Hello everyone!
I have just released my first ever sample pack! It contains 1300 Foley samples I personally recorded! They were recorded using a Zoom H1 and a LOM Elektrouši (yes, electromagnetic field recordings!). I put the pack together fairly quickly because I am, as the title of the pack suggests, in a financially rough place right now. The sounds are categorized into folders such as Metal, Plastic, Water, etc. There are some interesting categories in there, such as dissonant violin tones, and the sounds of various electronic circuitry (thanks to the Elektrouši).
I plan to release more sample packs in the future, featuring synthesized sounds rather than just Foley. I'm also looking to upgrade my field recording equipment some day, because I currently can't afford anything better. If you are a sound designer or producer, I'm positive you will get some good use out of these sounds!
The pack is available to purchase on itch.io for $25. Listen to the demo track below for a taste of what this pack has to offer!
Here is a demo showcasing a handful of the sounds from the pack:
Seoane
Why would you do this..also how long does it take to even record one sample, let alone 1300?
LoneConstruct
Not as long as you'd think, at least for the recording part. The bulk of the work is the slicing, sorting and naming of recordings (and in some cases, a bit of clean-up/post-processing). Usually with Foley you leave the microphone on while you capture a lot of different sounds from the same object(s). After that it's a matter of chopping a big recording into lots of smaller ones, and discarding anything you don't want to keep. It is typically rather tedious and time consuming to do this part. You can easily get hundreds of individual sounds out of one continuous recording if you have enough objects on hand and enough variation between sounds.