Im doing some research for my dissertation and some of it is based on the title of this thread. In my practical side I found myself using a lot of sounds from commercial sound lib …

This article I found today. I think that might be of interest. You what is your opinion about that? Selling Sound Effects: How to Choose Where to Sell – Part 1 Selling Sound Eff …

Hi all Was just wondering how much of your work consists of library sounds (bought or licensed) for generic / hard effects like doors, vehicles, footsteps, etc, etc.... Are there …

Hi Audio Professionals, I would like to develop a Music Sample Library but then i have a couple of doubts mainly on the business side, before I start working on it. Ok, now lets …

Does anyone use stock audio websites to either buy or sell sound effects? I was checking out Audio Micro and they at least give you 50% of net profits for being 'non exclusive' (6 …

What is the modern definition of a Sound Librarian? Do studios / houses still hire Sound Librarians, or have the responsibilities simply fallen to the sound effects editing team as …

Hi. I'm thinking about using the sound effects that comes with Logic 9, but I can't find the license anywhere, so I don't know what I am allowed to do with them. Does anyone know w …

I've always been under the understanding that Loop Group is SAG/AFTRA jurisdiction, and since these actors make royalties, that any recorded group ADR cannot be custom-library-mast …

Hey folks, A while ago, I remember hearing about this awesome free software that takes a part of your library, randomly scatters visual dots across your screen, and as you shine …

I live in Chicago, and lately I've been doing a fair amount of ambience recording in the various neighborhoods and downtown. So many city ambiences on SFX CDs sound like Manhattan …

I'm looking to get a new general sound library and am interested in the new General HD library from Sound Ideas. Does this replace the old General 6000 plus extensions? It would be …

I feel like I sit and wait a lot while searching through my library. Anyone else get the feeling they spend just as much time, if not more, waiting to audition sounds as they do ed …

Once your library reaches a certain size then you start needing codewords to jump to the specific sounds you're looking for quickly. This is especially true with common sounds lik …

I'm looking into having a sound library search engine for my sounds. My organised folders and filenames work to a point, but I can see soon it will get a little too much. I've look …

Do you use SFX libraries (like Sound Ideas, Hollywood Edge ...) or do you record your own SFX?