r/sounddesign is a subreddit with 58k members. The community frequently discusses sound design, synth, sfx, looking for, and sound, and they frequently recommend/review daw, plugins, and microphone, and the most common flair used is sound design question, movie sound design, videogame sound design, music sound design, and sound design discussion.
For the discussion of sound design, which is the art and practice of creating sounds and soundtracks for movies, games, music, etc.
Popular Topics in r/sounddesign
#1
Sound Design
198 posts
#2
Synth
30 posts
#3
Sfx
23 posts
#4
Looking For
19 posts
#5
Sound
17 posts
#6
Plugin
10 posts
#7
Effect
10 posts
#8
Feedback
9 posts
#9
Music
9 posts
#10
Struggling
8 posts
Products Discussed in r/sounddesign
Daw
33 reviews
#1
Reaper
4.3★ from 9 reviews
#2
Bitwig Studio
4.7★ from 9 reviews
#3
Ableton Live
4.0★ from 5 reviews
Plugins
11 reviews
#1
Altiverb
3.3★ from 3 reviews
#2
BOOM
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Soundly
4.0★ from 2 reviews
Microphone
8 reviews
#1
Zoom
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
MXL
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Line Audio
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/sounddesign
#1
Sound Design Question
: "How does the industry actually work?"
37 posts
#2
Movie Sound Design
: "Odonate sound design instrument"
18 posts
#3
Videogame Sound Design
: "Our composer built a custom microphone just to record the voice of a man fused into a missile for our upcoming psychological horror game BRAINSHELL, where the state wires your brain into a nuclear warhead in an alternate 1963. Here's the result."
14 posts
#4
Music Sound Design
: "Manipulating a broken cassette tape with Hex Haus HEX lag (video by 404hermit)"
7 posts
#5
Sound Design Discussion
: "Free Fall SFX design tutorial (Phaseplant)"
7 posts
#6
Feedback
: "Lofsöng, Re-Sounddesign"
5 posts
#7
Hiring
: "Hiring sound designer for animated short film! (Paid)"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/sounddesign
Yearly
+17k members(40.2%)
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Last updated: September 20, 2026