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When watching a movie, playing a video game, or typing on your phone keyboard, you probably don't notice all the sounds around you. The subtle creak of footsteps on the floor, the sharp clang of a sword being drawn, the familiar chime of your latest email notification… all of these are sound design.

These everyday sounds shape the invisible protagonists of our sonic experiences. They bring depth to immersive environments, make fictional worlds more tangible, and even enhance the soundtrack of our own lives. As George Lucas famously said, "Sound is 50% of the experience."

While music undeniably sets the tone, it's the everyday sounds that add texture, context, and emotion. At UVI, alongside our virtual instruments and effect plugins, we’ve honed our expertise in post-production and foley tools, making them an integral part of our creative DNA.

• Tools inspired by the realistic needs
of modern post-production

From Cinema Sets to Post-Production Tool Design

We’ve been working with Antoine Martin for years, a renowned sound editor and designer in the cinema industry. As a sound recordings expert, we’ve been collaborating with him to create flagship UVI post-production tools, such as Walker 2, Unlock, Xtreme FX 2 and Whoosh. As an active sound editor and designer in the cinema industry, he’s collaborated with renowned movie directors like Luc Besson, and has a deep understanding of the modern sound designers' needs.

“It’s by working on movies that I get all my ideas for new plug-ins or soundware. I feel like a tool that I use could be better, or even simply doesn’t exist, and so I try to create it. Then, I go back to my editing room, work on a movie and use the plug-in that I’ve made and eventually make some updates until I feel like the project is finished, and then we release it. It is a very satisfying process!”

A Special Focus on Sound Quality

Every UVI post-production tool is created with a consistent focus on reliability, versatility, and professional-grade performance. We are particularly invested in ensuring meticulous recording conditions, and that is why our post-production tools have been recorded in top-notch studios like the Technicolor Sound Stage in Paris. We use a wide range of microphones, placed at various distances, and develop powerful engines so that every sound can be modified and personalized according to the user's needs.

For example, the footsteps in Walker 2 were recorded at several speeds, intensities, and intentions (normal, scuff, and stop), so that Walker 2 would be able to react naturally to your playing style. And with a total of over 45,000 samples recorded, including dozens and dozens of iterations (“round robins”) for every shoe/surface combination, Walker 2 offers a realistic and natural sound, accentuated by the ability to randomize the volume and pitch with the Random knob.

UVI Production Tools in Awarded Productions

The pristine quality of our sound FX have made them a go-to resource for professional sound designers working on some of today’s most popular productions, including on platforms such as Amazon Prime, the BBC, and more. Because sound quality is essential in professional projects, our products are designed to meet and exceed the sound quality standards of the cinema, video game industries, and beyond.

You can hear UVI post-production tools in movies such as Emilia Perez, The Substance, Lucy, Valerian; video games like the Final Fantasy VII remake, and even in tracks, where FX Sounds are used as effects.

Ease-of-Use at the Heart of UVI Post-Production Tools

All of our products are designed to be intuitive and immediately playable, by providing a wide range of high-quality sounds in convenient and easy-to-use packages.

Working closely with professionals who rely on our plugins daily gives us direct insight into their needs. This feedback helps us craft interfaces that are efficient, intuitive, and optimized for real-world workflows.

• Designing With Intention: The New Sound Designer’s Toolkit

UVI’s post-production collection is tailored to the workflow needs of modern
sound designers, editors, and musicians:

A powerful and flexible tool combining sampling and synthesis, giving users access to 31,000 expertly recorded clicks and mechanical sounds.

Use cases:

Ideal for device sounds such as wall switches, control panels, dashboards, electronic devices like amps, recorders, pedals, computer keyboards, tools, toys … and for beeps such as digital beeps, phone rings, alarms, sirens, hospital machines, app notifications, and much more!

An innovative tool designed to create rhythms and powerful effects, for deep impact in your productions.

Use cases:

Ideal for epic cinematic percussion, drums and effects, it entails orchestral percussion, effects, electronic and acoustic drums, foley, found sounds.

A dynamic and intuitive tool to generate any kind of movement sounds, including swoosh and whoosh effects.

Use cases:

Ideal for all movements, wind, and whoosh-type effects, organized in 15 categories: Air, Distorted, Electricity, Fire, Fx, Material, Metal, Motor, Noise, Orchestral, Rock, Sparkle, Synth, Water and Wind.

The go-to tool for shoes and feet, as well as surface and clothing sounds, in a convenient and easy-to-use package.

Use cases:

Ideal for shoes and feet sounds like sneakers boots, dress shoes, heels, hooves, talons and much more, as well as surfaces including carpets, concrete, wood floors, dirt grass, forest, glass, metal, hay… with 24 clothing sound options such as cotton thick, dress, leather, satin, silk.

A great variety of daily sounds and foleys, encompassing more than 16 categories such as machines, sci-fi, unreal, and more, blurring the lines between comprehensive effect library and instrument designer.

Use cases:

Ideal for sound effects, foley, environments, synchronized rhythms, instruments and more, organized in categories: Activities, Animals, Combat, Elements, FX, People, Machines, Musical, Nature, Objects, Places, Sci-Fi, Themes, Transportation, Unreal, and Urban.

• Elevating Storytelling Through Sound

In an era where stories are told across screens, stages, and spaces, sound design is no longer just a background element: it’s the key to immersion. Whether it is a cinematic moment, a video game interface, or a simple phone interaction, sounds accentuate and underpin every experience.

At UVI, we are driven by a passion for designing tools that enable and inspire. Our goal is to give every creator the ability to shape the sound of their dreams, that’s why we’re committed to empowering sound designers, editors, and musicians to push the boundaries of storytelling. Because behind every great story, there's a sound that makes it unforgettable.

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