1000 Sound Files For $10
Photics
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Would you pay $10 for 1,000 Royalty Free sound files? I'm thinking of making something similar to a clip art CD, but for sound files.
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No chance of getting sued?
Free to use in any game?
No credation? (My made up word.)
Hell yes!
Having more people in the credits makes you look pro. :L
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It was the start of the project. I had some problems getting my equipment ready. It's also a Saturday. The weather was nice. It was hard to get motivated. Although, I started getting better at creating sound effects towards the end of the day. One of the biggest problems is creating an area of silence. I don't want to just throw together 1000 sound files. These are sound files that I might use in my own games one day. I've included some files from my previous GameSalad projects, but I modified most of them for better sound quality.
The "Chirping Bird" sound was an unexpected bonus. This bird started singing, so I recorded it.
I'm having a lot of fun with this project. I think the quality of the sound files reflects that. I think this collection of sounds could be very helpful to independent game developers and movie makers. Thanks for voting in the poll. It's great to see that so many people are interested in this project.
Cheers
Alcamie
I'm planning to sell it just like the textbook... order through Google Checkout from a Photics.com web page, to get an email with download information. The license will be for a single developer. That means you can make as many games as you want with the sound files. (If you're going to use the files in a client's project, and that app is not published under your developer name, they will need their own license.)
The idea is that you'll be so happy with the sound files that you'll want to order more. If the project is successful, I could make other sound packs. I'm thinking that those sound packs will be $10 each too. If it's really hard to create 1000 sound files, I might charge more for future packs. But right now, the goal is to create the first sound pack... 1000 royalty free sound files for $10.
The delivery method is digital download. I might sell the sound files on a CD, but that would likely cost extra.
$10 / 1000 = $0.01
I think I was having something of mental block. That seems like a tremendous value. Maybe this is a crazy idea. Well, I'm not a shady business man. The project goal is 1000 sound files for $10. A mathematical error is not going to change that.
It's not a CD though... it's a digital download.
The project is taking longer than expected because I'm trying to create sound effects that are really good. I'm imaging the games I can create with these sounds. It's impressive. It's been said that pride is a sin. I think not. I'm trying to create a collection of sounds that I can be proud of. I think the finished product is easily worth more than $10. I'm not changing the parameters of this project... 1000 Royalty Free sounds for $10... and I'm trying to finish by the first week of November.
I would say that creating 100 high quality sounds per day is probably impossible (lol) - your focus on high quality is what will make this product do well, and be really useful to us. I look forward to it, but no rush - sounds that aren't good enough to use could fill websites (in fact, they do), and aren't of any use to me!
BTW - the book was a godsend - I was just looking around wondering when somebody was going to do one - I ordered it the moment I saw it a couple weeks ago, and have been enjoying it ever since. Thanks!
I can't wait till the sounds are out!
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The new plan is 500 sound files for $10. That's 2¢ per sound file, with an estimated file size of 45-50 MB. I think that's still a tremendous value for this collection of royalty free sounds. I've been working on this project for the last two weeks. If you were to do this yourself, it would likely take days. That doesn't even count the amount of money spent on this project. It wasn't a tremendous amount of money, but I went to local stores looking for inexpensive things to make sounds with.
• Coconut - I didn't like the sound of this, so it wasn't used
• Can of soda - great sounds and I got to drink the soda
• Christmas Bell - going on my Christmas tree
• Whistle - could be useful in emergencies, or sports
I've been visiting family members, rummaging through their stuff, in search of good sound effects. I'm especially pleased with the "Hit" collection. The "hit-1.wav" file is one of my favorite sounds in the entire collection. It's a very strong sound. It reminds me of Street Fighter II and Final Fight.
I'm also pleased with the "thwack" sounds, as it reminds me of an old Bruce Lee movie. Heh, when I was finished with one of those sounds I said, "whoa... I know kung-fu."
Another highlight... the ocean. I live on an island. I went to the water to record authentic ocean sounds. If I'm remembering correctly, it was the last nice day of the year. The temperature was in the 70's... very nice... good weather and good sounds.
Lots of the sounds in this collection are loops!
I'm planning to wrap this project up by November 10, 2010. That's when the sound files should be available at Photics.com.
sorry if this already got covered, but what format are these sound files in?
Have graphic packs available for DL... I suck at graphics & they are dang expensive to buy custom ones. Have like vehicle packs...sci-fi packs...fantasy packs... etc....
Just a thought for any artist out there