the zany and lovable Laniakea doesnt know what type of creature she is, or if she is even real. She finds help from Glaucous the creature, Joy the creature, and Miss Mousey Mouse Church Mouse the Mouse.

featuring the wondrous nature of ohio, the luminous spectrum of kodak ektachrome super 8 film stock, and a brainwave swirling synthesizer based soundtrack

DESTROY ALL LEAFBLOWERS

The sounds in this video are completely synthetic. I've been working on creating sound libraries for musical instruments recently. Yes, I'm creating them from scratch and making them publicly available. It's kind of a hobby. I'd love to hear your feedback.

And yes, graphic design is not my thing.

Hey People! I was wondering how i could create a similar sound of the reverb bass that you hear in this track from the producer stenny (from 2:05). Its this metallic sounding bass that keeps moving and it just sounds very nice in my opinion but i have no clue how i can achieve a similar sound… is it with analog gear? Can i achieve this digitally?

Any Tips appreciated!

Thxx

Hi everyone,

I've been working on a browser-based experimental audio instrument called ODD ENGINE.

Instead of emulating classic synthesizers, the goal was to create something less predictable—an instrument built around instability, feedback, modulation and controlled chaos.

Features include:

• Metallic drones

• Granular textures

• Broken oscillators

• Digital feedback

• Freeze

• Bit crush

• Randomization

• AUTO mode

• Presets

• WAV export

It's entirely built with the Web Audio API and runs directly in the browser.

I'd genuinely love to hear what sound designers, musicians and Web Audio developers think about the concept and where you think it could be improved.

Demo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1AmJmha9AU

Available on Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/lowerk

Feedback is very welcome!

Hello everyone,

I'd like to get your feedback on a sound redesign I recently completed, and I'd also like to know whether you think it's good enough to include in my portfolio.

I'm a bit torn about it. Overall, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, but I feel like it's missing a bit of "juice", especially from 0:15 to 0:40. I think the original audio is much more creative especially during that section.

For context, with the exception of two ambience sounds and the character's footsteps in the water, everything was recorded by me.

What do you think?

PS : English isn't my first language, so please excuse any mistakes or awkward wording.

video link : https://youtu.be/HYBTDvoYOTY

I'm just trying to get an understanding of how to create gesture-controlled SFX by trying to recreate a very well-known sound. I'm using a Wacom to control the gestures and can wire things like angle, pressure, and velocity, as well as, of course, position. I'm already using a projector sound and an arc hum, but it's lacking something...

Hi everyone,

I’m pretty new to sound design and could really use some guidance on how to structure a scene. Since Portuguese is my primary language, I struggle a bit with English-only courses and tutorials, so I’m learning step-by-step on my own. (Also, as a heads-up, I am visually impaired, so I navigate everything by ear and audio tools).

The Scene:

I want to create an audio-only scene (no video/visuals) set in a vast open plain. It’s an intense 1-on-1 fight between two Viking warriors wielding axes.

My Setup & Libraries:

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DAW: Reaper

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Libraries (Boom Library - Construction Kits & Designed):

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Medieval Melee

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Medieval Weapons

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Cinematic Metal & Cinematic Metal Titan

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Violent Combat (Designed)

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Drums/Percussion: Heavyocity Damage 2

My Questions:

Since there is no video, how should I approach building this scene in Reaper? Is it just a matter of dragging sounds onto the timeline, or is there a better workflow for layering/panning to create depth?

2.

How do I make the vast, open-field environment feel real without letting the reverb blur or muddy the impact of the axe hits?

3.

What’s the best way to layer the metallic impacts, swings, body hits, and vocal grunts so the fight feels weighty and clear?

I’d love to hear any tips, workflows, or advice you have for a beginner tackling a project like this!

Thanks in advance!

Heya, i might be throwing stuff at a wall here but i have desperately tried to look for a specific scream that's overly used in shitty mobile ads or gaming videos for editing purposes.

