When sound effects are required in theatrical productions, shows can use recordings found on the internet. But back when radio was the primary entertainment source, Foley artists had to create every ...

Finding objects to mimic the sound of a squeaky door hinge is one of the most difficult sound effects that librarian Susan Claus has encountered when preparing for a Northland Radio Hour show. The ...

Envision’s Westar Music has added the SoundStorm Motion Picture Sound Effects Library to its growing library of royalty-free commercial music and effects for radio station production. SoundStorm, ...

Ora Nichols was the first — and only — woman to run a radio sound effects department during the Golden Age of Radio. She led the CBS sound team and, along with her husband Arthur Nichols, is credited ...

One day last week German listeners, tuned to their home stations, caught the cultured enemy accents of First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill himself, coming over the same Nazi radio that ...

ElevenLabs is a leader in AI audio. Its tools, such as AI voice cloning, have achieved worldwide recognition. Today, the startup launched its AI Sound Effects tool to help creatives find the perfect ...

From the wet squelch of an alien creature to the crisp tip-tapping of a dance scene, filmic aural experiences are created by foley artists. These audio masters use their imagination and technical know ...

During the “golden age of radio,” Ralph Swain spent a considerable amount of his childhood trying to spook out his brother in the darkened basement of their family’s New Jersey home. After all, this ...

The Rockettes are getting a Christmas present: Radio City Musical Hall is kicking up the sound quality. The 92-year-old venue will swap out its old audio system for the same new technology used by the ...

Ora Nichols was the first — and only — woman to run a radio sound effects department during the Golden Age of Radio. Remembering Ora Nichols, A Pioneer Of Radio Sound Effects Ora Nichols was the first ...

Ora Nichols was the first — and only — woman to run a radio sound effects department during the Golden Age of Radio. She led the CBS sound team and, along with her husband Arthur Nichols, is credited ...