How I went full time as a sound designer

Howdy! I'm so excited I FINALLY got to make this video about making a living as a sound designer, and also show how I worked with Lunacy Audio on their new release 'Rumble' for Cube.
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0:00 Howdy
0:31 Fair Warning
0:53 How To Find Work
2:18 Getting The Ball Rolling
3:10 Getting Paid
4:02 Project Preparation
4:55 Making Some Noise
6:42 Sound Design Demos
9:13 Sampling And Recording
10:06 Editing And Exporting
11:05 Designing Presets
11:57 Some Presets I Made
13:01 Closing Thoughts
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[@useradmin1556]

The sounds are atmospheric..... indeed.. Good old Reaper....too. Thanks for sharing knowledge. You have a lot of equipment and perhaps it gets tricky when deciding & investigating whether or not you are actually allowed to use other branded euipment that creates sounds for yet other brands of gear.....? (hmm)

[@SteamvilleQuintet]

Enjoyed the film!

[@junglepickle918]

Entertaining as always man. I can see just how much you like your work. To be honest, I prefer to consume your output (that sounds wrong) and would not enjoy the pressure of needing to produce the goods. But you continue to get it right, so keep it up.

[@GlenBerry]

Though I've not made a fulltime career from just sound design (yet), I have done some work for VST synth developers. I've created created presets, created samples, did a few pieces of demo music, alpha testing, beta testing, etc. In the early days of Camel Audio, I was their main tech support guy. I also wrote a piece of utility software (MorphMaker) to supplement their "Cameleon 5000" additive synth. Sound Design is something I'd love to make a fulltime living from. So for me, I thought your video was awesome! 🙂

[@krisrhodes5180]

I'm trying to remember the name of this music distributor you (and others with similarly-topic'ed vlogs) occasionally plug.

[@Weaverbeats]

when i make noise, all i get is my neighbors calling the cops 😒

[@VenusTheory]

Just turn everything up louder so the cops can't hear them on the phone. Ez.

[@alexprenzler6235]

Lmao

[@GaryR55]

I just get my neighbors beating on my walls, stomping on my ceiling and yelling at me.

[@jfklmk13447]

@@VenusTheory EZ Clap

[@ignacioperandres]

Asalwaystoome❤

[@sparkplugrecs.official]

Being a sound designer has changed my life. Glad to see people open up about their own process to inspire others to learn to explore and advance the community/culture for all of us to travel sonic landscape together. So much sound can bring new life and expression into environments and circumstances that never had its own voice before. Definitely an underrated part of being a producer/musician.

[@SwiftDreamer]

Man, this is literally a dream job to me, to just experiment with sounds. I just don't know if I can make it happen

[@255TomTom]

You can bro, put your mind to it, keep at it and you can make it happen, brother!

[@muralist_]

You can. Do it.

[@AlexTad93]

Go Swift Go!

[@Gnurklesquimp2]

You know... I never really considered just how freeing this job could be for some. If you're forced to put together entire arrangements, yeah, the job can get a little annoying as it's quite some commitment to something that doesn't necessarily always excite you. Then there's the sometimes stressful aspect of making an AMAZING sound and just not doing it justice with your track, this job can kinda alleviate both those things. Besides, even if the contract says you yourself would have to buy it, you don't REALLY need to choose between using it yourself or selling it. Especially no big deal if it's the kinda sample you've set up to be further adjusted from there in actual projects, if you're afraid to sell your own sound too much.

[@bolttracks]

The one thing that's important, a huge part of sound design is asset management. Depending on your area of expertise, you might spend hours upon hours entering metadata, setting loop points, batch converting files, performing quality control and compatibility tests etc. It definitely has to be something you love!

[@beatsgalore4sure452]

Its amazing how far you have come. Ive been with you since you had less then 1000 subscribers and you were taliking about Falcon. Your inspiring. You show hard work with talent can make dreams come true. Wishing you tons more success to come.

[@thebreathalyzer]

How long ago was that? Curious, when I discovered the channel, it was going pretty well already.

[@NICUofficial]

this is encouraging indeed to anyone with a dream :D

[@AddlerMartin]

I came to know your channel last week and I have to say: good channel, good voice, good content and good photography/grading. Amazing. _Abraços do Brasil_

[@VenusTheory]

Thanks! I spend an inordinate amount of time on editing haha 😅

[@Vivivofi]

@@VenusTheory it really pays off though, it’s a goddamn pleasure watching your videos

[@aluizbatista1916]

O Cam é brabo.

