Welcome to The Recordist "The place for incredible sound effects." This is also the home of Creative Sound Design, a state-of-the-art sound design facility for the video game industry.
We offer The Recordist series of sound effects libraries available in our new SoundBox sound effect collections. Each SoundBox contains an incredible collection of unique and difficult to record sound effects in 16bit/44k wav format with Soundminer Metadata embedded.
Categories include: Airplanes, Automobiles, Communications, Crashes, Doors, Household, Industry, Foley, Marine, Sci-Fi, Snow, Thunder and Transportation just to name a few. Many of the sound effects have never been heard by the public before. Our selection of professional SoundBoxes offer some of our most popular sound effects at a great price.
If you're looking for totally original sound effects for your project, we've got you covered. If you're looking for specific sound elements for your project and are not interested in using CD libraries, The Recordist can record and design a custom library that meets your needs. Do you need mulitchannel 24Bit / 96kHz High Definition sound effects? We've got that covered also!
Dozens of Free Sound Effects are downloadable mp3's for personal or educational use. Please contact us for use in commercial audio productions or feel free to purchase a license (see the bottom of the SFX downloads page.)
Many internationally known artists and media companies such as Los Lobos, Michael Gettel, Narada, Microsoft, THQ, Sega, Disney Interactive, Epic Games, Nintendo and countless others have included our unique sound design elements in their audio-visual products.
Our parent company, Creative Sound Design, offers state-of-the-art sound design and audio services for the PC and Console Game industry.
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The Recordist Special Edition Sound Effects™ Library |
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The Recordist Special Edition Sound Effects™ Library is an expansive collection of professional sound effects and compelling audio design custom made to help heighten any production to the audio quality standards of the professional entertainment industry. The sounds in this amazing collection were hand-picked from The Recordist's massive archive. This "Special Edition" contains all new sound effects available on 1 DVD-ROM or Instant downloadable Mega-SoundBoxes. We have taken the best sound elements from our "Private Collection" library and mixed, mangled, pitched, modulated, warped and tweaked them to create a collection of sound effects that will add impact, character and style to your productions. More >> |
Coming soon: All new stereo sound effects recorded at 24Bit / 96kHz High Definition quality for all professional Post Production applications.
May 22, 2009
SPECIAL EDITION SOUND EFFECTS LIBRARY RELEASED:
The Recordist Special Edition Sound Effects™ Library contains all new sound effects available on 1 DVD-ROM or Instant downloadable Mega-SoundBoxes. More >>
May 15, 2009
BEHIND THE MUSIC OF DEMIGOD - INTERVIEW WITH COMPOSER HOWARD MOSTROM
Developed by Gas Powered Games, Demigod combines the character building of a role-playing game with the epic battles of a real-time strategy game, creating an innovative new action strategy hybrid. M4G recently caught up with the game’s music composer, Howard Mostrom, an accomplished Seattle-based composer and sound designer.
Article: http://www.music4games.net/Features_Display.aspx?id=347
April 16, 2009
DEMIGOD REVIEWS ARE COMING IN [See Press and Reviews page]
Gamespot ---- "Great music and sound effects."
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/demigod/review.html
Neoseeker ---- "Demigod is absolutely stunning in both sight and sound."
"The colorful visuals and fantastic sound effects merge wonderfully and make the battles between minor deities seem oddly authentic."
www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/Demigod_review/3.html
Gamezone: Sound: 9.2
The music and sound effects will rock your socks off. The explosions and sounds of war are great to hear.
http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r35128.htm
April 15, 2009
NEW! - - DOOR AND SPACESHIP SOUNDBOX COLLECTIONS
Brand spanking new! Some useful jail door and bank vault door SoundBox collections. Also: Space Fighters II
April 6, 2009
NEW! - - FOREST FIRE AND THUNDER SOUNDBOX COLLECTIONS
We've just added some striking forest fire and thunder sounds collections. Check them out!
February 20, 2009
NEW! - - AVALANCHE AND ICEBERG SOUNDBOX COLLECTIONS
We've just added some killer avalanche and iceberg sounds. Check them out!
December 27, 2008
SPACE SIEGE VIDEOS
We've just added some Space Siege game trailers and in-game cinematics. Adobe Flash required.
Space Siege Trailer 2008 | Space Siege Trailer 2007 | Space Siege Intro | Space Siege Intro SFX Only
October 28, 2008
NEW SOUNDBOXES ADDED
We've just added brand new SoundBoxes with sound effects from THE SPECIAL EDITION SFX LIBRARY. We will be constantly updating these boxes so check back often. | SBWFX01-Water Effects 1 | SBWFX02-Water Effects 2 |
June 1, 2008
SOUNDBOX COLLECTIONS UPDATED
We've just added brand new SoundBoxes with sound effects from THE SPECIAL EDITION SFX LIBRARY, including: MON01-Monster Madness | RM01-RocketMan | RFX01-Rock Effects | RFX02-Rock Effects SE |
May, 29 , 2008
NEW SPACE SIEGE TRAILER AVAILABLE
Sega has released a new trailer for Space Siege (PC), the sci-fi RPG in development at Gas Powered Games. The trailer runs for about a minute, mixing cinematic and gameplay footage. The game is set for an August 2008 release.
Gametrailers.com War Trailer HD for Space Siege: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/34561.html
April 13 , 2008
SOUNDBOX COLLECTIONS RELEASED
NEWS FLASH! We are please to announce The Recordist SoundBox Sound Effect Collections
February 4 , 2008
GAMESPOT'S READERS' CHOICE AWARDS
Supreme Commander won strategy game of the year.
http://www.gamespot.com/best-of/readerschoice/index.html?page=5
Forged Alliance won expansion pack of the year.
http://www.gamespot.com/best-of/readerschoice/index.html?page=3
January 8 , 2008
CES SPACE SIEGE LINKS
Gas Powered Games' upcoming action-heavy role-playing game blows stuff up nicely.
http://www.rootly.com/topics/technology/gaming/CES_08_Space_Siege_Updated_Impressions/
http://shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=731
http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?story=50580
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/29454.html?r=1&type=flv#comments_top
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/spacesiege/news.html?sid=6184380