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Can I Use Copyrighted Music in YouTube Videos?

YouTube was the first of the digital streaming platforms to work with copyright holders and enforce the DMCA rules. YouTuber’s were...

The Top 5 professional streaming channels and their audience sizes

The professional streaming market continues to grow and grow. The amount of people making their career via monetizing their content in...

What Is Royalty Free Music

As professional streaming continues to grow, as podcast popularity multiplies, and as YouTube channels are becoming million dollar...

What Videos will YouTube, Twitch and Facebook Demonetize?

The first wave of content that gets demonetized or removed is content that violates the content guidelines. If your content continues...

How Streamers Can Avoid a DMCA strike or copyright claim on Youtube/Facebook/Twitch

The revenue that musicians, gamers, podcasters, and content creators can generate on platforms like Youtube, Twitch, and Facebook has...

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Our Oscar Predictions

Read up on our Oscar takes and tell us your own.

The Mega Pack

1800 loops, 7 Music Construction Kits, infinite possibilities.

Lose Yourself in The Darkness Pack

New cinema-ready tracks filled with dark, stylized synth textures, high suspense, and massive impacts. Available now. To download the...

Three Money-Saving Sound Design Hacks for Filmmakers on a Budget

“Sound is half the experience in seeing a film.” —George Lucas (NY TIMES). The Importance of Quality Sound Design In a world that’s...

Hearing Backwards: Reversed Sounds and Music in TENET

Tenet’s unique exploration of time travel required innovative filming, editing, and sound design techniques. Christopher Nolan is known...

Sound Masters: Do the Right Thing

To start off Black History Month, we're celebrating Spike Lee’s 1989 masterpiece, Do The Right Thing. A major critical success, the film...

Sound Masters: Ip Man 2

10 years ago today, almost a year after its incredibly successful release in China, American audiences finally had their theatrical...

Sound Masters: Sound of Metal

Today we want to give a shout-out to Darius Marder’s incredible recent film, Sound of Metal. Already a recipient of many awards and still...

Sound Breakdown: Season of the Witch

A couple weeks ago, we were celebrating the 20th anniversary of Dominic Sena's Season of the Witch. Today, Mark breaks down the sound...

Sound Masters: Donnie Darko

Today, we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Richard Kelly's genre-bending, mind-bending cult classic, Donnie Darko. Due to advertising...

Sound Masters: Season of the Witch

Today we celebrate a 20th film anniversary—and the second time Nicholas Cage and Ron Perlman worked together—with a Sound Masters...

Sound Masters: 12 Monkeys

While the COVID pandemic has brought tragedy and chaos to 2020, we're glad it hasn't reached the apocalyptic proportions of the virus in...

Things You Missed in ROGUE ONE

Mark breaks down the epic final scene in Rogue One and shows you how to make your own sound pass of the clip.

Sound Masters: Tron: Legacy at 10

10 years ago today, we finally got the highly-anticipated sequel to cult hit film Tron. Tron: Legacy was in production for almost 5...

Sound Masters: Edward Scissorhands

Released in 1990, Edward Scissorhands celebrates its 30th birthday today.

Out Now: The Atlas Pack

Explore new realms. Welcome to the Atlas Pack. It’s a sophisticated collection of professional-quality, cinematic music. Dramatic,...

Sound Masters: Brokeback Mountain

Looks like we’re celebrating Ang Lee film anniversaries back-to-back, with today being the 15th birthday of Lee’s Brokeback Mountain!

Sound Masters: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

The start of the new millennium also marked a new era of filmmaking with the release of Ang Lee’s film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. 20...

Sound Masters: Black Swan

We all know Darren Aronofsky knows how to create a chilling psychological thriller, and 2010’s Black Swan is no exception. First...

Sound Masters: Toy Story

On this day in 1995, it was a historical moment for film: the release of the first entirely computer-animated feature film, Toy Story!

Sound Masters: Dances with Wolves

30 years ago today, Kevin Costner released his self-produced directorial debut film, Dances With Wolves. The film was released to...

Power of Sound: Point Break

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Sound Masters: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Time flies—unless, of course, you have a Time-Turner... Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire turns 15 today!

Sound Masters: GoldenEye

Today's the 25th anniversary of the 17th installment of the James Bond franchise, and the first to star Pierce Brosnan: GoldenEye.

Sound Masters: Home Alone

There was a time John Hughes seemed to dominate the box office and popular culture with his iconic coming-of-age stories. Today, we’re...

Sound Masters: Raging Bull

Because Martin Scorsese is… well, Martin Scorsese, we’ve mentioned him pretty frequently here on the blog. But today’s a special day; one...

Sound Masters: Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Read about the sound design that brought this Academy Award-winning claymation to life.

Sound Masters: The Social Network

The Social Network turns ten today.

Sound Masters: Serenity

Happy 15th anniversary to Joss Whedon's Serenity!

6 Podcasts with Great Sound Design

On International Podcast Day, the Audio Design Desk team is celebrating podcasts with great sound design. What’s missing from our list?

Power of Sound: Barry Lyndon

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Sound Masters: Goodfellas

In honor of its 30th birthday earlier this week, today we’re talking about one of Scorsese’s most critically successful films: Goodfellas!

Sound Masters: Seven

25 years later, we’re still reeling from one of the most iconic plot twists in history.

Sound Masters: The Hurt Locker

Over a decade later, we still celebrate the sound team and Katherine Bigalow for their incredible accomplishments with The Hurt Locker.

Sound Masters: Slumdog Millionaire

It’s rare for the Oscar for Best Sound Mixing to go to a film that isn’t action-oriented, the sound team of Slumdog Millionaire earned it.

Sound Masters: The Bourne Ultimatum

On Women’s Equality Day, we're celebrating Karen Baker Landers' work on The Bourne Ultimatum.

Audio Design Desk Named 2020 SaaS Awards Winner

Audio Design Desk has been named the winner of the 2020 SaaS Awards!

Sound Masters: Whiplash

What do you get by juxtaposing sound with negative space? WHIPLASH.

The Power of Sound: Smaug

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Sound Masters: Gravity

How do you create sound design for the silent vacuum of outer space?

The Power of Sound: Cujo

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The Power of Sound: Pulp Fiction

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Sound Masters: Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Nominated for Best Sound and Best Original Score at the 50th Academy Awards in 1978, Close Encounters of the Third Kind was a cultural...

Sound Masters: A Quiet Place

All ears were on the sound designers of A Quiet Place.