Sonic Science Sound Library Questionnaire

March 2007

By filling out this questionnaire you will give us valuable assistance in making more usable sound effect and production music libraries for you. You will also receive a discount coupon worth $50.00 towards your next purchase from Sonic Science of $300.00 U.S. or more ($400.00 CDN). This offer applies to all products sold by Sonic Science Inc. The information you enter below is for our internal use only and will not be distributed to anyone!

In addition your name will be entered in a draw for a copy of Sonic Boon Foley Footsteps (Winter) to be held on April 15, 2007.

1. Please fill in the following

Name:

Company:

Address 1:

Address 2:

Address 3:

City:

Prov/State:

Country:

Phone #:

Fax #:

Postal/Zip Code:

E-Mail:

2. What sound effects would you like to see in a new library? Please be as detailed as possible.
Ambience.

Specifics.

3. Which of the following formats would you like to see (rate 1 (highest) to 6 (lowest))?

5.1 surround LTRT stereo encoded AC3 stream 7.1 surround stereo mono

4. Which of the following file formats do you prefer (rate top 4)

.aifc (mac) .aiff (mac) .mp3 .sd2

.wav (pc) .wma (pc)

5. What is your preferred bit depth?

16
20
24

6. What is your preferred sample rate?

44k
48k

7. How would you like to see sound effects released?

Red Book Audio CD Format
CD-ROM Format
DVD-A
DVD-ROM
Hard Disk
DAT
Other

8. What is the best packaging for a multi-CD library?

Single CD Jewel Cases
Not Important
Two or more CDs / Jewel Case
Book or Binder
Other

9. What digital audio workstation do you use the most?

10. What do you dislike the most about current sound effect libraries, generally or specific libraries? (E.g. microphone placement, noise floor, stereo imaging, level, amount of material on a CD, etc.)

11. What libraries do you find the most usable and why?

12. How would you like to see sound effects documented rate (1 (highest) to 3 (lowest))?

Long descriptions detailing each event and time position (1 to 500 words)

Short but detailed descriptions (1 to 15 words)

A Picture is worth a 1000 words

13. Which would you prefer, please rate by preference (1 (highest) to 3 (lowest))

Multiple synchronizable perspectives for one sound

Multiple versions of a sound (also includes same sound at different times of day)

Different sounds entirely

14. What is your preferred length for background ambiance's

2 min
2.5 min
3 min
4 min
Other

15. On CD's do you prefer effects to be placed on:

tracks
tracks and indexes
doesn't matter

16. Given the 2007 deadline for HD/ATV broadcast in the U.S. and 2010 for Canada, what changes do you anticipate your company implementing for audio production?

17. What is your budget for new sound libraries in 2003?

18. What best describes your facility?

Facility

19. What is your preferred method of ordering sound libraries?

e-commerce
Talk directly to a sales-person

20. Would you like to see Sonic Boon libraries available for download on our site.

Yes
No

21. I would like to be added to your monthly newsletter (once per month)

Yes
No

Name:
Company:
Address 1:
Address 2:
Address 3:
City:
Prov/State:
Country:
Phone #:
Fax #:
Postal/Zip Code:
E-Mail:

Long descriptions detailing each event and time position (1 to 500 words)
Short but detailed descriptions (1 to 15 words)
A Picture is worth a 1000 words

Multiple synchronizable perspectives for one sound
Multiple versions of a sound (also includes same sound at different times of day)
Different sounds entirely