20 Tips And Tricks For Creating Sound Effects
82Sound Designer's Starter Pack (free): https://daviddumaisaudio.com/starterpack
In this video, I share 20 tips and tricks I have learned over the past 7 years working as a sound designer creating sound effects.
Tools used in this video (May Contain Affiliate Links):
00:00 - Intro
00:11 - Tip #1: Layering
02:55 - Tip #2: Resampling
03:49 - Tip #3: Sampling Sound Design
08:50 - Tip #4: Reuse FX Chains
10:16 - Tip #5: Blend Layers Together
15:14 - Tip #6: Create Variations
16:01 - Tip #7: 4 Key elements of your sound to control
19:09 - Tip #8: Vocalize your sound
19:46 - Tip #9: Pitch Shifting and Time Stretching
21:33 - Tip #10: Adding Punch and Weight
25:35 - Tip #11: Use Fades
27:37 - Tip #12: 1 sound 1 second technique
28:12 - Tip #13: Recreations and Redesigns
30:15 - Tip #14: Working with references
31:08 - Tip #15: Swap Styles
32:04 - Tip #16: Always more than 1
33:02 - Tip #17: Record your own sound effects
33:53 - Tip #18: Learn Synthesis
34:21 - Tip #19: Use a library manager
35:05 - Tip #20: Perform your sounds
37:08 - Bonus Tip: Experiment and have fun!
Thanks for watching!
----------------------------------------
👇 Join my email list below and receive a free sound design sample pack ($50 value) 👇
https://mailchi.mp/2a5ac038a023/free-starter-sfx-sample-pack
----------------------------------------
Subscribe to my YouTube Channel
/ @daviddumaisaudio
----------------------------------------
My Courses
https://www.daviddumaisaudio.com/ecourses/
----------------------------------------
My Products
https://daviddumaisaudio.gumroad.com/
----------------------------------------
Resources
https://www.daviddumaisaudio.com/resources/
----------------------------------------
About David Dumais Audio
David Dumais Audio is committed to creating professional, creative, and expressive sound design and music for video games. David wants to share what he has learned over the years; everything from creating energetic music to crafting ambient sounds, gun sounds, foley, recording sounds, UI sounds, game sounds and so much more.
The David Dumais Audio YouTube Channel contains some of David’s best advice, strategies, concepts, and philosophies which he has effectively used to help hundreds of game developers realize their goals. This channel is designed to help the beginner as well as the professional continually improve their skills and challenge their creative process.