Introducing our social network: www.zap.chat
We’ve just launched our new social network, exclusively for filmmakers, animators, game and app developers and all audio / visual creatives. Zap.chat is a cross between Twitter and Facebook offering...
View ArticleRecording retro game sounds and town centre ambiences
I’ve always loved the old 8-bit sound effects I grew up with on the old Atari and later Nintendo and Sega games consoles. Just hearing them brings back the pleasure I had as a child hidden away in my...
View ArticleHappy New Year, 2017
We’d like to take this opportunity to say Happy New Year to all our members and visitors. 2016 has been a busy but successful year for us here, seeing our range of free sound effects grow from just a...
View ArticleNew free sound effects: ice cracking, smashing, icy water and more
It’s finally here in the UK, winter has arrived and with it comes our annual season of numb feet, colds and (hopefully) snow, not that we get much where we are. So with out so much of a hesitation, I...
View ArticleZapsplat.com: now with 12,000+ free sound effects
We’ve just uploaded our 12,000 free sound effect which is a bit of a landmark here at zapsplat.com. It’s pretty much doubled our library since launch back in 2015 and we’ve been picking up the pace...
View ArticleOur website now headed from Australia
You may have noticed we’ve been away for a month and therefore no new content has been added to our website. This is due to us moving to Australia from the UK. Well after a long period of being...
View ArticleNew country, new challenges
It’s almost our second month living in Australia since moving here from the United Kingdom in January. The most challenging part of the move was doing so with four children under the age of 10. As you...
View ArticleSounddevs.com gets a facelift
The social network for audio professionals, www.sounddevs.com has just had a facelift. The popular service connects pros working within the audio industries for networking, sharing ideas,...
View ArticleSaro Sahihi of SoundBits talks about field recording and sound design
Beyer Dynamic recently released this interesting interview with the founder of www.soundbits.de, Saro Sahihi, talking about working as a professional field recordist and sound designer. If you’re...
View ArticleRecording drones
Drones, or UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) are becoming increasingly common in our skies. From hobbyists flying them in the local playing fields, to professional uses including construction,...
View ArticleNew free sound effects: ice cracking, smashing, icy water and more
It’s finally here in the UK, winter has arrived and with it comes our annual season of numb feet, colds and (hopefully) snow, not that we get much where we are. So with out so much of a hesitation, I...
View ArticleZapsplat.com: now with 12,000+ free sound effects
We’ve just uploaded our 12,000 free sound effect which is a bit of a landmark here at zapsplat.com. It’s pretty much doubled our library since launch back in 2015 and we’ve been picking up the pace...
View ArticleOur website now headed from Australia
You may have noticed we’ve been away for a month and therefore no new content has been added to our website. This is due to us moving to Australia from the UK. Well after a long period of being...
View ArticleNew country, new challenges
It’s almost our second month living in Australia since moving here from the United Kingdom in January. The most challenging part of the move was doing so with four children under the age of 10. As you...
View ArticleSounddevs.com gets a facelift
The social network for audio professionals, www.sounddevs.com has just had a facelift. The popular service connects pros working within the audio industries for networking, sharing ideas,...
View ArticleSaro Sahihi of SoundBits talks about field recording and sound design
Beyer Dynamic recently released this interesting interview with the founder of www.soundbits.de, Saro Sahihi, talking about working as a professional field recordist and sound designer. If you’re...
View ArticleRecording drones
Drones, or UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) are becoming increasingly common in our skies. From hobbyists flying them in the local playing fields, to professional uses including construction,...
View ArticleCinematic hits, metal impacts and many new free sound effects just added
It’s been another hectic week here at zapsplat.com. Not only have we been busy recording more sound effects, but we’ve also been constructing a new small studio live room, well more a booth, so we can...
View ArticleRecording rainforest ambiences at Kondalilla National Park
If there was one thing we looked forward to recording most when we moved out to Australia, it was nature. Often us sound designers find ourselves stuck in the studio or in front of the computer gazing...
View ArticleNew free sound effects: waterfalls and creeks
The Buderim Forest Park is a beautiful forest nestled at the heart of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. The park features tall palm and gum trees shading a meandering creek that runs from a...
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