[@AddlerMartin]

@@aluizbatista1916 Hahahahaha! Top demais!

[@Essential-Electronic-Music]

What's that mask for?

[@georgemickel6608]

Thanks so much for the video, info and your positive attitude!

[@wojtczyk]

Thanks for sharing! This was really insightful.

[@VIRALBEATS360]

Very nice! I have been exploring a lot of your patches lately, and took a dive into Surge, last week. Keep up the good work!

[@brianwdowling]

Good video and great insight. Thanks. Brian

[@Richard_P_James]

For those working with Logic, the Auto Sampler is fantastic for making looped multisample patches of your midi synths - and also plugin synths. It’s based on the old Redmatica software.

[@H3rdKl3nSing]

Good shoutout. Auto Sampler is great!

[@gesslr]

Fantastic video! Thank you for sharing this. (Awesome sounds also.) ❤

[@muralist_]

Very inspiring and very clear in all details and ways to do the job. Thanks!

[@Alckemy]

Lunacy audio was super kind to work with and very patient. Really enjoyed my experience with them

[@TheLordGU]

It never fails to amaze me to get at least a glimpse of what is the work artists like you do actually consists of - and getting to know at least the idea of how you do it. Thanks for sharing this! And thanks for pointing out how important, if not to say vital it is to do backups. Proper backups.

[@mwright80]

Excellent! One of the most useful videos I've seen for working musicians in general.

[@bryanpeace145]

love these presets! preset notes are hilarious too "that damn lake troll again" 👹

[@johnfinnis8373]

Fascinating stuff, and thanks for making the video. There are similar examples from composer/producers but this is the first I've seen from someone right up the business end👍

[@Swedishstylek]

Man, the massive smiles pinned on your face throughout the whole video just made my day - congrats VT, keep on nailing life!

[@hydratek_sounds]

Really awesome breakdown of your work as a sound designer, very inspiring and informative. Thank you very much 😊

[@beatfrombrain]

This was awesome!

[@ericboone1318]

Great video! I'm glad you've shifted your content in this direction as it clearly brings you joy and is invaluable for the rest of us. I love Cube and am stoked to pick up Rumble today, even more so now that I know you designed some of the presets! Cheers!

[@amazeus1980]

You deserve it…great content and no commercial bs. ❤

[@BrofUJu]

Literally bought Cube after you mentioned it, it's glorious. I work more as a composer than audio engineer but really like that you posted this, thanks.

[@jonathannelson5899]

Cube and the lunacy audio team are great!!! So glad to see you guys working together!!! 💪 looking forward to the results!! Great video as always, really informative and interesting, I love how you always have a great take on things with your unique perspective personally and experiences 👍

[@jazzseba]

Man! This is so inspiring!!! I've been watching your content for a while and I felt overwhelmed by the amount of dedication, craftsmanship and artistry the the world of sound design has! As a saxophone player I've always flirted with it in a analog way, but this! Man... Is truly awesome! Thank you!!!

[@beckoning-chasm]

Thank you for this, it's always interesting to learn how these things are done. Thank you for sharing some secrets.

[@martinlockhart3588]

Yay reaper featured! Your tutorials have been so amazingly helpful for me ... looking to publish my first atmosphere and meditation pieces by December (see I watched your tutorial on getting stuff done ;) ). Thanks for all the effort that goes into them.

[@shes_lucy]

you don’t even know how thankful I am for this video. I’ve been heavily considering sound design as a career, but have no clue where to start. 100% subscribed 🤙

[@Darksector_r]

Excited to watch it after work!

[@Richard_P_James]

Great video - definitely lots that hits the cutting room floor on sampling and sound design projects. I always have a big folder of unused sounds and loops, but it’s part of the journey to get across the finishing line.

[@gregduhon5510]

Great title for this post. Glad I found your KZbin channel. 👍🏼

[@TerenceKearns]

thats pretty cool. thanks for sharing!

[@randymeredith]

I am blown away by this video. As you said at the start, this info is completely unique in that No One has discussed this as you just did. My hat’s off to you.

[@albshore8]

I just got cube and love it... I have not used Rumble yet but look forward to it... thanks for the video.

[@ringsystemmusic]

I was actually thinking about getting into a career in sound design just the other day, so this is excellent timing! Looks like I’ve got a lot more work ahead of me before I can do this professionally.

[@jfklmk13447]

Amazing video! Thank you!

[@poogedys8505]

Thanks for this, dude. It indeed was inspirational.

