New free sound effects added
The requests for new free sound effects have been coming in thick and fast this last couple of weeks so we’ve been busy in the studio and out on location trying our best to record and create what we’re...
View ArticleRecording city sound effect ambiences in Brisbane
Whenever we travel to a new city we like to record as much of the ambience as possible. I used to believe most cities sounded the same, but having recorded a few now, it’s safe to say they all have...
View ArticleResults from our sound effect usage poll (as of 14th June 2017)
We recently launched a poll asking members what you use our free sound effects for. The reason we did this is part of an ongoing effort to understand our members needs better and improve our service...
View ArticleWho are we and other questions answered
I often get people email with questions such as, what’s the catch? Are your sound effects really free? Why do you spend your time doing this if you don’t make any money? So I thought it might be good...
View ArticleA busy week recording new sound effects
It’s been a busy week for us here at zapsplat.com recording new sound effects and we’re steaming towards 14,000 in our library. Here are some of the sounds we’ve been working on… Limb Breaks I never...
View ArticleOur new free sound effects packs are here!
We’ve just launched our new growing range of free sound effects packs to download as .mp3 or .wav files. Over the last few months, many of our members have asked us if we planned to offer sounds as...
View Article183 new free sound effects just added
It’s been another busy few days here in our studio and we’ve been working on a lot of new free sound effects for you to download. In fact we’ve just added 183 new sounds which we know you’ll find...
View ArticleLatest news from zapsplat.com
If you’ve been following our blog you’ll be aware we’ve launched our new sound effect packs, while also working hard to bring you thousands of new free sound effects over the last month. It’s been...
View ArticleNew free sound effects packs: Paper and Popcorn
It’s with great pleasure we can announce the release of two new free sound effects packs, Paper and Popcorn. While both packs contain sound effects available in our main library for individual...
View ArticleWhy do indie filmmakers love zapsplat.com so much?
Recently we polled 1,600 members on what they use our sound effects for and the results came back with a whopping 26% using us for their indie films. We had an idea that filmmakers equated for a high...
View ArticleOver 300 new free sounds
Fresh to the library are over 300 new free sound effects. The new range includes a wide variety of sound effects, from plastic canisters through to zombies. Here is a quick break down. Zombies We all...
View ArticleOur new Aquarian Audio H2a hydrophone and underwater sound effects
For many years we’ve tried to record underwater sound effects using everything from a microphone in a plastic bag to an old Zoom H2 recorder in a plastic waterproof tub. It’s safe to say we’ve never...
View ArticleWe’ve just added our 15,000th free sound effect
It’s with great pride we today reached 15,000 free sound effect to download. Since we launched zapsplat.com back in April 2015, we’ve been working very hard to bring you a large range of professional...
View ArticleA day out at sea, recording humpback whales and boats
Last month we received our Aquarian Audio H2a Hydrophone and wrote a little article about it. So we’ve been itching to take it out and what better time of year than now when here in Queensland...
View ArticleNew free sfx packs and requested sounds delivered
Once again we’ve been working non-stop this week to bring you more free sounds and 3 new sound packs. Based on many user requests, we released the new FM Synth pack and 2 Foley packs, Denim Jeans and...
View ArticleCreating game sounds with synthesisers
I love designing sound effects for games. In fact it used to be one of my main income steams. A few years ago I worked mainly as a freelance sound designer and would often be commissioned to work on...
View ArticleCopyright material in sound recordings
I’ve been asked this many times in the past but today I was reading a forum where an aspiring sound designer asked the same question. The question was “I was recording the sound of a train station...
View ArticleLittle AlterBoy by Soundtoys
Every now and then a plugin comes along that makes working on a project that much easier. A few years ago I got to review a fantastic little plugin called the Sound Effects Machine. While no longer...
View ArticleNew free sound effects pack
Inspired by the old arcade games I found myself playing as a child, from Pac-Man through to the (now not so) advanced car racing games, I decided to create a free retro game sound effects pack that...
View ArticleMake your own portable acoustic wall
As some of you may know, we recently moved to Australia from the UK and part of the move meant we’d leave our old studio behind, leaving us with a bit of a dilemma once we reached the other side. Back...
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