![]() ![]() and split amicably in 2002 and remain close working partners. “The fact that you can grab that sound from anywhere in the world and pull it down means you can work in all sorts of facilities, on different projects and still have access to the same collection of sound effects.”Sound Dogs Inc. Now he’s starting to reap the rewards.”“We knew from our editing experience that there’s always a hole you need to plug with that one effect you don’t have,” Virostek says. “He loves sounds and operated it at a loss, sticking with it a lot longer than most people would have because he believed in the concept. “In the beginning, everyone told Rob to dump the concept,” says marketing manager Doug Bossi. ![]() Convinced that online delivery was the way to go, he kept at it. began as a side business, evolving, as Nokes says, “in off-hours - before broadband! We learned the market and worked out the kinks.”A self-described “kid hacker,” Nokes made the Internet company his baby. in 1995, and went on to work on such movies as The Cable Guy, Big Momma’s House, Red Dragon and many more. King, Rob Nokes and Robert Grieve formed Sound Dogs U.S. Confidential) and the other acclaimed SoundStorm editors.The original Sound Dogs Inc., established in Toronto in 1991 by Greg King and Nelson Ferreira, was a feature film sound editorial house. ![]() The company’s latest acquisition is the prestigious SoundStorm library, a wealth of material recorded by Bruce Stambler ( The Fast and the Furious, Stealth), John Leveque ( The Fugitive, L.A. It now includes the Casablanca Sound Library, Master’s Workshop and Amadeus collections, among others, as well as the personal libraries of such notables as Craig Henighan ( Sin City, Requiem for a Dream), Dan O’Connell (Foley on Pirates of the Caribbean, Gladiator) and Andy Newell ( The Wild). The library, which has 260,000 discrete sounds, is vast and growing. It’s just a tool for customers to quickly find exactly what they need.”Launched in May 1997, sells - mostly over the Internet - sound effects, production music, samples and loops to a client base that works on productions of all sizes and budgets, from feature films to home videos. For example, the site is quick to load and there are no unnecessary graphics. “One of our main appeals is that we make it really simple. If you work with sound design, wants to make your life easier.“We try to hit it like that: target what customers might be looking for,” says VP of production Paul Virostek. Or, maybe I’m putting together a little home video of the July 4th family reunion, or - well, you get the picture. Pretty clever, huh? Say I’m an editor at a TV news station and the production sound for the town fireworks display didn’t turn out too well. Punching up the company’s Website on July 4, 2005, I was immediately presented with a large selection of fireworks sounds. Online sound effects distributor definitely has it together. ![]()
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