the brian nimens corporation limited 1 industry recording genre sound effects founded toronto canada 1978 1978 founder brian nimens headquarters richmond hill ontario canada key people brian nimens president and ceo products sound effects collections production music website sound ideas.com sound ideas is the repository of one of the largest commercially available sound effects libraries in the world . 2 3 it has accumulated the sound effects which it releases in collections on cd and hard drive through acquisition exclusive arrangement with movie studios 4 and in house production . 2 music tracks from sound ideas are used in such productions as fallout 3 and peligro sin codificar . contents 1 sound effects library 2 history 3 references 4 external links sound effects library edit the company s first sound effects collection the series 1000 was released in 1979 . the sound effects library includes thousands of effects ranging from adding machines to simulated farts 2 and the quality of its effects are regarded as excellent for theatrical use . 5 in 1990 the company released the lucasfilm adventure series sound effects library the first collection of effects from a major motion picture studio to be released commercially . 1 it has released sound effects libraries under exclusive arrangement with lucasfilm as well as hanna barbera warner bros. animation 20th century fox universal studios and turner entertainment . 4 its most well known general collection the series 6000 provides more than 20 000 sound effects on 120 compact discs 6 and contains a variety of sound effects which can be added to film soundtracks during post production . 7 the company s sound effects are also used throughout the world in radio and television broadcasts and in many types of multimedia applications . after long time rival the hollywood edge a former subsidiary of todd soundelux filed for bankruptcy protection in 2014 sound ideas acquired the inventory of the hollywood edge sound libraries and began distributing them on their website . history edit the company was started by brian nimens in 1978 as a 4 track recording studio which recorded dialog for commercials and added music and effects . nimens built the sound effects library out of a desire to gain customers for the recording business but elected to sell copies of the library beginning in the early 1980s . 2 initially the library was produced on reel to reel tape because the audio quality was superior to that which was available on vinyl record albums . in 1983 the company s collection was the first sound effects library released in the compact disc format . 2 the company has since published more than 70 different sound effects collections under its own copyright which it produces on compact discs and hard drives . references edit a b about sound ideas . retrieved 9 january 2010 . a b c d e sound ideas a canadian giant s worldwide success . millimeter . penton media inc. 2005 08 10 . retrieved 7 january 2010 . di cesare ron october 2007 . innovative audio . post magazine . post llc october 2007 40 47 . retrieved 2010 01 07 . a b copyright infringement charges lodged . north country gazette . the north country gazette . 2006 07 03 . retrieved 9 january 2010 . yewdall david lewis 2003 . practical art of motion picture sound second ed . . burlington ma elsevier science . p. 242 . isbn 0 240 80525 9 . retrieved 2010 01 07 . the series 6000 the general sound effects cd audio combo . retrieved 12 january 2010 . greer darroch ; mel lambert 1999 11 01 . digital field production assignment hanoi . millimeter . penton media inc. retrieved 9 january 2010 . external links edit sound ideas sound effects on discovery channel on youtube retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sound ideas & oldid 661774129 categories sound productionproduction musiccompanies based in richmond hill ontariocompanies established in 1978 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 may 2015 at 01 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view