Introducing American Steam Trains, the latest library from Evocative Sound and Visuals. Transport your audience to a bygone era of steam, steel and smoke with this meticulously captured and crafted sound effects collection. The library features two operational American-made coal-fired … Read More
I had high hopes for the soundscape you’re about to hear in the YouTube video below. Off and on for several years, I have been recording the sound of exploding fireworks, both up close and distant. Examples of my up-close work can be heard and purchased via my blog post entitled Commercial Fireworks: Up Close and Loud. As you’ll hear, I’m still working on the distant fireworks library. On Independence Day, or rather, that night, I convinced my wife to drive with me down poorly-lit gravel roads to listen to fireworks with a gorgeous view. The view in this case is from the gorge overlook at Mohican State Park.… Read More
Cover your ears. It’s going to get LOUD, introducing, Oval Track Racing. This high-octane stock car racing library features cars of various makes, models and performance characteristics circling a quarter mile (.40 kilometer) oval track in Meridian, Idaho. This track distance is referred to as a ‘short track.’ The sounds were captured from multiple perspectives inside, outside, and alongside the asphalt track with a variety of microphones and recorders.… Read More
Irrigation is a collection of water flow ambiances captured in and around the Treasure Valley of southwestern Idaho, where the Payette, Boise, Weiser, Malheur, Owyhee and Burnt rivers drain into the Snake River. Follow the flow of crystal clear water as it travels from mountain-fed streams and rivers down into large reservoirs. Listen as water courses through the pipes and along the canals that carry it to sprinklers large and small. Finally, the water fans out onto verdant golf courses, people’s front yards and farmland.… Read More