Layering - the most important tool for a sound designer

[@jesuscervantesmendez3473]

A few topics that come to mind. The history of sound design. The art of foley. Modern sound design techniques vs. dated/tried and true techniques. Business aspects of sound design. Sound designs role in everyday part of life. Sound design terminology. Synthesized/emulated sound vs real sound. Breaking down sound design. Sound design as a profession. Awesome video! definitely interested in seeing more.

[@DigiTism]

Sound designers think so much out of the box! I would have never thought of any of these base sounds for anything in a million years.

[@hiiambarney4489]

thats only because you try to do it the hard way around. If you try to find sounds and pretty much clank everything together that you find, you will eventually find something that is similarly hard for others to identify.

[@Cloudjump3r]

great video man. I am bubble over with joy every time I find someone, putting good audio content out. Great explanation too, aproachable and accurate. I will send my students to your channel :)

[@ifhtfilms]

Great first episode. Thanks Marshall! I would love to see your take on mixing vs. mastering - something I've yet to fully get my head around.

[@MarshallMcGee]

ooooh that's definitely a good idea, there's a lot of subject matter there. I wonder how I'd make that episode not boring though to people who just casually watch movies / play games.

[@CollinBartley]

I think it would be interesting to make a video simply covering mixed sounds vs. unalterted audio.

[@johnzenproductions2418]

Pleas do it!!! :D

[@lorenzoandrew6130]

instablaster...

[@olivert4648]

I just started my sound design studies yesterday. This video cleared up some things what my professor didn't explain clearly. Thank you!

[@Sonically2faced]

Im not sure if many of the people hear even realize how amazing your music is... great tips man

[@Kalaxian80animations]

That was very useful! I knew you have to layer in order to make certain sounds that are hard to obtain or doesn't exist, like maybe rain, thunder, fire roars, etc.

[@JeshuaW]

Keep up the good work! I really like your assessments in sound design. Was cool to see my buddy Akash mentioned, we were classmates. :)

[@MarshallMcGee]

I sent this to akash right after I finished it! hahah he's a fantastic guy. I'm going to try to convince him to do a skype interview with me for an upcoming episode :D! Thanks for watching! -MM

[@melasonos6132]

I'm going to get that game because of this, and REALLY important topic I think. It really makes me, and hopefully others, appreciate sound design more.

[@rileyburke7235]

As a aspiring sound designer, I thank you. I currently work for my theater and I plan on going to college next year to branch out finally

[@jonobrien7024]

this is made so well please keep on making these!

[@zuzusuperfly8363]

I think it's really cool that you're able to make this video so short and yet so full of content. Including so many examples is a great idea. The only one I knew about was Jurassic Park; the rest were super neat. Especially the slinky. Your conclusion was very nice. It doesn't seem like any sentence was superfluous, not just in the conclusion, but in the video as whole.

[@GrandpaParrotNHB]

I would love to see you cover cartoon sound design and comedic mixing. It may seem too niche, but it’s a surprisingly complex and game-changing skill. There’s this great 2013 animated series called Wander Over Yonder that, for me, truly honors the history of cartoon SFX. This show, an old-school cartoon at heart, is proud to take from the classic Disney, WB and Hanna-Barbera libraries. However, beyond that, but it uses those recognizable cues in a carefully crafted soundscape, elevating their emotional, comedic and atmospheric potential.

[@animator049]

Seems like I'll be watching every video you've ever made tonight..😊

[@KhenzBeatmaker]

Just discovered your channel, and it was EXACTLY what I was looking for: excellent video about real sound design! You've just got a new subscriber! :)

[@aeolian951]

I love how I watch this video and think *"Wow, the bacon example is so impressive! Layering really is a cool thing!"* and then I watch the other video where he says *"The reason the bacon sounds like rain is not because of layering at all. The sound of the bacon here isn't layered with any other recordings. The real reason that a sound designer can use the sound of bacon frying as a substitute for rain is much more simple and it's just that the sound of rain and the sound of frying something are very similar"* :D

[@mrtrunxx]

An object at rest is a favorite!!!!

[@VitoMusic88]

Great channel! I love how concise and informative your videos are. It's been my dream to do this and now I'm starting. Thanks for your help!

