About The Book
The Sound Effects Bible will teach you everything you need to know to get started creating and recording your own sound effects. Period. There is very little fluff and only brief periods of wild and aimless exposition. Other than that, it’s straight to the point and chocked full of pics, diagrams, and real world experience. With over 600 sound effects products under his belt,
Ric Viers has been there, done that, broke it, fixed and then sold it on Ebay. This book tells you exactly how he did it and more importantly, how you can do it too.
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What professionals think about the book!
"Ric's book is an excellent introduction to techniques for producing professional sound effects for films, games, etc. It's packed with nuts-and-bolts information that beginning and intermediate level sound designers/editors will find useful."
- Randy Thom, Academy Award Winning Sound Designer
Director of Sound Design, Skywalker Ranch
"If you are interested in learning about the details of sound effects for you own productions - this is the book!"
- Frank Serafine, Award Winning Sound Designer/Composer
Tron, Star Trek, The Hunt For Red October, Brainstorm
"Ric has really nailed it on this one. There is no other A-to-Z book that a media maker who has limited knowledge of sound effects can use to get a great overview of how sound is matched to visuals conceptually and technically - and then with this knowledge actually make a movie soundtrack."
- Alan Howarth, Composer/Sound Designer
Star Trek, Halloween, Poltergeist, Dracula, Stargate
"The SFX Bible is the go-to resource for anyone serious about sound creation! Viers generously shares his real world experience in an absorbing and hard to put down guide to this fascinating corner of the entertainment industry."
- Aaron Marks, Composer/Sound Designer & Author of The Complete Guide To Game Audio
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, Tom Clancy's Endwar, Feet Of fury
"Ric Viers eats, drinks, and breathes sound effects. If you're a sound designer, editor, or filmmaker, you'll need the Bible!"
- Tasos Frantzolas
Founder of Soundsnap.com
"Fun, funny, and the most informative source I've seen on the what, why, and how of creating sound effects. This book's a blessing of inspiration, common sense, and trade secrets, a must for everyone planning to get their own microphone for recording our sonic world. Thanks, Ric, for sharing your experience creating those 100,000 humongous, teeny, sloshy, brittle, honking, shimmering, etc. etc. sounds."
- David Sonnenschein
Author of Sound Design
"Ric Viers manages to not only detail the technical aspects of an under-appreciated craft, but explain how a sound effects expert approaches this work from a practical perspective - offering specific examples of how one can capture and later utilize audio that will add depth and character to images."
- David E. Williams
Editor-In-Chief, Digital Video Magazine
"I have no idea what he is talking about."
- Ric's Dad
