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Film & Storytelling / Sound Design

Sound Design

Ambience, effects and music that turn a silent render into a living place, mixed so your project feels real before it's built.

What we do

Make the city
heard.

A silent render feels like a model, but with sound it feels like a place. We build the sound of your project layer by layer, including the street, the traffic, the transitions and the music, then mix it around the narration.

01

Ambience

Traffic and birds outside, ventilation hum and quiet corridors inside, matched to every shot and every space.

  • Exterior beds
  • Interior room tone
  • Day / night
02

Sound Effects

Doors, equipment, vehicles and construction, synced frame by frame to what moves on screen.

  • Doors & equipment
  • Synced to action
  • Construction phasing
03

Transitions & Reveals

Whooshes, risers and impacts that sell camera moves, cutaway reveals and the moment the building assembles.

  • Camera moves
  • Cutaway reveals
  • Risers & hits
04

Graphics Sounds

Subtle cues for map pins, labels and technical callouts that guide the eye without distracting from the story.

  • Map pins
  • Label pops
  • Technical callouts
05

Music

Licensed tracks chosen for the project's tone, edited to picture so the beats land on the cuts and the hero shot.

  • Licensed tracks
  • Edited to picture
  • Mood & pacing
06

Final Mix & Master

Every layer balanced around the narration and mastered for the screen it will play on.

  • VO-first balance
  • Loudness standards
  • Stems on request

Listen

No words.
Just sound.

These Designatix healthcare films have no narration. The story is carried entirely by sound effects, ambience and music.

Field HospitalHealthcare · Animation film
NO VO
0:000:28
Negative Isolation RoomsHealthcare · Technical film
NO VO
0:000:28

Our process

Built
in layers.

We spot the film shot by shot, build each layer, and mix everything around the narration, with a review at every milestone.

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V1
Aerial context
Existing site
Proposed design
Dusk hero
SFX
Whoosh
Car pass-by
Reveal hit
Label pops
Riser
AMB
Wind · altitude
Heavy traffic
Birds · people
Evening city
MUS
Music · ducked under narration
VO
Narration
Narration
Narration
Narration
01

Spotting

We mark every moment in the cut that needs sound.

02

Ambience

Beds for each location and time of day.

03

Effects

SFX, transitions and graphic cues synced to picture.

04

Music

Track chosen, licensed and edited to the cut.

05

Mix

Everything balanced around the narration.

06

Deliver

Mastered film plus stems on request.

Delivery

Mixed for
the room.

A film that plays in a boardroom, on a sales-centre LED wall and on a phone needs a different master for each. We deliver all of them.

WAV 48 kHz / 24-bitStereo mixStems: VO / Music / FXFinal MP4 / ProRes
Meeting roomPresentation masterClear narration on laptop and room speakers
LED wallSales centre & eventsFull, wide mix for big spaces and loops
OnlineSocial & webMastered to platform loudness for phones
StemsFor your editorVoice, music and effects as separate files

FAQ

Good to
know.

Is the music licensed?

Yes. Every track we use is licensed for your project, so the film can be shown at events and posted online without copyright claims.

Can you add sound to a film we already have?

Yes. Send us the final cut and we'll build the ambience, effects and music around it, and mix it with your existing narration.

Do you also record the narration?

Yes. Narration is a separate service. See Voice Over & Narration, and we'll mix both together in one pass.

Can we get the sound without the picture?

Yes. We deliver the full mix and, on request, separate stems for voice, music and effects.

Need your film to sound right?

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