Eric Matyas

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  1. Greetings Creatives,

    This week's new free-to-use-with-attribution music tracks are all on my Sci-Fi 12 page. They are:

    "STRANDED IN THE OUTER RIM"_LoFi
    "CIRCUIT PUNK GAME MENU"_LoFi
    "ALIEN COLOSSEUM"_LoFi
    https://soundimage.org/sci-fi-12/

    OGG vs. MP3 TRACKS

    For those of you who need looping tracks, I would highly recommend using the Ogg versions of my tracks. Besides sounding richer, Ogg tracks loop better in game engines. The reason for this is that the MP3 encoding process sometimes discards a tiny amount of audio information at the looping point. This causes a noticeable audio gap when the track loops. Mp3 encoding  doesn't do this every single time, but it does it enough to be annoying.  Ogg encoding doesn't discard any audio information so tracks always loop seamlessly. 

    In terms of audio quality, the MP3 versions of my tracks do sound very good...that's because the synthesizers I use are all top-of-the-line and produce very high quality sound.  Still, the Ogg versions sound even better...almost as good as the original WAV recordings right out of my synths...but are much smaller in file size.  WAV files are enormous.

    My recommendation is to use my MP3 tracks as placeholders and then replace them with my Ogg tracks once you've decided which music you want to use.

    My premium Ogg music packs  are here:
    https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/

    You can also search for individual Ogg tracks on my Gumroad page.  When doing so, make sure to include  _ogg  after each title because that's how the tracks are named.

    https://soundimage.gumroad.com/

    If you have any questions or need help, feel free to contact me anytime. My contact info is here:

    https://soundimage.org/

    Have a good week!  :-)


  2. Happy Friday Everyone,

    If you can, please consider making a small donation on my site.  My site is 100% ad-free and community-supported.  I pay for everything myself so contributions really help me a lot. Thanks in advance for your support.

    https://soundimage.org/donate/

    That said, I've created and uploaded some new texture images for your projects. They are on the following pages:

    STONE - (Tile-able)

    VEGETATION - (Standard and Tile-able)

    As always, they are 100% free to use with attribution.

    You can access my thousands of textures here:

    https://soundimage.org/images-home-page/

    Enjoy and have a good weekend!  :-)


  3. Hey Everyone,

    If you can, please consider making a small donation on my site. Please remember that my site is 100% ad-free and community-supported.  I pay for everything myself so your contributions really help me a lot. Thanks in advance for your support.

    https://soundimage.org/donate/

    That said, I've created some new free music for you on my Dark/Ominous page:

    "SOMETHING FREAKY THIS WAY COMES "_LoFi
    "STRANGENESS"_LoFi
    "ARRIVAL"_LoFi
    https://soundimage.org/dark-ominous/

    As always, these tracks are 100% free to use with attribution, just like my thousands of other tracks.

    Enjoy...and keep creating!  :-)


  4. Greetings Fellow Creatives,

    This week's new free music tracks are all on my Horror/Surreal page. They are:

    "SHATTERED REALITY"_LoFi
    "WELCOME TO THE MANSION"_LoFi
    "SHATTERED MIND"_LoFi
    "CREEPY ACTION"_LoFi
    "HORROR GAME INTRO"_LoFi

    As always, they are 100% free to use with attribution. Attribution information is here:

    https://soundimage.org/attribution-info/

    Please don't forget about my Ogg music packs which enable you to download all of my tracks at once from various genres. It's a huge time-saver, plus they sound richer than MP3 files...almost as good as my original WAV recordings, and much smaller in file size.

    https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/

    Enjoy!  :-)


  5. Greetings Everyone!

    This week's new free-to-use-with-attribution music tracks are:

    On my Action 4 page:

    "NIGHTTIME ESCAPE_V001"_LoFi
    https://soundimage.org/action-4/

    On my City/Urban 3 page:

    "CORPORATE ESPIONAGE 2"_LoFi
    "DREAMING OF NOIR"_LoFi
    "ALLEY GRUNGE"_LoFi
    "CRIME GAME MENU"_LoFi
    https://soundimage.org/city-urban-3/

    On my Introspective/Emotions page:

    "DIGITAL INTROSPECTION"_LoFi
    "QUIET INTELLIGENCE"_LoFi
    https://soundimage.org/introspective/

    And on my World page:

    "PALIN’ AROUND PARIS_v002"
    https://soundimage.org/world/

    OTHER NEWS

    I've had several people ask me how to find my newest tracks on my site.  For genres with multiple pages, my newest tracks are on the pages with the highest numbers...(for example, my newest fantasy tracks are on my Fantasy 12 page...my oldest ones are on Fantasy 1.) Anyhow, I went ahead and reordered the text links to my music pages (right side of the screen) to reflect this.  The tracks on each page are the same as always. If anyone has any questions, don't hesitate to reach out.

