Going through ~14 hours of Chicago traffic jam recording. So far this truck is the winner. 24 seconds of uninterrupted rage honk. The result of closing four bridges, half of an expressway, and bringing the feeder ramp down to one lane - all at once. Wonderful construction planning. Great honks 😄

Pretty wild Saturday night going on over here: youtu.be/u_MDbX63uhk?... Say what you will about CFL bulbs... but at least they make noise when they flicker!

Remember RSS readers? I was inspired a while back by @techconnectify.bsky.social to limit my own algorithm-based feeds. Easy enough on YouTube, but recently remembered I can "subscribe" to my favorite News/Blogs/Anything with RSS! Any favorite RSS readers? Currently using "Feeder" on Android.

This siren bested me last time when I recorded it. Actually I bested myself by somehow accidentally recording at 48khz. But NOT TODAY. Today I came 192kHz/32bit ready to both capture ultrasonics and not worry about gain. #fieldrecording #warningsiren #soundeffects

Happy #sounddesign accidents are my favorite. Laughing Robot? Synthy Boomerang? Sci-fi Alert? ????

If you're looking for free military jet sound effects, you've stumbled across the correct post: sto.sh/2025/08/19/c... #fieldrecording #soundeffects #chicagoairandwatershow

Great sound, minus the view for #chicagoairandwatershow Day II I captured some really great stuff yesterday. Hope today is the same! Will be sharing some of these recordings later on for free in a blog post or something. SMASH THAT FOLLOW BUTTON.

Excited to see what I capture this year! 🛩️ To be fair I'm only going stereo this time, but same location. Away from all those noisy people who carelessly verbalize their amazement at a military jet flying directly over their heads 😆 #fieldrecording #chicagoairandwatershow

I made a pitch flattener VST3/AU, great for turning dopplered sirens, screams, or animal cries into pitch-locked, high-energy sci-fi source. Weird, glitchy, artefacty fun. Free AU/VST3 (Mac/Win). Uses Rubber Band + FFT. 👉 github.com/samueljustic...

Re-watched The Neverending Story for the first time since childhood and it still hits! Had no idea Giorgio Moroder composed the score until now, but it makes complete sense. Also first time hearing it in surround, which was nice! Assuming it was a remaster... whoever did it wasn't afraid to use lfe!

Sometimes, I can get stuck in a very regimented/self limiting mindset while recording #soundeffects. A #fieldrecording project with @atlassound.bsky.social helped break me out of that recently. Also, becoming a guy who carries a bag around... I now always have a recorder on me, which has helped!

I wrote a little tool a while back to automatically create/name a folder/subfolder structure for my work's post production projects, but it also works for field recording sessions along with a million other things, so I thought I'd share it! Sorry for all the blurring 😆 More in video description!

Chicago skyline post sunset from the Indiana Dunes. I think next time I'll come prepared with a second camera for photos during the sunset! #chicago #skyline #sunset

Chicago skyline sunset from the Indiana Dunes. First attempt at capturing this. Only happens during two short windows of the year. I'm so happy the planning & weather worked out! Thanks to @victwav.bsky.social for the assistance in the cold and @cshimala.bsky.social for the inspiration/tips!

You can't go wrong with @mattiacellotto.bsky.social Animal Hyperealism SFX and Byome. Nothing like what I intended to create, but here we are 😆 #sounddesign

Some liquidy creature #sounddesign today! A brief walk through of how I processed #foley into some design layers! youtu.be/SEzL6a-tZAs @soundtoys.bsky.social, @fabfilter.com, GRM Tools, Unfiltered Audio, & Steinberg helping me out here ;)

Another odd #sounddesign day. Now with 50% more Atmos!

A quick more official message on the 10 year celebration! I promise I will now return to my normal non-spammy posting ;) Thank you everyone for helping raise so much money for @msf.ca !!!

$2,350 raised for @msf.ca! Thanks for helping celebrate 10 years of #collectedtransients everybody! More details soon, but just wanted to share my gratitude for the shares, kind words, and of course purchases/donations. Love y'all!

What can you expect from #collectedtransients over the next 10 years? Last day of ALL proceeds going to @msf.ca. Amazed by the support & excited to announce the grand total tomorrow! Thanks for the love, y'all! Grab sounds & support Doctors Without Borders: collectedtransients.com #sounddesign

I use my own #collectedtransients sound effects a LOT... but these two projects came to mind during my interview with @victwav.bsky.social #sounddesign #gameaudio #filmsound

The PS Plus backlog continues with Abzû (@giantsquidstudios.com) If there was a polar opposite of the last game I played (Death's Door), Abzû is it. What a relaxing and beautiful shift. A nice story/message with zero dialog and chill vibes only. Recommended.

New library out today! "Streetscape" features nearly two hours of exterior stereo recordings focusing on only a few city blocks, portraying a gritty and dense urban setting, at a height above street level that balances detail with diffusion. www.asoundeffect.com/sound-librar...

I wish plugin max audio channel counts were a much more commonly displayed spec. Both on product pages and DAWs. Seems like a very handy piece of information make clear.

Week 2 of me becoming a regular at the Puerto Rican restaurant down the street. Café con Leche, Lechón, Arroz Amarillo, & Habichuelas Guisadas. I was recognized. I ordered the Café incorrectly and we laughed about it. Also I found out the place has been around for 75 years!

