26 I M PS E . O R G 26 I M PS E . O R G
Organizing
Your Sound E ects
Library
with the
UNIVERSAL
CATEGORY
SYSTEM
When COVID -19
forced productions
to shut down and the
world to quarantine,
award-winning
sound designer and
supervising sound editor
Tim Nielsen of Skywalker
Sound turned his attention
to a simple question posed
to him years ago by a classroom
of students: "How do you organize your
sound eƒ ects library?" His solution may
revolutionize your sound eƒ ects editorial
workfl ow.
BY STEVE URBAN MPSE