[@sivur]

Is there anybody who is better than you at this? Youre a madman, also, the 60hz slap of your vocal pipes tingles my insides

[@DmitryPuffin]

Thank you for sharing your experience! Good insight.

[@KirtanFi]

Thanks for the insights!

[@adamtaborowski]

As well - very cool video ! Congrats on your work. I am always super happy seeing my PSP InfiniStrip in your videos. Enjoy ! 💪

[@therealbasstard]

dope, and congrats!

[@alchematicsounds]

Just recently transitioned to this being our primary approach. Man thanks for this. Really helped with direction and execution. Salute to you brother! 🫡

[@vernonfarley1700]

Nice sounds, brother!

[@onlymeadow]

Not a boring video in the slightest! I have adhd and never make it through most videos, but can proudly say I watched this all the way through and loved it. Thanks for sharing!

[@maxdavidoffgrey]

awesome video man!

[@martinlemay7037]

Great great great content video, not just another synthfluencer YT channel but very rich and helpfull stuff to help and inspired people out there. Thx a lot sir, love your honest approche.

[@ToreHansen]

Very interesting video as always!

[@Ryahan]

You’re really helpful. All your videos. Thanks.

[@sharingmatters]

Great fulfillment achieved. Congrats!

[@PlugInGuruVideo]

Cool video dude, and most importantly, cool patch names! 😎

[@innerstatejt]

You’re a mad genius Cam! Great work

[@NashvilleDave]

This is super interesting. I do a ton of live sound in Nashville, but I’m wanting to transition into doing more work from my home studio, and this might be something I try to do on top of the occasional producing/mixing projects I do. Thanks for the info!

[@davidgoode7416]

Great stuff, thanks for being so honest...

[@avjake]

Megakudos for your success! No surprise though - your quality is consistently outstanding.

[@BenThatcherMusic]

Excellent video 👏👏👏

[@dashobradors]

What an amazing video! Holy shit the amount of work you put in every project! I hope they pay you well as you deserve! Keep it up! 🤘🏻👹

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Really enjoyed this! Thanks! 😁👊

[@erazeTHEborders]

Really great video and helpful insights. Also beautiful to see some Reaper love :)

[@satori.studios]

This video is VERY enlightening. Took notes the whole way through, as myself and some collaborators down here in New Orleans are putting together a portfolio of tracks to send to BigMode (dunkey's new indie game company). Definitely going to use damn near all the words of wisdom in this video. Thank you so much for putting so much time and heart into your content! Also my name is Cameron as well :)

[@diode86]

Very inspirational. Thank you. :D

[@Quash0r]

Thanks for sharing how you work. You look happy when you talk about this.

[@jackalisland]

Inspiring as always.

[@musicexplorations808]

Thx, especially the part of having 100 experiments and throwing 90 away. Started doing this. Making song mock ups, recordings etc and just first spend searching for the sounds in a song. Really helps improving what I'm doing. It's always nice to watch videos of people sharing there knowledge as wannabe home producer...

[@azrec440]

Dude thank you for this

[@freshkidblaze]

I felt that 10% line. I always think I have an idea on the direction I want to go with samples/loops before getting started after reading a brief but I have to treat it like the gym . . I have to do a few "warm ups" before I do the real lifting 🤣.

[@VenusTheory]

Can't remember where I heard this but "gotta crap a few turds to find the gold bars"

[@peekpen]

Thanks for making your video. I'm learning my first synth throughout- Logic Pros Alchemy.

[@TonyThomas10000]

I love sound design. So much fun!

[@TeddyTOG]

Textures, soundscapes, SFX, building tension through sonics, etc. Directors look for this more now than ever before. There is demand for this work. And the space is not oversaturated yet. Great video.

[@MelloDeeBeats]

I appreciate this video, very informative & entertaining at the same time. Actually made me wanna get some analog gear for the sound design, I already wanted some just for composition.

[@michaelmilburn3094]

Thanks for mentioning Sample Robot. Seems it could be useful even for non-professionals who build sample sets. I build some of my own Kontakt instruments and trimming up the sample and editing loop points always takes so long and the tools often just aren't the best for seeing what you're doing. Sample Robot sounds like it's built specifically just for this task.

[@gylp2]

I love creating feedback loops and endless drones and soundscapes with feild recordings of sounds recorded inside MY Home with MY h5 recorder

[@SumnSumnSumnHTK]

You murdered that pack fam!!!

