If you’re used to working with audio search engines like Soundminer or AudioFinder, BOOM Library’s tagging effort allows you to search for particular sounds using keywords (e.g. Not only does Cinematic Trailers 2 come with a thorough metadata sheet with detailed descriptions for every file, also the files themselves contain extensive information about their category, sonic color, intensity and more. If you already own another BOOM Library product, you’ll know that the brand is noted for meticulously tagging and labeling their sounds with valuable metadata.
In contrast to my initial impression when I first opened the sounds folder, there is really more than enough to choose from – especially if you keep in mind that each sound brings a fair bit of alternative versions along.
Each category provides a healthy balance of bread-and-butter sounds and more elaborate FX. Most sounds feel very flexible, yet unique enough to strike attention. Being presented with both organic and synthetic sounds opens up the usage of this library to a broad range of cinematic styles and applications.Īlthough the SFX library contains quite a number of sounds to choose from, it feels like no file was included without a purpose. In the SciFi Hits category as well as in the Drops, you’ll find sounds mostly deriving from synthesizers, although more than a few have some organic sounds mixed in. You’ll find a good amount of impact sounds that are composed of organic sound sources like drums, explosions and various metals. This is particularly apparent when having a look (or listen rather) at the Hits section. This being told, for me it was really refreshing to listen to Cinematic Trailers 2’s big and badass – yet clean – sounds.Ĭinematic Trailers 2 comes with a good blend of both organic and synthetic sounding FX. This may be a sonic trend that emerged to strive against other loud elements of a trailer mix, but to my opinion, distorting everything leaves most sounds weaker and less assertive than before. In recent times, sound designers seem to incorporate more and more distortion into their trailer sound effects packs – sometimes up to a point where most sounds feel washed out and broken. Cinematic Trailers Designed 2 – Audio Demos Although most of the sounds are processed and limited quite heavily in order to cut through a dense mix, I couldn’t spot any serious artifacts or annoying clipping effects.
Each hit, boom and riser sounded well-balanced in frequency and was mixed for maximum impact. When I was listening through the different sound categories for the first time, one thing that struck me right from the beginning was the fidelity and sonic quality of the sounds. The source sounds used to create Cinematic Trailers Designed 2 derive entirely from BOOM Library’s astonishing catalogue of SFX packs, and were carefully layered, edited and processed into completely new sounds. Cinematic Trailers Designed 2 is available either as a Stereo and a 5.1 Surround version, with all the containing sounds recorded in pristine 96kHz / 24bit audio quality.īoth versions contain the exact same sounds from the following categories:įor this review, I was provided with the Stereo version of Cinematic Trailers Designed 2. Each sound file contains a variety of alternate versions, edits and lengths of a certain sound, resulting in a total of over 450 sounds to choose from. In 9GB of sample content, you’ll find 120 meticulously designed, mixed and mastered cinematic sound effects.
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As its name suggests, the sound library is specifically tailored to movie trailers and teasers, but it’s also well suited to sonically spice up any film, presentation or podcast. It’s the highly anticipated successor to BOOM Library’s renowned Cinematic Trailers Volume 1. Today we’re taking a look at BOOM Library’s most recent sound effects sample library CINEMATIC TRAILERS DESIGNED 2.