Quick and Dirty Horror Atmosphere

I sometimes fall victim to the idea that for something to be good it has to be complicated.

Good sound design isn’t exclusively recording a hard-to-capture source and meticulously processing it through insane FX chains. This is great but I find it easy to forget that simple ideas can still be good!

I’m trying to embrace that concept today while creating some horror atmospheres. Yes, it’s quick and dirty and I’m pretty much just recording the stuff on my desk into a 20 second reverb, but I still think it creates effective results!

(It being quick and dirty meant I forgot to clean my phone’s camera lens but let’s just say I’m embracing the imperfection of it all)