Here's their info and Peter is very helpful:
I've been using Sound Ideas since the mid 90's. There are ALWAYS sales, and most of the time, if you call and ask for a sales price or get on a mailing list for specials. They are very specific libraries, not general, but I find myself using them again and again because they are such high quality. I get a lot of use from the boutique libraries like Hiss and a Roar, The Idaho Recordist, Rabbit Ears Audio, Chuck Russom, and several others. I probably wind up pulling from Sound Storm a little more than the other general libraries, but each has unique things to offer. I'd say that the HD Combos are a good addition, but the 6000 series and the Sound Storm Libraries are much more comprehensive. I wouldn't say that the recordings are necessarily any better than the older SI libraries, but they are more current and the fact that it is 96k is good for pitching down sounds for sound design work. There are a couple of fairly complete car series featuring newer model cars and other sounds that didn't exist back when the other general libraries were put together, which is helpful because the older commercial libraries are a bit weak in that regard, but it is just a few cars. The HD combo is good, but not nearly as comprehensive as the complete 6000 series or the Sound Storm library. I also have the Sound Storm library and a lot of smaller offerings from various vendors that I have purchased as needed for specific projects. Thanks!I have the new SI HD combo libraries as well as the older SI 6000, 40 series. I think this would be a great addition to my PSE which is lacking in some things (they all are of course). Sorry to hijack this thread :-D but I see sound ideas have the General HD Combo library bundle on offer.ĭoes anybody have this and would be willing to share their opinion? Do you need 50 kitchen faucets or will 5 do? And so on. Computers have speeded up search, but you still have to audition the sounds. A piece of advice that I got from "The Technique of the Sound Editor", an old book on mag-film-era sound cutting by Marvin Kerner was that a smaller library of GOOD stuff that the editor KNOWS is more valuable than a huge library with lots of mediocre stuff and many many repeats of the same sort of thing, that the editor mostly hasn't heard. We've also bought smaller more specific libraries for specific projects when we needed a lot of variety in a more narrow genre.
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What we've done over the years, having started with a few smaller (cheaper) general libraries (SI, Hollywood Edge, BBC) is buy the other SFX we need online from places like Sound Dogs etc and charged the clients for those fees, while keeping the sfx and license ourselves. The SI 6000 is a good general library (if a little dated re tech sounds, cars etc).
How much sfx cutting do you do? What sort of shows? The problem with a general library is that while they are a good place to start they often aren't very drilled down in specific areas-you run out of variations quickly. Which would be better to start out with and would cover the most and be the best bang for the buck? I know that Sound Ideas 60 sfx whole Sonopedia has 40,000 plus. Right now I'm torn between Blastwave FX Sonopedia 3.0 (download version $2399) and Sound Ideas 6000 ($995). I'm looking to buy my first sfx library that would cover most of the general sfx I would need.
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