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liftFX is a new plugin from industry leading sound effects company Boom Library. It is a fantastic tool for quickly building risers and drops into your project.
November 23, 2021
Company: Boom Library
Product: liftFX
Price: £89
Our Rating: 4.5/5
liftFX is a new plugin from industry leading sound effects company Boom Library. It is a fantastic tool for quickly building risers and drops into your project. It works as a generator plugin or virtual instrument, and is playable in real time with instant visual and audio feedback. With an impressive array of presets and built-in FX, liftFX gives you everything you need to create stunning transitions that are perfect for use in movie trailers and for the dancefloor.
Much of modern electronic music and movie trailers are built around build ups and risers. liftFX allows you to create these very quickly, playing them in with your keyboard as you would with any other synth. It gives you the option to play sounds forwards and backwards, and lets you control parameters with automation or the mod wheel. There are a range of built in FX and filters that can be tweaked to further shape your sound. All of this functionality lets you modify the presets to your liking. Everything can be synced to your project tempo and BPM, making this plugin extremely versatile.
As well as for use in electronic music, liftFX is also be great for music composition and sound design, especially for deep cinematic bass sounds. All of the presets sound huge straight out of the box, so it is a great tool for quickly adding a cinematic edge to you soundtracks and trailers.
The preset bank is neatly laid out, and breaks sounds down into uplifters, downlifters, simple, complex, tonal and rhythmic.
There are also bonus FX that contain more musical sounds like bass patterns and chords.
It would have been great to have more control over the sounds themselves, as I also found there to be a lack of more organic sounding presets, but this is a very minor negative given this plugins focus as a tool for electronic music.
We will use this plugin to create a strong starting point for a riser, before adding our own custom built sounds on top.
Fundamentally this plugin sounds great, and its ease of use makes it a great addition to any producers toolbox. Its clean and initiative GUI makes this a great plugin for beginner producers, who may be intimidated by more complex tools.
Our friends Spectravelers have just published this free Typewriter Sound Effects Library.
November 23, 2021
Our friends Spectravelers have just published this free Typewriter Sound Effects Library. Feel free to download it below. We're sure this will get you out a tight spot one day, as we would have definitely used this on a recent project where a typewriter just like this one was used heavily in close-ups.
They have also included a handy visual guide to their sound effects for those of you not familiar with these vintage devices and all of their quirks!
If you enjoyed the free sounds, check out Spectravelers other libraries here: https://www.lootaudio.com/category/sample-packs/spectravelers-sound-effects
Krotos Audio have just launched parts 3 and 4 their new Sound Design from the Sofa video masterclass series covering modern, cutting-edge sound design techniques for film, tv and video games.
November 23, 2021
Krotos Audio have just launched parts 3 and 4 their new Sound Design from the Sofa video masterclass series covering modern, cutting-edge sound design techniques for film, tv and video games. See the third and fourth episodes below.
All sounds were designed using Sound Design Bundle 2!
The Trailer for upcoming Star Wars Fan Film entitled Wrath of the Empire has now gone live on YoutTube and Kickstarter.
November 23, 2021
The Trailer for upcoming Star Wars Fan Film entitled Wrath of the Empire has now gone live on YoutTube and Kickstarter. We thoroughly enjoyed working on this and would encourage you to please share or donate to the project at the following link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kiallgarrett/star-wars-wrath-of-the-empire-a-fan-film?
The Film takes place between Solo and Rogue One and therefore uses a variety of influences from those films.
"Emperor Palpatine sends Grand Admiral Thrawn to assist Darth Vader in the hunt for the Jedi, who posses the memory crystal detailing the locations of Jedi assisting rebel cells across the galaxy.
344 Audio have been working on an upcoming Star Wars Fan Film entitled Wrath of the Empire.
November 23, 2021
344 Audio have been working on an upcoming Star Wars Fan Film entitled Wrath of the Empire which has proved an interesting challenge of discovery. We spent lots of time studying the original techniques used by Ben Burtt and layered them with fresh audio content in the mix. Take a look at the video below, where we go through some of the key ideas we have for Darth Vader's voice and the trailer's Sound Design.
The Film takes place between Solo and Rogue One and therefore uses a variety of influences from those films.
"Emperor Palpatine sends Grand Admiral Thrawn to assist Darth Vader in the hunt for the Jedi, who posses the memory crystal detailing the locations of Jedi assisting rebel cells across the galaxy.
Look out for the trailer which is being released next week!If you enjoyed this article please check out our ultimate guide to audio post- production: https://www.344audio.com/post/the-ultimate-guide-to-audio-post-production-sound-design
