New Library: Split-Flap Sign

My new (and first made for sale!) sound fx library, SPLIT-FLAP SIGN, is up for sale now! It's discounted for the first couple days.

I got a Vestaboard Note and spent several weeks recording every possible variation of the lovely flippy, flappy, clicky, clacky mechanical sounds it makes. Several mic perspectives, 192khz, and lots of sweeps, risers, and more!

As a sound designer, I’ve often needed a sound I couldn't find, something not quite like dominos falling or cards shuffling, but in the same vein. I needed something mechanical and choppy, but not synthetic, that could convey movement in 'explainer' videos or make unique transitions. Enter Split-Flap Sign! This all-mechanical display flips 'tiles' to create words and designs in a gorgeous, unique, and nostalgic clicky sound. The library was recorded with an exhaustive variation of styles, densities, and perspectives to give you more options than you could ever need: there are over 2000 sounds in 154 files, all recorded at 192kHz with full UCS metadata embedded. Split-Flap Sign is great for those aforementioned 'explainer' video animations, but that’s just one use; the flippy, flappy sound of the split-flap sign can be used for all kinds of things, from designing helicoptery and sputtering motor sounds to automated factories to dystopian offices. It could be used to create a unique sound for a retro-futuristic typewriter, printer, or tape-driven computer. It could be mangled to create robotic movements instead of the overused servo sounds. The sweeps could be excellent at crafting a swarm of nanobots flying around!