[@xssracademy]

Hey, Marshall. Pretty nice series. Really enjoying to watch it!

[@mikitimik]

This is awesome! I'd love to see more episodes!

[@bachtell]

These videos are gold! Found you on Upsound streams (huge ups for using a John Mayer sample btw), checked out your Soundcloud and love the funk vibes and rhythm. Then, I look you up on KZbin and you have\ beautifully brief tutorials on how to create sounds from some of my favorite games. You have a new fan. Hoping for more videos and I'm considering your 1 on 1 tutoring just to chat and pick your brain. Thanks for everything. Have learned much from you in the last 24 hours.

[@MarshallMcGee]

+Chase Bachtell dude yeah upsound is the shit! Happy to have helped you! You can look forward to many more videos, streams, and tutoring availability :)

[@bachtell]

I'm compiling some questions and I will definitely be doing one of your tutoring sessions. Thanks for responding!

[@yakplateado1923]

wow this is such a cool, useful video!

[@jonvonbronson1290]

Great video Marshall! A topic I'd love to see would be for all those intense whomps and crazy effects used in modern movie trailers. They're all terribly formulaic but the sound design seems so intense. Keep up the good work, look forward to more!

[@miowner]

oh my god you're amazing, you're like a distant cousin of EveryFrameAPainting, but focuses on audio instead

[@edufighter5643]

Thanks Marshall for sharing your knowledge and art :)

[@iluvuvibez6644]

Huh, very interesting never thought about it like that... crazy

[@RyonRykal]

What's also very interesting and often made very wrong in KZbin video is the balance of the sounds in loudness. I very often see videos where the outro/intro is FAR louder then all voices or that the music is WAY louder then everything else, so that you have to regulate the loudness while watching. That would be a great topic for one of your videos. (Don't know if you covered that yet.)

[@iamkvitek]

Super cool!

[@scamkid]

AMAZING VID

[@HeadbutKneecap]

The sound of a metal slinky being tapped is a very similar sound to an ice lake cracking

[@migishaboyd]

beautiful!

[@hurricanesails]

Great tips, Thank you. Please share with your viewers the differences between video tracks layering and audio tracks being layered. The top video track is what is seen, however it appears that with audio and SFX they nicely layer - heard together vs blocking as with video. Thank you

[@blingincorporated]

this is sick

[@Audiojunkk]

excellent video

[@homewithcow]

Very cool information.

[@bd_ART]

Just pretty amazing

[@extroopia]

Great video! Going to try Hyper Light Drifter out, those little snippets look/sound intriguing!

[@apothecurio]

Dude that title on its own is its own “ProTip”

[@jorgelopez9620]

Love it. New fan, new sub

[@Merlinfoop]

This is fantastic

[@dylandavie6309]

Sweet breakdown! Thank you for the insight! Could we see a breakdown of high-end car commercials or action/chase scenes??!!

[@mikeburke1348]

Rad. Dude, this is rad.

[@scamkid]

A mixing vid would be great

[@alejandronieto576]

Thanks for this!

[@Test-re2qk]

Hey nice show ! Could you make a video about organisation and templates ?

[@owenjohnson5499]

THIS IS SO GOOD

[@fedorvoronovcomposer]

I try to sound-design myself, but the biggest challenge for me I find is not knowing 'what makes a sound sound Dirty' is the dirtiness of sound just our psychological thing, or is it something more (like, I am not talking about white noise and noise in general here, neither pops and clicks, those things are obvious), just all my sound design sounds "cheap", but not because of the sound quality, hope it makes sense (I kinda have the same problem with the self-produced music Sound)

[@flutu]

sooo good

[@simongreve]

The talk about making a sound from something else, reminds me of how Godzilla's roar was made by rubbing a clove over the strings of a bass.

[@DannyBurke]

Great video! Subscribed!

[@EnterTheOrb]

Nice work

[@DavidUebergang]

Topic suggestion: equipment/settings for recording sound and when is good to use each? I've never really touched recording sound before so would be interested in this :-) Or point me to your favourite resources!

[@jackaustin2487]

very good video

[@TMtheScratcher]

I never can walk again trough rain without thinking of bacon

[@neilsebastian]

very informative voice!