    Have a good week!  :-)


  6. Hey Creators,

    If at all possible, please consider making a small donation on my site. As I've said, my site is 100% ad-free and community-supported.  I pay for everything myself so your contributions really help a lot. Thanks in advance for your support.

    https://soundimage.org/donate/

    That said, I've created some more new free music that lives on my World page:

    "MEDITERRANEAN BREEZE"
    "THE ITALIAN HEIST "
    https://soundimage.org/world/

    As always, they are 100% free to use with attribution, just like my 2500+ other tracks.

    Enjoy...and keep creating awesome stuff!  :-)


  7. Greetings Fellow Creatives!

    This week's free-to-use-with-attribution music tracks are:

    On my Drama 3 page:

    "ON THE TRAIL WITH THE INSPECTOR "
    https://soundimage.org/drama-3/

    On my World page:

    "CHUGGIN’ THROUGH COLUMBIA"
    https://soundimage.org/world/

    Need Some Custom Music?

    If you need some original music or sound effects custom created for your project, I’d love to help out! To date, I’ve done custom work for about 100 clients. 

    Feel free to contact me…I can work with almost any budget.  :-)
    https://soundimage.org/custom-work/

    Until then, enjoy my free tracks!


  8. Happy August Everyone!

    To kick off the new month, I've created and uploaded a couple of new tracks to my Funny 8 page. They are:

    "THE WACKY FACTORY"
    "DUBSTEP DANGER"
    https://soundimage.org/funny-8/

    Please don't forget about my Ogg music packs which enable you to download all of my tracks at once from various genres. They sound really good, too...plus Ogg tracks tend to loop better in game engines. Links to the packs are near the top of my music pages, as well as here:

    https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/

    They're a cool way to support my efforts, too...check them out!

    In the meantime, enjoy my free tracks...I sincerely hope they're helpful! :-)


  9. Hey Fellow Creators,

    Brand new concrete textures are ready on my TXR - Concrete - Artistic page.  They're 100% free to use with attribution, like my thousands of other images and music tracks.

    You can access them here:
    https://soundimage.org/images-home-page/

    If you possibly can, please consider making a small donation on my site.  As I've said, my site is 100% ad-free and community-supported.  I pay for everything myself so your contributions really help a lot. Thanks in advance for your support.   :-)


  10. Hey Everyone,

    If you possibly can, please consider making a small donation on my site. As I've said, my site is 100% ad-free and community-supported.  I pay for everything myself so your contributions really help a lot. Thanks in advance for your support.

    That said, I've uploaded some nice new ambience on my Suburban Ambience page. Here's the link:

    https://soundimage.org/amb-suburban-ambience/

    Enjoy, stay safe and keep being creative!  :-)


  11. Sharing is caring!

    I've created and uploaded some cool new bark textures. They live on my Bark - Artistic (Tile-able) page.  As always, you can access them here:

    https://soundimage.org/images-home-page/

    Also, for those of you who use my music tracks, MP3 Music Packs are now available on my site so you can quickly download all of my tracks at once for the following genres:

    Fantasy
    Sci-Fi
    Puzzle Music
    Chiptunes
    Dark/Ominous
    Horror/Surreal
    Funny/Quirky/Weird
    Action Music
    and more.

    https://soundimage.org/mp3-music-packs/

    This should be a huge time-saver. I've had Ogg music packs available for a while, but for all of you who prefer the MP3 format, here they are.

    Enjoy, keep creating and have a good weekend! :-)


  12. Greetings Fellow Creatives,

    MP3 Music Packs are now available on my site so you can quickly download all of my tracks at once for the following genres:

    Fantasy
    Sci-Fi
    Puzzle Music
    Chiptunes
    Dark/Ominous
    Horror/Surreal
    Funny/Quirky/Weird
    Action Music
    and more.

    https://soundimage.org/mp3-music-packs/

    This should be a huge time-saver. I've had Ogg music packs available for a while, but for all of you who prefer the MP3 format, here they are.

    Enjoy! :-)


  13. Hey Everyone,

    Please don't forget about my Ogg music packs which enable you to download all of my tracks from various genres at once...a real time-saver. Plus Ogg tracks sound richer than MP3s...and they tend loop better in game engines, too.

    https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/

    In the meantime, here's another brand new track on my Rock page:

    "80s TEEN MELODRAMA"
    https://soundimage.org/rock/

    Enjoy and have a good week.  :-)


  14. A lot of folks don't realize that I have 15 pages full of free sound effects on my site. Just like my music tracks, they're free to use with attribution. Links to my sound effects pages are listed on the right side of every page on my site below the music links.

    That said, this week's new sound effects are on these pages:

    SFX - ANIMALS
    https://soundimage.org/sfx-animals/

    SFX - ELECTRONICS
    https://soundimage.org/sfx-electronic/

    I hope some of them are helpful!  :-)

     

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