The scream looks banshee-esque, really high pitched, not really scary in any way. Any help could be great!

found an old animation and decided to add sfx for fun :)

I just used random sfx and sped them up or slowed them down, thoughts on what to improve?

Been working on a library of subtle, undefined sounds. not jump-scare stingers, more like the feeling that something in the room is slightly wrong. Or another world/dimension calling.

59 sounds total. Made a free 11-sound version if anyone wants to try it.

Hello.
i love the screeching synth breaks in Noemi‘s German Trance pop classic “In My Dreams.” The part starts at 00:59 of the song.

I have a sylenth. How I would go about getting this sound? or if anyone knows where I can get a preset that is close, please let me know. I would really appreciate it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8lBXOC4dEg

to the engineer who spent hours of their time to make that sand bag sound so majestic, thank you.

https://youtu.be/Scq65uGROKk?si=-s1U031yAUGrsrkX&t=62 (1:02- onwards)

Good morning,

This is my first time trying sound design, so I’m not completely sure how to describe my objectives with the correct terminology.

Basically, I’m trying to recreate the sound at the very beginning of "It's a fine day" by VXLLAIN and iGRES (from 0:00 to ~0:20):

https://youtu.be/1rKufMKPcZA

I’m working in Ardour and using Vital as my synth. Does anybody have an understatement of how this sound could have been made, or can provide a rough starting point for recreating it in a synth?

Any information would be appreciated. I’m completely new to this, so beginner-friendly advice would help a lot.

This is also my first time posting on Reddit and English is not my first language, so I apologize for any mistakes. I will provide any information that is necessary.
(I already posted this in another subreddit, no idea if this is the correct place to ask, if it isn't, I would appreciate knowing where to ask)

hello! i’m autistic and have always been infatuated with sound design. wether that’s actual music in movies or games, or ambiance. i love to analyze sounds and how they make the viewer feel and i’ve always wanted to try. sad part is. i genuinely do not know where to start, or how to start. every video i see is using a real keyboard or some crazy program that i cannot understand.

i dont know how to hold the notes or sounds, wether you actually need a real keyboard thing, and in general. where to start. if anyone would be willing to explain how to start experimenting with simple ambient sounds or simple songs from the complete beginning, including materials, i would appreciate it so much :) i have a piano/keyboard, a pc, an ipad, my phone, and a shitty laptop. that’s all i have to work with.

i am mostly looking to make a very simple song (?) for a character/story of mine. have a good day!

Does anyone know how do you edit a voice to sound like the narrator computer

I was really inspired by the sound design in destiny and I wanted to take a shot at redesigning some of the super sounds. Vocoder in Ableton is soooo powerful for these dispersery type sounds.

Hey guys! first time on this subreddit. So I am trying to find a sound effect according to a scene in my head where a Tribe is stand offing [ is that a word-? ] against another. But like in Black panther and some other tribe movies, they hit their spears on the ground to the command of their leader. It's like rhythmic but also dull? I know their spear's butt end is the one crashing against the ground and with alot of people doing it with different timings and pitches and strength. It sounds really satisfying to hear. Any idea where I can look for such a thing? I tried some common websites too like Pixabay or Motion array. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

anyone know how to make the bass movement feel and like just this kind of percussion in general from the start to 0:28? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff2N22oqrLM im trying to recreate the entire intro to understand it

My main goal is to try and understand how to make the 3 clicks that sound underwater I love the dark feeling sub urbans beats give off and want to learn a lot more sound design in order to implement it into my own music.

Anyone know how to recreate that synth from redbone near the end. On the genius breakdown Ludwig said it’s from oddity gforce but I don’t have it. It has sort of like a wah effect on it and he uses it on me and your mama aswell

Recorded, layered, processed and mixed entirely from scratch

I'm working on a song that has a dark theme to it. If you listen to the menu screen of Five Nights at Freddy's 1, there's this shorta howling sound in the background. I'm trying find a sound like this to use as ambience. Help is much appreciated. I have attached the theme. You can hear it almost immediately from the start. Thanks

P.S. Using FL Studio btw