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[COMING SOON] Sound demo of Aeolus, the dark wind-driven texture sound library from Nathan Moody, available exclusively at ASoundEffect.com.

Aeolus is a collection of gritty and eerie sound design elements performed entirely by intense winds. These recordings were made on custom-made wind harps, handmade props, barbed wire fences, telephone poles, and other found objects. Over 2.5 hours of 24-bit, 48 kHz royalty-free sound effects with UCS-compliant metadata.

NJSD03 - Aeolus: Sound Library Demo

Distant work activity recorded in the shaft alley of the SS Red Oak Victory, a 10' wide and 170' long corridor that connects the ship's engine to its propellor.

SS Red Oak Victory: Distant Clangs

AtticStorms2023

[AVAILABLE HERE: https://www.asoundeffect.com/sound-library/ultrasquish/] Ultrasquish is an ultrasonic-rich library of wet squishes and squeezes, optimized for radical pitch shifting. It contains around 40 minutes of 192-kHz, UCS-compliant, icky goodness. All sounds were recorded in extreme close-up perspective with both a hypercardioid microphone and an ultrasonic-capable omni microphone, blended together for a punchy, full-range tone while preserving ultrasonic detail (reaching as high as 70 to 100 kHz, depending on the prop or material being recorded). From silly squishes to horrific scenes, from realistic mud, gore, and slime to pitch-shifted slimescapes, Ultrasquish simply oozes usefulness.

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NJSD04 - Ultrasquish: Sound Library Demo

A sound library available on ASoundEffect.com: https://www.asoundeffect.com/sound-library/metalmotion/

NJSD05 - MetalMotion: Demo (Details)

NJSD05 - MetalMotion: Sound Library Demo (Overview)

NJSD05 - MetalMotion: Demo (Textures)

California coastal prairie grass in 25-30 knot wind gusts. Western Marin County, California, USA, springtime.

Susurration: California Coastal Prairie Grass In High Winds

A short ambient sketch using deer antlers played with a cello bow (resynthesized in both iZotope Iris and New Sonic Arts Granite), mixed with some Reason percussion and an Aalto bassline and drone.

For more information, visit http://www.noisejockey.net/blog/2014/12/15/deer-antlers-as-instrument/ ‎

Aantler

Luka, Croatia, on the island of Dugi Otok. Fourth story balcony overlooking the town and the water. Distant thunder, with intense phasing from the Adriatic Sea and nearby hills, begins and is followed by rain that builds slowly, dues away, and returns with an intense burst, pouring onto the balcony’s tile and through the building’s metal rain gutters.

Storm Over Luka, Croatia

Sound demo of Shipscape, a WWII cargo freighter sound library from Nathan Moody, available exclusively at ASoundEffect.com. This field recording library captures, for the first time, long ambiences aboard the SS Red Oak Victory, built in 1944. https://www.asoundeffect.com/sound-library/shipscape/

NJSD06 - Shipscape: Sound Library Demo

Every sound in this track was made with the BugBrand DRM1 drum synthesizer, sequenced by an EHX 8-Step Program, and modulated by the pressure outputs and oscillators of a Ciat Lonbarde Tetrax Organ. Pattern editing and effects (delays, reverb, filtering, EQ) done in Logic Pro X.

For more info, please visit http://www.noisejockey.net/blog/2015/01/19/bugbrand-drm1/

Bug Jam

Sound demo of Analogue Ordnance, a science fiction weapon construction kit from Nathan Moody, available now at https://www.asoundeffect.com/sound-library/analogueordnance/. 

All construction-kit components – mechanical, body, thump, tail, and charge-up layers – were made entirely with hardware synthesizers and mastered completely in the analogue domain for a unique and fresh aesthetic option for your sci-fi weapon designs. Released September 9, 2024.

