Our team has spent years working closely with Ann Kroeber and Alan Splet's Sound Mountain Collection – transferring, restoring, and preserving the sonic world they created over decades of sonic artistry and innovation.
This new vinyl release, I Thought I Heard a Stranger, is a creative return to those archives. Seven surreal, dreamlike soundscapes are composed by PSE’s Daniel Louis D'Errico, Sebastian Henshaw, Huascar Alberto Holguin, Eric Mooney, and Facundo Moreno, using sounds entirely from Kroeber & Splet’s original recordings,
Huge thanks to Translation Loss Records for bringing this project into the world. If you haven’t listened yet, it’s a haunting tribute to two visionary sound artists.
🎧 Link in bio to explore the release & read the story.
🔊 Unlock faster workflows with the new integration between PSE and basehead.
You can now browse and use your full PSE library directly inside basehead – no switching apps, no extra downloads.
🎧 Read how it works @ the link in bio
🎬 CORE 7 is here.
Built with 1.3M+ sounds crafted by Academy Award® winners and world-class sound artists, it’s our most versatile library yet — created by the same people shaping the sound of today’s biggest films, games, and series.
👉 Explore CORE 7 @ the link in our bio.
🎙️ Featured Sound Artist: Martin Pinsonnault of Sonomar
Martin Pinsonnault is the Montréal-based sound artist and audio post veteran behind CODA and Dallas Buyers Club, and one of the most meticulous, artistically driven library creators in our catalog.
We've partnered with Martin and the team at Sonomar Inc. for over 20 libraries, ranging from bowed cymbals and broken pianos to abandoned asylums and crowds recorded across four continents.
Browse the full Sonomar Collection @ the link in bio
Introducing Sonomar Collection: Household Treasures ✨
Remember how it sounded to sift through a plastic bin of Legos, shake a cardboard puzzle box, or dump out a glass jar of loose change?
The marbles, screws, grains, Scrabble tiles, and container Foley of this collection were all recorded by Martin Pinsonnault (CODA, Dallas Buyers Club) and his team at Sonomar Inc. in Montreal.
Link in bio to explore 🎧
This week's featured sound artist: Chris Watson 🎙️
Chris is a BAFTA-winning field recordist & the ears behind David Attenborough's Life and Frozen Planet.
A naturalist with a microphone and the patience to capture what many people never stop to hear.
Listen to more of his recordings @ the link in bio.
Introducing 🌬️ Wind
Dave Whitehead (𝘋𝘶𝘯𝘦, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵 9) approaches wind the way he approaches all sound – through the environment it lives in.
Rustling foliage, desert sandstorms, mountain gales, the eerie whistle of wind through a razor wire fence. The specificity is what makes gives these winds definition and color.
🎧 Listen at the link in bio.
The Jedi might need a Kyber crystal to build a lightsaber, but Ben Burtt only needed a film projector motor, a CRT TV, & a microphone.
The instinct to experiment and chase sounds that doesn't exist yet has been inspiring our industry for decades.
May the 4th be with you 🫡✨️
Introducing 🌊 Natural Water 🌊
Water is the most abundant substance on Earth, but how well is it represented in your sound library?
From trickling streams to rough open seas, Dave Whitehead (Dune, The Lord of the Rings) brings you a full range of modern, high-quality water sound effects.
🎧 Give it a listen @ the link in bio.
This week’s featured Sound Artists: Ann Kroeber & Alan Splet, the team behind some of the most iconic sound design in cinema history 🎞️
Together, they shaped the sonic worlds of The Black Stallion, Blue Velvet, Dune (1984), and Dead Poets Society, using contact microphones, field recordings, and an approach to sound that was as much about feeling as technique.
Alan passed away in 1994, and Ann in 2024. Before she did, she spent decades preserving the library they built together, and trusted us to help bring it to the world as the Sound Mountain Collection.
“My whole way of recording is really to listen — to turn off my thinking and intently be there in the presence of the sound.” — Ann Kroeber
Their recordings have found their way into film, games, and creature design across generations of projects. We’re honored to carry that forward.
🔗 Read our full tribute to Ann at the link below.
🎧 This Earth Day, take a moment to listen to the world around you – every rustling leaf, distant bird call, storm rumbling overhead.
As proud members of @1percentftp , we’re committed to giving back to the planet that gives so much to our ears.
Field recording and sound preservation start with protecting the environments we listen to.
That’s why, through our 1% For The Planet membership, we've supported conservation efforts including the @nationalforests , @cleanh2oaction , @grownyc , and @ien_earth that keep these soundscapes alive for generations to come.