[@ethanfoulkmusic3922]

You just earned a sub

[@kevan_]

Buen vídeo, muy interesante lo plateado :)

[@polynochnick]

Sorry? What mic you use to recording sounds&(what mic on 1:49? Audio Technica at2020?) Thanks for answer!

[@SuperJV4x]

would love to know how the original Star Trek sound effects were created

[@lorenzamccutcheon2408]

yes, my digital help. now influences home deep . I hope I got a Good Sell

[@DannySullivanMusic]

Intro sounds exactly like: "Hi my name is Mark Brown and this is Game Maker's Toolkit"

[@jocities]

really enjoying the videos! whats a good way to get into sound design? Im someone who works with music a lot and have i been very interested in the idea of moving into sound design

[@sonicfreak04]

for years ive been trying to figure out what sounds were used to make the patronus sound effect from prisoner of azkaban

[@HighsightTv]

Really well constructed video. Got me interested in recording my own sounds, great work! Do you know what that sound editing program used for Hyperlight Drifter was?

[@degrawjb]

How about a sound design episode for story telling? Like Radiolab style?

[@MarshallMcGee]

Just put that idea in my notebook. Great!

[@WEARESAVIORS]

Fantastic video, please continue. Could you also talk about the software you use?

[@MarshallMcGee]

I think a software video might be hard to make interesting haha so I'll just tell you I'm using Ableton Live to do all of these edits. But the truth is that any audio software works to do layering. It's just a matter of which provides you with the best workflow, and for me that's ableton.

[@WEARESAVIORS]

Thanks for the reply! I'm still looking for a good DAW, the only one I have experience with is Reason. Gonna check out Ableton.

[@Jaredc78]

Neat

[@Speadraser]

My favorite voice is Trevor from GTA. #Mic

[@whatthetech7647]

so what did you layer with the bacon for the rain sound? or was it just the bacon

[@MarshallMcGee]

+WhatTheTech just 3 layers of bacon!

[@ThePunchKids]

hey dude can you link your references?

[@togetafix]

Could you suggest a book that I could use to learn the basics.

[@MarshallMcGee]

I'd actually suggest not learning from a book in this situation. The internet and youtube are the best resources I've found for learning sound design!

[@togetafix]

Thanks for the reply. A lot of the videos I found except yours are mostly about layering in Music.

[@sankarkdk3629]

SOUND DESIGN : The expressive power of Music, Voice and SFX in cinema - David Sonnenschein. It might help you how to start your sound design

[@peterkristian5772]

I sound like a walrus and a dolfin too

[@DragisaBoca]

That bacon made me so hungry...

[@motoed]

Well done. Are you connected with 20k hertz by chance?

[@aurin_komak]

Heyy I have the same Swiss army knife

[@lyburnumwits2179]

would love to hear about car sounds in movies, think fast n furious type of thing which is not the most realistic

[@SoundBoss5150]

Also funny how the sound design du jour for squirrels is actually a bird chirp. Have you EVER heard a squirrel vocalizing for real? Sounds like a mini velociraptor!!

[@Vvital25]

software used at 2:45 ?

[@gerald5969]

Logic Pro X

[@Vvital25]

thanks, do you know a software (for windows) that is able to do the same stuff ? (sync sounds and animation ?)

[@gerald5969]

Apparently Avid Pro Tools is the industry standard for foley work in media, but I believe both FL Studio and Ableton Live have video capabilities though I've never tried it

[@Vvital25]

Thanks a lot buddy

[@ikhaatjullieallemaalpersoo5715]

I thought it was people clapping at the beginning

[@Minecraftmigapiku]

I am looking for free software with will allow me to exit audio put layers of exxects on it and most importantly 8n witch I could make effects changing over time, eg. bandpass filter wich frequency changes in time

[@JZStudiosonline]

That would be the STRANGEST bacon frying sound I've ever heard. I think you're lying.

[@slaction]

You know what sounds more like rain than bacon cooking? Fucking rain.

[@sanctipaprichio]

slaction rain is harder to record well

0:40 That was pretty bad lol i thought it was the girl screaming

[@tinolangbaka2060]

why does your mic beside your bacon looks like