Full trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZw8ejlYIpY
How it's organized: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-Xv7lLFvks

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NJSD07 - Analogue Ordnance: Sound Library Demo

"Streetscape" is an unusually focused urban ambience library. Its two hours’ worth of stereo recordings hone in on only a few city blocks, portraying a gritty, dense urban setting. Recorded in San Francisco, three to four stories above street level, the recordings’ detail are balanced with a natural diffusion to help it sit in a mix. Most recordings are between three and nine minutes long. It’s perfect for any city-based thriller, modern noir, or cyberpunk project.

https://www.asoundeffect.com/sound-library/streetscape/

NJSD09: Streetscape - Sound Library Demo

MicroMech is an expressive collection of tiny, non-motorized mechanisms. Recorded in great ultrasonic detail (24-bit, 192 kHz), this collection of quiet and delicate sounds features an hour of clicks, rattles, ratchets, trills, clacks, and slides will fill your sonic projects with mechanical filigree and mechanized finesse. Each recording in MicroMech has many performance variations, making them perfect for game audio projects.

Available through ASoundEffect: https://www.asoundeffect.com/sound-library/micromech/

NJSD08: MicroMech - Sound Library Demo

I post a lot of sounds made with esoteric hardware, or finely captured field recordings. Not this time: I made this on the bus. With Propellerhead Reason. On a MacBook Air. (Mixed in Logic Pro on a full DAW workstation at home, though.)

Person Of Interest

Stripped down electronic improvisation with Korg Volca Bass (through an Eventide Space), Korg Volca Beats, and iPad running Samplr. Recorded live in one take.

[IMPROV] Volca+Samplr 2015.09.06

Short, minimally edited improvisation with some old gear used in new ways. I don't make four-on-the-floor tunes often, but this was the first time I tried to make an entire song just from my modular with little to no multi-tracking.

Patch notes: All drums sequenced with a vintage Roland TR-606; while it has only two trigger outputs, my customized Bugbrand DRM1e (rebuild for Eurorack) accepts audio inputs as trigger sources, so the 606's main out went to it. New modular drum skiff with the DRM1e (kick), Basimilus Iteritas (snare), and Mutant HiHats did drum duty; the Malekko Mute 4 module is a lifesaver for live performance. Bassline from a Loquelic Iteritas into a Three Sisters filter, sequenced by a Korg SQ-1. Plucked sounds from Braids, played on a Pressure Points. Drone by E350. Effects via Erbe-Verb and Clouds. Plus manual knob twiddling. :-)

[SKETCH] Modular Techno Improv

Something a bit different than my usual. Modular synthesizer and Roland TR-606. Some TR-808 samples from Logic Pro.

Falling Action

Having a go at self-patching the Mannequins Just Friends "manifold generator" on my "Mannequins Colour Arranger" modular synth.

Patch notes: Just Friends set to cycle/shape @ 9:00, intone 9:00, ramp 12:00, Curve 11:00. 5N self-patched to Curve, Interval self-patched to Time. 2N to Air on Mangrove 1, 4N to Air on Mangrove 2. Mangroves each wiggled by hand, patched to Cold Mac. 

Cold Mac Survey 12:00, each Mangrove to main L and R.

Three Sisters filter self-oscillating, Just Friends Mix out to Fm, which was almost full CCW. Three Sisters All output to Cold Mac Offset in, levels attenuated by Quadratt.

Cold Mac L and R out to Clouds L and R in; pitch at full CW, Density and Position modulated by Just Friends 3N and 6N, attenuated by Quadratt.

[SKETCH] Mannequins Drone 2016.06.24

Project MOMA

Read more about this recording at http://www.noisejockey.net/blog/2010/07/03/field-workshop-notes-part-2-gear-dawn-chorus/

Dawn Chorus: Sierra Valley

Various energy weapon designs, featuring synthesis, original recordings, and library sounds.

Sound Design - Energy Weapons

Sound demo of Sigil, the dark electro-acoustic texture sound library from Nathan Moody, available exclusively at ASoundEffect.com. 

https://www.asoundeffect.com/sound-library/sigil-dark-electro-acoustic-textures/

Sigil is made entirely from handmade electro-acoustic instruments, suitable for tension, thriller, and horror sound design, as well as avant garde musical compositions in need of an edge. This demo features raw sounds from the library with no post-processing other than occasional reversing.

