Sound Design

Learn how to resample sounds: bounce audio back into your DAW to commit processing, free CPU, chop, reverse and stack…

Master modulation sound design: use LFOs, envelopes, macros and mod matrices to add movement, evolution and life to static synth…

Use distortion for sound design to add harmonics, grit and weight: pick saturation, overdrive, waveshaping and bitcrushing, then place and…

Use reverb for sound design beyond mixing: create spaces, freeze tails, reverse, gate and resample reverb to build pads, risers…

Learn how to layer sounds for richer, bigger productions: pick complementary layers, EQ-carve, manage phase and process the stack into…

Learn how to use a sampler for sound design: import, slice, map, pitch, loop and process audio into original instruments…

The best free synths for sound design — Vital, Surge, and more capable no-cost plugins for crafting basses, pads, textures…

The best plugins for sound design — synths, samplers, effects and utilities for crafting sounds from scratch, plus how to…

Learn how to design weapon sounds for games — layering mechanical, body and tail elements for guns, melee and sci-fi…

A guide to sound design for animation — building a sound world from scratch, syncing to movement, exaggeration, foley and…