[@AndreaGiordaniComposer]

Brill video ! 👌

[@ScotDykstra]

Those synths during the Sound Design Demos were a wet dream to hear. So f'ing sick. Thank you for sharing! This could easily be in a book you charge for. EDIT 7:00 thru 8:00 mins geez man.

[@infinitedurr]

Hey Cameron, request: Do a full video on on the Iridium making nasty FM DnB / Dubstep style basses. There is a glaring hole on youtube of people making bass music sounds on any of the new Waldorf synths. Would be so great to hear. Also, fantastic video!!!

[@abj358]

I've watched quite a few of your vids. But I've never seen that big smile! Somebody's jazzed.

[@MrDeeKayTV]

Great content

[@TheBeardsShow]

Big up to Reaper. I love that DAW it's so so good.

[@Djpuzzle]

Excellent production as usual! Which brings me to my point. As someone who is a full time sound designer/muso I don't know how you find time to be a youtuber as well. Would love to see a video about how you manage to pull that off as I'm always just so busy writing music, working on sound design gigs for new products (under tons of NDAs), and running my two s corps and all the crazy admin stuff that follows (both music businesses one is publishing / production music / metadata). I have tons of ideas for helpful informative videos written down but I never have time to work on them and as you know a high quality video for KZbin can sometimes take 1-2 working days if not more. Would love to get some insight into how you manage to make time for your youtube channel considering how busy you are with sound design work. cheers

[@laserfloyd]

I often ask myself if I could do anything for the rest of my life what would it be. Without hesitation, it's music and/or sound design. I love it. I love all the countless possibilities and all the quirks, the nuances, and the list just goes on. I know just enough to be dangerous so it's not going to be a career change for me anytime soon. I can see the appeal though as there's something magical about sound. 😊

[@ignacioperandres]

¡Gracias!

[@cursedmuse6951]

War dance sounds amazing dude

[@gregklump8599]

Great video. Getting paid to do sound design? You're living my dream! That said, I know all too well that that being a professional means being paid to do what you love to do & what you're good at doing at a time you don't necessarily want to do it. And I'm not sure if I could handle the stress of uncertainty about where my next billable is coming from.* Accordingly, I'll continue to live vicariously through you & just keep plonking away as a hobby for my own enjoyment/satisfaction. Thx for being awesome & keep on keeping on :) * Actually I know I couldn't. I did the gig paycheck thing in a former life & the experience strongly suggests that my physical & mental health would suffer.

[@dafingaz]

Awesome stuff. Let’s go!

[@rainbowkrampus]

The East Beast and West Pest are ridiculously good. I kinda want another pair. If they put out a version without the keys/sequencer I'd probably buy enough of them to make some kind of decorative wall feature.

[@JU-tt2zh]

Literally bought a malevolent just a week ago, crazy to see it here now!

[@starsky101]

Great video, there have been similar from people like Christian Henson, but not on the sound creation element of the industry so much. I have soooooo many questions, being a project manager myself I wonder how long was the project from agreeing the brief to delivery and how do you monitor your progress and lastly do you work on just that project from beginning to end or, like so many people, do you have to juggle 15 different projects. Thank you for sharing.

[@daviHuggMonster]

That sort of tips just work in most of creative businesses :) many do forget that aspect to begin with and you do not get rich just by waiting

[@Feraget1]

Hey, nice new Video! If you allow the question, what happened to your Arturia Midi-Keyboard?

[@wishcloudstudios]

Didn't understand a thing. But thanks for explaining it. Hopefully, (as I learn more about sound design) I will be able to use the knowledge you have provided.

[@NedBouhalassaVideos]

Great video. Me thinks the job could be accomplished with the Brute or the Iridium alone - they are so versatile.

[@ichiro-ota]

It's exciting to see you using Reaper. I also use it for audio processing (not for MIDI programming 😀), and I totally agree that it's pretty powerful when it comes to automation. Everything is virtually automatable with ReaScript, and this is really a powerful tool for a software engineer like me.

[@ralfmoss]

Instant sub

[@Richard_P_James]

Another useful application for audio editing and all the batch processing required for sound design projects is Twisted Wave. Much less intimidating (and cheaper) than Wavelab.

[@sovereignacademyfortheperf4591]

Okay THAT was DOPE - Where do I purchase this sound library???

[@NICUofficial]

those sounds at 7:45 remind me of one of the best sounds on the Westworld soundtrack

[@PhilW222]

Super interesting - and how do you come up with such good sound names, that can be the hardest part!

[@falaghsepehr5504]

7:45 that sound reminds me of the intro of Blinding Lights by the Weeknd.