Comedian Fred Armisen says his new album — 100 Sound Effects — is serious business

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with actor and musician Fred Armisen about the reason and production behind his new sound effect album, 100 Sound Effects.

Fred Armisen Explains His Wacky Sound-Effects Album

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TweakTown

Google+ Hangouts get sound effects including laugh tracks and clapping

Google has updated Google+ Hangouts to include sound effects that range from laugh tracks, to chirping. Get ready to be annoyed by constant laughing after jokes, clapping after singing, and plenty of ...

On ‘100 Sound Effects,’ Fred Armisen resurrects the long-dead haunted mansion album

Fred Armisen releases '100 Sound Effects,' a catalog of hyperrealistic noises inspired by his nostalgia for haunted mansion ...
The Next Web

Sound effects come to Google+ Hangouts: Expect applause, laugh tracks and more

Following the mustaches and creepy masks which debuted in Google+ Hangouts over the past year, Google has just added yet another source of entertainment: sound effects. As teased by Google’s own Amit ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Sound of clapping is infectious

Social contagion If you wish to avoid the social faux pas of clapping at the wrong time, listen carefully to the volume of noise around you. That's the conclusion of a study about the social dynamics ...