Sound Effects
I’ve produced the sound effects for almost every project that I’ve worked on for the last 7 years. I’ve used synthesizers, tone generators, samplers, and sound libraries. At this point in my career, I’ve found that I can get the best results (for games) by starting with The SFX Kit. It’s not cheap at $700, but if you do a lot of sound work, it pays for itself. The sounds are excellant quality and I can almost always find what I’m looking for. The set was designed for games, so there are all sorts of weapon, force field, and pickup sounds.
As a supplement to that set, I also recommend the XV Series. This set isn’t geared towards games, but it contains a lot of foley sounds that aren’t in the other set.