sound-design-and-effects

name	sound-design-and-effects
description	Use when adding sound effects (SFX) and ambience. SFX add polish; ambience adds atmosphere.

Sound Design and Effects

Sound design = layered audio: dialogue + music + SFX + ambient. Each layer purposeful, balanced.

SFX categories

1. Foley — synced to action (footsteps, hand gestures)
2. Hard effects — emphasis (whoosh, impact, sting)
3. Ambient/environment — room tone, outdoor ambience
4. Designed effects — synthesized for impact
5. Diegetic — sounds in story world (phone ring)
6. Non-diegetic — sounds added for effect (music, sting)

SFX libraries

1. Epidemic Sound (subscription)
2. Soundsnap ($15/mo)
3. Splice (music + SFX, paid)
4. freesound.org (free, attribution)
5. YouTube Audio Library SFX (free)
6. Adobe Audition library (included with Premiere)

Sound design layering

For a typical talking head:

1. Dialogue (-12 dBFS peaks)
2. Music bed (-18 to -12 dBFS, varies)
3. Ambient/room tone (-30 dBFS, subtle)
4. Occasional SFX (whooshes on graphic changes, etc.) (-15 dBFS)

Balance all layers for clarity.

Where this fits in the X3 empire

Sound design for CardPrepAI video production.