![]() ![]() Playing samples and adding them to a batch for extraction is simple. I found the organization and preview features quite valuable when going through a library of this size. The idea of using an integrated browser is a step in the right direction but it would be nice if users could add their own topic areas, ratings and bookmarks. For example, searching for “air” returns plenty of air-based sound effects but also returns “folding chairs” and “scissors cutting hair.” Searching for “boom” or “bang” does not return any of the excellent explosions in the general effects class. Juicer’s keyword-searchable index is handy to use but does not always respond as expected. DIGITAL JUICE SOUND FX LIBRARY PROFESSIONALI can easily hear these used in professional and academic productions for TV and stage. There are some gems in the electronic and pop logos as well. I really liked the orchestral transitions and the variety of moods makes this a go-to set. A bit more variety in the guitar tone and playing styles would help the overall usability. The rock elements lean towards the heavy side but are very convincing. The strongest musical elements are the acoustic, corporate and orchestral. The adult voice actors are professional sounding and there are enough words and phrases to make a variety of announcements and commercials. The human sounds are also quite useful for anyone making commercials or corporate sound design, such as telephone systems. The big Hollywood-style explosions would sound at home in a film of any budget. Thunder is sometimes called “lightning” but it sounds great. Speaking of which, there are 237 weapons by brand name and bullets going into different surfaces. By the way, the golf swing makes a nice whoosh that would work in a fighting game. There are rivers, waterfalls, things falling in water, office sounds, sports. There are 328 basic Foley sounds and another 146 just for footsteps. The dinosaur sounds - some made from real animals – are impressive. ![]() There are four types of dogs, for example. The animal set is reasonable but not exhaustive. These are both well recorded and versatile. The strength of this product is in the general sound effects and human recordings. There are sets of related cues organized as acoustic, corporate, jazz, orchestra, rock and urban and longer pieces, or “textures.” Also included are musical “logos” broken out as: acoustic, comedy, corporate, electronic, jazz, new age, news, orchestral, pop, rock, sports, urban and world. The Musical FX section includes short phrases of electric bass, flute, guitar, organ, percussion, sax, trombone and trumpet. The noise effects include alarms, ascends, beds, beeps, bells, blasts, buttons, computer, descends, distortions, drones, evolvers, feedbacks, filters, hits, lasers, LFE, liquids, fly-bys, kicks and lasers, sci-fi elements, stabs, whooshes and more. The topics include exclamations, business, commercial phrases, questions, police, reactions, telephone systems, states, occasions and numbers. The human effects include men, women and children. The general effects include ambience, animals, crashes, explosions, Foley, horror, household, impacts, office, sci-fi, technology, weapons and weather. ![]() The set includes voice actors and musical logos in addition to Foley and sound effects. Sound FX Library includes 11,500 clips divided into 170 categories. DIGITAL JUICE SOUND FX LIBRARY MACRequirements include a DVD-ROM drive, 256 MB RAM, 1.5GB for previews, Apple QuickTime version 5.0.2 or later, Mac OS10.3.9 or later, Windows 2000 or XP, DirectX8 or later. On the other hand, the animation stuff stands alone.Juicer Audio 3.02 was tested for this review on an Apple G5 Quad running OS 10.4.8. DJ has yet to impress me with their audio stuff. Not having both in hand to judge for real, from the samples and such, I just feel like I am going to get better quality audio (a subjective thing for sure) with the Sony libs. Like stock music I find that a little from here and a little from there is good. In the end I recalled that now ONE lib is going to fill your needs. A searching index for SFX is a real plus. I wonder if Sony has done one for the media manager in Vegas or ACID. These are truely from the Sony vaults and the companies that have done sound design for them. ![]() Some of the effects I recognized personally and I know the folks that made then. The Sony demo's that I heard were first quality. The Backroads piece was nice (Yea Eric!) and the DJ comic piece was not too bad. From that I queationed the libs' quality. That is not a good way to show that your FX are high quality. I do not need most of the V/O stuff either.ĭJ's demo DVD made my stomach turn. They both seem to have equal amount at that point.ĭJ's has a nice variety, but I do not need the musical cues because I have other resources that are better. Your mileage may vary.ĭJ's is the same cost as Sony's 1 and 2 together. I was bouncing that choice around for about a month. ![]()
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