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50 CINEMONTAGE / Q2 2019 TECH TIPS by Joseph Herman A long with a compelling musical score, convincing sound effects are one of the most important audible ingredients in a motion picture or television production. In a movie with a chase scene through the downtown area of a city, all sorts of sounds are required, such as revving engines, flying helicopters and the rapid fire of automatic weapons. In an off- world, sci-fi movie, you might need the sounds of futuristic spaceships, laser beams and robots (maybe even a scary monster or two). Whatever the movie happens to be, if you're the sound designer, you'll need to create authentic effects so that audiences believe what they're watching is real. In the past, sound designers could buy a large collection of sound effects in the hope that it would contain the sounds they might need. Sometimes the collection had what they needed, but often it would not. Another option would be for them to go out and record the audio themselves, perhaps with found objects they could use to mimic the desired sound. Now there is another option to create sound effects in the form of a suite of VST/AU/AAX audio plug-ins from Krotos Audio that work inside your favorite DAW (I use both Pro Tools and Studio One). For this review, I received Krotos Audio's Sound Design Bundle 2, which contains all four of its flagship products, as well as bundled libraries. Inside Krotos Audio's Sound Design Bundle 2 is Igniter Full Tank, a remarkably useful plug-in that allows you to create all manner of real-world or science fiction vehicles — whether they ride on the ground, hover in the air or fly by in space. Next in the suite is Weaponiser Fully Loaded, a plug-in that lets you design and layer an unlimited scope of weapon sounds, including pistols, automatic weapons, rocket launchers, lasers, phasers, energy blasts and anything else you would need to cause serious damage (or defend the home front). Also part of Weaponiser Fully Loaded is the Battle Bundle, a huge collection of nearly 6,000 high-quality combat sounds that adds sword attacks, rapiers, chainmail, A Bundle of Sounds New Krotos Audio Plug-Ins Cover a Spectrum of Sonic Effects Figure 1: Aside from a lot of different engine sounds for all kinds of vehicles, Igniter Full Tank also includes a built-in synthesis module, which comes in handy when designing sci-fi vehicles and spaceships.