sound effects

Punch up your video with an outstanding soundtrack, and get the information you need to find the perfect music for your productions.

Surround Mixing Secrets... Nearly every motion picture, DVD and many TV shows are mixed in surround sound. Even sporting events use the technology to place the viewer inside the arena.

From rough cut to finished product, you want to deliver the goods as cleanly as possible. Here are the Seven Steps to Creating an Excellent Polished Work.

Movies with true organic sounds, imagined futuristic electronic audio, and even the everyday noises around us, aren't complete without good sound effects.

Ever wondered how to make your own low-budget special effects? Here's a sampling of video tricks that you can perform with common, everyday household items.

Sound effects have immense value in video production. The ability to re-create an "aural environment" after the shooting is done gives videomakers much more control over their work, both enhancing the final product and helping to simplify the capturing of visual footage.

Don't buy sound effects, make your own! We'll show you how to create realistic sound effects using Hollywood style tricks to fool the ear.

Make your video sizzle without sending it up in smoke.

Match homemade sound effects to screen image using these time-tested Foley techniques.

Improve your video's audio with new digital sources.

Bring the sound of Hollywood to your videos with tips and tricks of the Foley trade.

A behind-the-scenes look at how Hollywood makes creatures speak.

Use video tools to record and edit your own unique sound effects.

Spice up your audio soundtrack with some nifty special effects.

What you hear is as important as what you see.

A Four Part Videomaker Series. Part 4: Sweeten It!

Recording the few and far between.

Creating and editing your own foley sounds.