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title: Spaceship Sound Design Tutorial with Marshall McGee
description: Watch game sound designer Marshall McGee design a spaceship explosion from scratch. Discover creative tips and workflow techniques.
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# [Spaceship Sound Design Tutorial with Marshall McGee](https://blog.prosoundeffects.com/how-to-sound-design-sci-fi-spaceship-sound-effects-video)

 Written by [PSE](https://blog.prosoundeffects.com/author/pse) | May 20, 2020 2:30:00 PM

## Sound Design Tutorial: Discover workflow techniques and creative tips for your sound design process.

Watch game sound designer Marshall McGee *(Just Cause 4)* design the extraordinary sounds of X-wing Starfighter spaceships from Star Wars: Episode VII. McGee takes us through his sound design process from start to finish – showing how he selects source material, plans his approach, makes creative decisions and more.

Follow along as he designs the scene in real-time, breaking down the different spaceship components and walking us through his process for each:<https://www.prosoundeffects.com/odyssey-collection-essentials/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=internal&utm_campaign=marshall_mcgee>

**00:00** — Intro**  
00:52** — Video without sound  
**01:00** — Engine layer  
**11:43** — Laser layer  
**19:31** — Explosion layer  
**25:42** — Final design

McGee designed this scene using sounds entirely from the [CORE: Standard Bundle](https://hello.prosoundeffects.com/core-standard) – a powerful, go-to general collection featuring over 80,000 sounds in 22,000 files. Bundle and save on **our highest quality libraries** from Academy Award®-winners and world-class recordists – so you can deliver your best on any project.

Thanks to Marshall McGee for putting this tutorial together! Subscribe to his YouTube series [Waveform](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIoNgwHpavUi2UnC68cKgbw) for more incredible sound design videos, and [follow him on Twitter](https://twitter.com/MrMarshall) to keep up with his work.

**What other sound design tutorials would you like to see?** Let us know in the comments!

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