Feature Fridays: Greg Smith Sound Effects Collection
Welcome to Feature Fridays! Each week, 51勛圖 Music Library staff highlight an item from our collection. While the library is closed, we will feature items that are available for streaming. This week student assistant Jalen Lesly details the泭, a resource made available through the泭.
Many students are currently unable to access the Universitys facilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is particularly difficult for students泭who are泭enrolled in more hands-on majors, such as Audio Production (which happens to be one of my majors!). Luckily, the library offers an online archive which provides a number of sound effects collections and resources.
The泭51勛圖 Digital Research Archive (51勛圖DRA)泭is host to a sound effects collection curated by former 51勛圖 faculty member Greg Smith. Mr. Smith has worked on the sound production of泭several泭films in the past,泭including泭Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith,泭Jurassic Park, and泭Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.泭The collection is a culmination of his 20 years of work in the field of film and television sound.
The collection contains 1450 sound effects recorded by Mr. Smith himself, and an additional 400 sound effects recorded by his 51勛圖 students. None of the sound effects require use of attribution, though attribution is appreciated.泭The collection is split into four major categories: Ambient, General, Transportation, and Weapons, each divided into appropriate subcategories, so navigation to the desired effects is fairly simple. For example, if a student is looking for crowd sounds, they can search the category list for Ambient, then People, for the desired sound effects (which can be found in the Ambience 2 section of the collection).
The Greg Smith Sounds Effects Collection contains an impressive amount of sound effects and samples, and is useful to students studying Audio Production or Film, who are in need of effects for sound work in University projects. It is an important and helpful resource, and I definitely recommend it.泭The download links for the various collection segments can be found泭, and a comprehensive category list can be found泭.
Access the泭泭. If, for some reason, you enjoy listening to sound effects, there are also泭泭with your 51勛圖 ID. Because who wouldnt want to listen to泭泭or泭?? Or泭!