The Sound Effects Bible: How to Create and Record Hollywood Style Sound Effects

I bought this for my husband for school. My husband loves the book, he said it has a lot of information in it. My husband showed the book to his teacher and the teacher even said it was a great book and was going to try and add the book to his class as a requirement.

Very practical "how to" book. Not only does Ric explain techniques for creating sound effects, he gives insights on the process and procedures. So, if you need a special sound that is not described in the book, you do get some ideas on where to look and how to create it yourself. Also has a lot of good background on sound production, mica, recording techniques and such. Good stuff!

This is the book I've been looking for for my sound design students - good information and advice, little filler, at an affordable price. Perhaps what makes it so affordable is that it appears to be a print-on-demand volume.I was taken aback by the print quality, which I would best describe as a high-quality photocopy on heavy paper. The cover is substantial and the paper is substantial. Yet, the design of the book clearly features photographs and gradient areas which were meant to reach the edge of the page, but don't, everything is hyper contrasty, including gradients and photographs which are not well reproduced.I would encourage Michael Weise Productions to give this book the presentation it deserves, even if it costs a few dollars more. The content can stand on its own merits.

I'm an aspiring game sound designer who has only ever bought/used other peoples sound effects. There's a huge portion of this book describing how to create a number of sounds (included in the table of contents too for easy looking) and it has helped me IMMENSELY with my projects. Fast shipping, no damage. Overall great book, very useful.

GREAT BOOK!!!! Lots of substance!!! If you are new to this topic, this is a great place to start... Lot's of creative ideas for experienced readers as well... Can I give it 6 STARS? Seriously, it's a book that anyone interested in recording, editing, or using sound effects should read... And then leave it close on a bookshelf for reference...

The Sound Effects Bible is about the "nuts and bolts" of sound info, such as:- the science of sound and sound effects- extensive resources for microphones and mike application- setting up studio recording or field recording equipment- recording principles and procedures- the art of Foley- sound hardware and software- sound design and studio design- plus dozens of sound effects explanations and proceduresIt is quite a thorough guide to the mechanics of sound design and implementation.

If someone calls something the "So-and-so-BIBLE", one should be well aware of the original. A less conspicuous title would've been more appropriate.Before I start to comment: I am a sound engineer for almost 45 years of dealing with movie- and television-sound. Having worked most of the time in Germany and Costa Rica, I cannot boast about any Hollywood productions in my credits, but I have done thoroughly my homework, and now am transferring the knowledge of that homework and experience to my students at the Universidad Veritas' School for Film & TV in San José, Costa Rica.I have worked with Mel Kutbay and Hans-Walter Kramsky in Germany, to whom I am deeply indebted for all the tricks and beautiful sounds coming out of old cardboard boxes, handkerchiefs, bicycle chains, etc...OK, about "the Bible":1) "Genesis" takes up almost a third of the book (113 out of 309 pages). In my wife's version it is 70 pages long, out of 1561. Hmmm...2) The commandments are well intentioned and even helpful. But the author forgot to observe a critical one: "Thou shalt be humble." It is tiring to read, and re-read the self-adulation of the work he has done, and how wonderful his quarter-million-file sound archive is. Plug, plug, plug... It feels sometimes like wearing a FiLa or Lacoste T-shirt - which I definitely don't, because I paid for the chemise, and am not doing any free ads on top.3) I still have to find out the relation between a Limiter and (quote): "...compression with an infinite or extremely high compression ratio." (unquote). Duhhh...?4) And making Mr. Christian Doppler an Aussie (Australia) instead of an Austrian denotes sloppy research, or poorly paid attention in physics class.Overall, the book is good for beginners, and it conveys good information, but I must confess, that after the first 100 pages my reading became biased, trying to zap out (mentally) the commercials.It gives good advice on miking positions and archiving, but beyond that it falls short, and even has very contradictory information (i.e. "synthesizers are not good for cartoon effects").Mis dos centavos.Haymo Henry Heyder (in sunny Costa Rica)

This is book is amazing, covers alt about hands on experience! If you also want to learn about equipment this book has a lot about it. It's easy and fun to read. One of the best ones I have on the subject.

Loved this book, easy to read, not overly-complex by any means. It's great for beginner and intermediate level sound engineers as the book holds your hand, but it would probably wear on pros unless they've never tread foot in this area of sound recording before. The few beginning chapters are fantastic if you're interested in learning how sound works. Overall this book is really helpful for helping you avoid beginner pitfalls in a lot of areas (gear, space design, working in the field etc), and it ends giving you a great A-Z of sound effects you might need and how to record them (there's some great sense of humour thrown in to boot!). If you're looking for more advanced information on certain topics (field recording, timecode, lav mics etc) then check out the sequel 'Location Sound - Ric Viers' as this covers it in much more depth.One warning though, technology has progressed a fair amount since this book was published so don't expect certain pieces of technology to be ready available and relevant in this day and age (e.g. Fostex FR2 recorder is now discontinued).

Un libro ideal para conocer las bases del mundo del audio en la industria cinematográfica.

Great introduction into the world of sound design: from making your own recordings, building your studio to creative sound editing in post production. All the different stages of the process are explained and illustrated with personal anecdotes and examples.The Sound Effects Bible is a must have for everyone who wants to know more about the art of folley, recording in the field, making sound for film. I really enjoyed reading it, and it inspired me to leave my software sound library aside and create more sounds on my own.

Perfect! The content, the book itself and the fastest delivery possible for the distant trip it had.

Un libro fondamentale per neofiti e professionisti del sound design cinematografico. Da leggere per intero e allo stesso tempo da consultare all'occorrenza. Ispirante. Caldamente consigliato!!!