These same instruments were used to make Nathan Moody's album, "The Right Side of Mystery," which can be found at nathanmoody.bandcamp.com.

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NJSD01 - Sigil: Sound Library Demo

Whine of an aging Nikon SB26 Speedlight

The curtain is drawn back, and ten artists are let in. 

A unique collection of sonic explorers - from musicians to game audio artists to film sound designers – were invited to use Nathan Moody's "Sigil" sound library, the Sigil Morphagene Reels, and exclusive content from the album "The Right Side of Mystery" to create this album of re-interpretations and brand new audio works. 

The works carom from occult brooding to blissful ambience, from avant garde piano to scorched earth drones, balancing beauty, melody, and beats. Subtle filigree is woven between alternating negative spaces and overwhelming density. Yet the shared sonic palette (radically and beautifully extended in many cases) add a cohesion that makes the release an epic, flowing journey. 

"Sigil: Dark Electro-Acoustic Textures" is a sound library available exclusively at asoundeffect.com. The Sigil Reels for the Make Noise/soundhack Morphagene sampler module are available at freesound.org/people/makenoisemusic/. "The Right Side of Mystery" by Nathan Moody is available right here on Bandcamp.

James Cigler: www.youtube.com/jamescigler 
Collin Russell: www.collinrussellmusic.com 
r beny: rbeny.bandcamp.com 
Walker Farrell: walkerfarrell.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-0-musicians-vol-1 
Ora Heavy Industry: oraheavyindustry.bandcamp.com 
Jogging House: jogginghouse.com 
Shipwreck Detective: shipwreckdetective.bandcamp.com 
Gerald Fjord: geraldfjord.bandcamp.com 
Jay Jennings: www.linkedin.com/in/jay-jennings-9bba2a7/ 
Huron: huron.bandcamp.com 

Mastered by Nathan Moody at Obsidian Sound (www.obsidiansound.net). 
Sigil designed by Corey Holms (coreyholms.com) 

All works are © the contributing artists. (P) copyright under license from the contributors. Please support these talented artists.

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06 - Jogging House - Gardens

Sound demo of Metallitronic, the modulated metallic texture sound library from Nathan Moody, available exclusively at ASoundEffect.com.

www.asoundeffect.com/sound-library/metallitronic/

Metallitronic was made by sending complex synthesizer patches through various transducers to vibrate all manner of metallic objects, from steel plates to ball bearings to cymbals and gongs. The entire library was recorded in 24 bit, 192 kHz stereo with extended-frequency microphones for audio content that reaches well beyond human hearing. From rattles and stresses to howls and clicks, these sounds are perfect for creating horror and tension elements, adding layers of detail and grit to ambiences, rattling vehicle interiors or engine rooms, and even vocal sweeteners for creature design.

NJSD02 - Metallitronic: Sound Library Demo

I composed, arranged, and performed the melodic theme for Question Games' cooperative horror game, "The Blackout Club," released for XBox, Playstation, and PC in 2019. https://www.blackoutclubgame.com/ ©2019 Question Games.

The Blackout Club

The Blackout Club - Main Theme

Free SFX download for Winter 2019: Many dozens of spectrally-processed all-analogue Buchla sound effects, with many randomized variations, free for use in any media. Creative commons license (attribution (to Nathan Moody), share-alike, non-commercial distribution)!

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[SFX] Free Short Spectral Buchla Effects

Two nested steel tomato cages played with two bows simultaneously, placed on a steel bin as a resonator. -2 octave varispeed with light EQ, otherwise no additional processing. Blend of a small condenser microphone and a hydrophone used as a contact mic.

Bowed Tomato Cage

Noise Jockey = Nathan Moody. Nathan is a sound designer, musician, and mastering engineer. His work has appeared in award-winning documentaries and games, as well as interactive installations, dance performances, and feature films.

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