Resources for Sound Effects and Music
November 2, 2010
Last week I asked my Twitter peers a couple of questions relating to Sound Effects and Music. I got some really useful responses so I thought I’d share them here.
(courtesy of @partnersinrhyme @DazeEnd @minimaxgames @celsiusgs @madgarden)
(courtesy of @MarkusN @celsiusgs @jsepia)
@MarkusN also suggested that for the right game it may be worth sourcing a local musician to write a short piece of bespoke music for say the menu screen. You could still use generic music in the main game but people are more likely to remember the bespoke music.
This is by no means an exhaustive list but I hope you find it useful. Feel free to share your own resources in the comments below.
You may also enjoy these related posts:
Short post on royalty free Sound Effects and Music resources for your games – http://www.bytesizeadventures.com/blog/r… /cc @GeekAndDad @minimaxgames
[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Christopher Waite and DanByers, Celsius Game Studios. Celsius Game Studios said: Resources for Sound Effects and Music http://t.co/Gr1KAPe via @chrismwaite [...]
If you want buy sound effects or music you should also check out SoundRangers:
http://www.soundrangers.com/
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@chrismwaite Thanks!
@GeekAndDad np :-)
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[...] with a local musician for some of my game music. Inspired by Chris Waite’s blog post on sound fx & music resources for mobile game developers and my idevblogaday.com contribution for today. There are a lot of great resource related posts [...]
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Another good resource, is cfxr, and awesome, free sfx generator app (Mac OS). It makes great 8-bit-ish video game sounds. Generate randomly, or tweak the attack, sustain, release, etc.
http://thirdcog.eu/apps/cfxr
@Cory – thanks for the comment. Indeed CFXR is a great little app and one that I use in many of my games.
Check out this post I wrote some time ago: http://www.bytesizeadventures.com/blog/on-sound-effects-and-music/
[...] For the music, I spent considerable time searching for something with the right feel. I even tried to create my own music with very limited success. In the end it was my fellow game developers on twitter that pointed me to some of the best resources. [...]