The podcast that I co-produce for KCRW, Here Be Monsters, often floats away from reality into some deeper, darker sonic spaces. There’s layered music, looped ambience, distorted voices and more.

Audio is one of the biggest drivers for keeping audience attention. Simon Wyndham talks about sound design, and why the idea of it begins at a very simple level. In a world where people often watch ...

Without sound design, film would be a bland medium. A character would walk into a room, and you wouldn’t hear footsteps. Crickets wouldn’t chirp on a summer night. The patter of rain in a forest would ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. You own a million samples, and that new softsynth you just bought has a gazillion presets, so why ...

Audio Design Desk takes a new approach to creating audio for video, featuring a library of over 20,000 free sounds embedded with Sonic Intelligence which makes composing music, sound design, and sound ...