Blastwave FX libraries are my daily resource for inspired sound design. Unparalleled selection, freshness, quality and searchability! Brent Busby Sound Designer Star Wars: The Clone Wars Turner Entertainment
FOR THE RECORD
03.01.10: Blastwave FX and Avid announced they have teamed up for a Competition and Giveaway...
Click here to view top twenty entries and judges' comments.
Congratulations to Tobias Poppe, originally from Dusseldorf, Germany (currently Los Angeles, California), the winner of the Blastwave FX Sound Design Competition
For more information about Tobias's approach to the sound design, judges comments and the competition in general, click below.
Mix Magazine and Blastwave FX bring you the Blastwave FX Sound Design Competition, a contest challenging participants to showcase their creativity - design a soundtrack for a 30 second video clip using HD sound effects provided by Blastwave FX. Celebrity judges including Academy-Award winners Richard King and Dane Davis, and Golden Reel Nominee Charles Deenen will select the winner who will receive The BLASTDRIVE ($5999 value), a 400 GB HD sound effects library with the Blastwave FX Search Engine.
WIN the BLASTDRIVE ($5999) and 1-year Mix subscription!
The Prizes
The winner will receive The BLASTDRIVE($5999 value, 31,700 sound effects drive) and a 1-year subscription to Mix Magazine. The top ten runners up will receive a Power Pack of their choice from Blastwave FX.
The Judges
2000 Academy Award Winner Dane Davis (Matrix)
Golden Reel Nominee Charles Deenen (Need for Speed: Undercover)
2009 Academy Award Winner Richard King (Dark Knight)
The Sound Effects and The Footage
Preview the sound effects:
Check out the footage:
Submit
Submit your entry by September 15, 2009 using our Drop Box below or emailing your .wav file to info@blastwavefx.com
In November 2008, three Academy award winning judges selected the winner for the SONOPEDIA Sound Design Competition sponsored by Blastwave FX and Post Magazine. The sound designers used up to forty sounds from SONOPEDIA to create a 30 second sound narrative. Visit the competition page to listen to the top 20 entries, rate your favorite, and leave some comments. Check out the top 3 entries:
All entries were made using sounds from SONOPEDIA, The Encyclopedia of HD Sound Effects.