So freaking cool to hear how and talented designers are using #collectedtransients in their #sounddesign Hear from Robbie Stambler, Dillon Bennett, @ghaddad.bsky.social, Gurwal Coïc-Gallas and Juan Uribe. If you use an indie library in something fun, let the creator know. It'll make their day.

Today marks a DECADE of #collectedtransients. I'm celebrating by: 1. Releasing this fun interview! 2. 10 day 30% off sale for all libraries 3. Donating ALL of the proceeds to @msf.ca 4. Giving away 10 libraries to 10 customers You can enter to win here! collectedtransients.com/2025/04/15/c...

Continuing my PSPlus backlog with Death's Door (Acid Nerve) @autotwitch.bsky.social Wow! I haven't been challenged by a game like that in a while. The fact I still wanted to beat it despite the difficulty speaks to the experience! Highly recommend. Really enjoying trying all these new-to-me titles.

Week 1 of me becoming a regular at the Puerto Rican restaurant down the street. I made small talk about tenderizing steak and pronounced my dish correctly. A great success. My goal? I don't know but I love Cafe Central.

I'm starting a monster of a backlog of PS Plus games that I've remembered to grab for free over the years. If I play it and know right away it's not my jam, I delete it. If I dig it at all, I'll at least attempt to play it through. First up: Everyone's Gone to the Rapture @thechineseroom.co.uk ...

Been using Transmutator more and more. The "Transient" setting is one I hadn't used before. Keeps the transient of the source, and tail of the side chain. #sounddesign

One last Byome video for the week never hurt anyone. This time #sounddesign for more scifi ship bys! Sourced from a Jeep Trackhawk recording by @victwav.bsky.social and I.

Using a vintage Wind Machine sound effects machine as a hand cranked friction driver! www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOcy... hissandaroar.com/v3/soundlibr... #sounddesign #gameaudio

I don't have a Byome problem... YOU have a Byome problem. Source material @sonicsalute.bsky.social Double Bass Sounds Effects Library 🎻

Maybe some of you can relate? What do you do when you and the client reaaalllly don't agree on #sounddesign?

Anyone using their iPad/tablet for sound design? Now that I'm doing more #sounddesign work at home I'm loving having a new tool to work with. Here's my DAW <--> iPad flow:

Doing a thing! 😁 #collectedtransients

Hit a major milestone in my #degoogle adventure. I heavily relied on Google Photos and have now completely migrated to Immich on a TrueNAS server. More and more I'm loving self-hosting and backing up vs handing over every bit of my data to companies whose sole goal is to monetize it.

Hey Everyone, So for Black History Month I decided to showcase Black Women and Black LGBTQIA Folks in Audio! This Showcase started on TikTok (Simply because making videos there is easy) and will share them here. I am still catching up of the vids and really enjoyed making these.

The most satisfying thing to happen on the CTA in recent memory happened today... A bus driver, hearing tiktoks playing from a phone, asked whomever it was to turn it off. After they of course ignored the request, the driver said they weren't moving until it stopped...

In more Byome/Shitty Talk Back Mic news... I had to do some odd voice processing for a scene and saved this preset: "That Guys Voice Makes Me Uncomfortable" Try out the preset if you'd like: we.tl/t-sdeVKVGCIk #sounddesign

Check our new episode with the Oscar nominated composer, sound editorial team and re-recording mixers from the animated feature, The Wild Robot. Hear the full conversation wherever you find podcasts or at tonebenderspodcast.com/299-the-wild... @randythom.bsky.social

I've been slowly parting ways with Google, and that's involved transitioning to an email at my own domain. Setting up email clients on my computer & phone feels so retro but oddly satisfying. Something about email being it's own separate entity rather than a constant tab in my browser feels right.

Turning Vocal Fry on a shitty talkback mic into some very fun/odd growly #sounddesign with some help from @devindelaney.bsky.social & @victwav.bsky.social 🤠 All for ~5s total of a spot I hope to share later 😆 youtu.be/9mDN_thMMHY

⚙️🛞🦾🦿🖱️⛓️... I've ran out of appropriate emojis, but holy cow you should check this one out!

Prepare your sound effects databases, y'all. I'm pretty sure @noisejockey.bsky.social is about to drop a BANGER.

Hey all, I put together a small REAPER script today. Takes selected items in the edit window, regions them, custom names them via a prompt and increments a number on the end. (_01, _02... _10, _11 etc) Super quick and tidy for personal projects where a basic naming convention works. #REAPER

Recording your own sounds is the best for #sounddesign. This is a (not great) recording of rolling a pool ball on guitar strings that I capture like ~15 years ago that came to mind while designing a scene. There's no library that you'll know better than the sounds you capture yourself!

Had no idea Raum (along with a few other NI effects) is free with "Komplete Start"! One of my favorite tools for "odd" verbs. Also fun to say. RaUm. RAAUUUMMM. raum.

FINAL HOURS 2024 – George Vlad, @trexbeverly.bsky.social, and I are holding our 7th annual Giving Contest. We've contributed $~9.8k of our Nature Sound Libraries to encourage donations •Donate at least $10 to enter •Contest ends TODAY 1/14 •Details on Tom's site: thomasrexbeverly.com/collections/...