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What are the five basics elements of sound design?

And how can these be used to amplify your short animations?

Sarah Healy
UX Collective
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4 min readOct 31, 2019

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Sound design can be just as important as the motion design. (created by Sarah Healy)

What is sound design exactly?

We can think of sound design as a tool to tell a story. It can be utilized not only to create an atmosphere in motion design but also to amplify the motion or animation on the screen.

Similar to motion design sound design is not something that can be easily mastered but can be created using a similar layered effect.

There are five basic layers that we can utilize in a multitude of different combinations to create the effects that we wan.

Attaining a basic knowledge of sound allows you to create a solution to amplify your short motion design pieces.

It also allows you to have a more informed conversation collaborating with sound designers as you will have an insight into just how difficult it is and how hard it is just to get right.

What are the six main elements of sound design

  • Ambiance
  • Foley sounds
  • Foley sounds
  • Audio Effects (SFX)
  • Voice Over

They can also be layered like the above listing in your project file, but you can also…

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Written by Sarah Healy

Freelance 3D Designer. I write about freelancing, 3D design and being a productive human Stay in touch: https://medium.com/subscribe/@sarahhealy000

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