How Does Coffee Sound?
For our coffee promo I’m leaning towards the first style mentioned and have free sound effects for you to download at the bottom of the post. When searching for sounds to match your piece it helps to not only think of what something sounds like, but also what might sound similar. For example, the first clip in my coffee edit is of beans falling in slow motion. This could obviously sound like beans pouring, but could also sound like rocks or pebbles falling. More often than not, you’ll end up layering these sounds to get the right end result.
Where Do Sound Effects Come From?
Like asking where babies come from, that is a big question. There is a plethora of sound effect libraries online for purchase or subscription. Many can be out of the budding editor’s budget or maybe even the project’s total budget. Here are two good places to search for budget friendly sound effects: