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To Squeak or not to Squeak

Justin Macleod 7th March 2019 No Comments

Convincing sound design is essential to the suspension of disbelief. If your crackling cellophane and air blowing into a microphone doesn’t convince your audience that there is a raging inferno…

77 new free sound effects just added including metal, plastic and more

Alan McKinney 5th March 2019 No Comments

It’s been another busy day here at zapsplat.com recording tons of new free sound effects, some of which were requests while others have been planned for a while. Often, I…

Recording free thunder and lightning sound effects

Alan McKinney 4th March 2019 No Comments

I’m from the UK, which means when we got a thunderstorm back there, it was a big deal. It didn’t happen often because the summers didn’t often produce the weather…

Recording free New York City sound effects (a nostalgic look back)

Alan McKinney 4th March 2019 No Comments

Back in around 1999, when I seriously started thinking about a career recording sound effects, I remember hearing the sounds of a major American city (mostly likely New York) on…

New scene, new sounds… Brisbane

Justin Macleod 13th February 2019 No Comments

Everyone needs a break from time to time so when Alan fancied a get-away for a couple of days to Brisbane for a change of scene, you might be forgiven…

Ringing, rest, relaxation and more

Justin Macleod 13th February 2019 No Comments

In between producing and uploading more sound effects ourselves, fulfilling a recent sound request and preparing for the implementation of a website refurbishment, as ever we’ve been on the lookout…

Another delivery of diverse delights.

Justin Macleod 29th January 2019 No Comments

It’s me again, back to offer a hearty welcome to our newest contributor, Omar Alvarado, a personal friend with whom I’ve been chatting and exchanging ideas for some time. He’s…

Planes, pots and pans

Justin Macleod 23rd January 2019 No Comments

Free To Use Sounds are at it again with another generous contribution of 23 sounds. The great thing about their content is that you never know what you’re going to…

Introducing Lesser Vibes

Justin Macleod 21st January 2019 No Comments

It seems like only a minute ago that I was writing the article to welcome Skyes Audio to our community of contributors, but now, I’m pleased to announce that we…

And now for something rather different

Justin Macleod 21st January 2019 No Comments

Sound is a vital element in so many media works, which is why we strive to keep finding sound effects contributors, in order to grow the number and variety of…

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