But seriously, record sound of a castinette and fiddle with lots of copies in SF. Doing it that way you can sync the clacks to the video.
Bob.

I don't have a clue what you mean. But if it is anything like a playing card stuck in the spokes of a bicycle wheel you could record it.

If you have a bicycle.

And a playing card.

And a clothespin.

Thanks Guys! - Feeling a lazy .. I'm allowed . . . :)

Heathrow? I can't get to within 4 Klicks ! . . .

G

Waterloo station?.... oh no.. I just remembered they are all computerized now... so no help there.

Liam! hahah .. yes of course! At least YOU knew what I meant . .

But Done it! Brilliant!

Run fingernail up and down my wooden venetian blind! Superb. Got it into SF now and will start to play with it. It does sound exactly what I want. AND home grown too! I wonder if I need to give Royalties or get in touch with the Venetian blind company to settle things? What do you think Liam? Spot? . . hah Spot can't hear me .. he's obviously outta range of of my Senni ShoutGun!

Thanks again Bob ... wasn't that difficult either.

Grazie :)

Anybody want it? Giving it away .. . nice echo to it too! - G :)

Can you provide some more technical info, like what type of wood is in the venetian blinds, which finger you used, how long is your fingernail, that sort of stuff? :)

Richard

Yeah, Richard, you ARE starting to sound like somebody we know - HAH!

Wood: Bavarian Riesling Spruce - south side of the valley; seasoned over 48 months

Digit: Right hand - arthritic fore-finger

Fingernail Specifacation: Length=2.5mm; Condition=Slight crack due to anciet argument with claw hammer.

. .. clack clack clack . ...

Grazie

Grazie,
You've got Sound Forge, yes? And Acid Pro 4.0, yes?
Try this: Find an interesting sound (one-shot percussion from the sample disk that came with Acid OR a click of sorts from the 1001 sound effects that came with eh ... eh ... I think it came with Acid, too.
Second, start Sound Forge and open the sound you've chosen. Ope multitap delay FX and select one of the Tapped delay presets. Ajust it so it taps for very long (set the wet out and tap gain to a higher value). You get the picture. If you fiddle good here, you can make a very interesting rhythmic effect. Save the preset and try it with other sounds, too.
When you have something you like, render it to wav and open it in Acid - several tracks of it if you like. You can then further increase the rhythm thing.

TIP: When one sees the flippyflapper on the screen, one tends to believe that whatever flips or flaps one hears are actually the real sound of the flippyflappers flippyflapping. Meaning: You need not find the exact sound of the thing. Just say the beginning of the word plural several times fast into a mic and you're nearly there.
Tor

Well to be honest it was SPOT when he was last down here who demoed how easy it is to turn one sound into another that got me inspired. I'm not saying foley artists are about to become redundant cause although you can fudge a lot of things I don't know how well they'd hold up on a cinema sound system.
Bob.

Tor . .I have done it and it sounds/looks a piece now. Yes to SF and ACID.

Grazie

Good!
I might have read the middle part of the thread a little closer. Still, multitaps are to be reckoned with. Easier than multiclips in some cases.
Venetian blinds, eh? Trust you to keep them down in the middle of the day. Great idea.
Tor

They're down - but OPEN! And yes To, they actually, when gone through SF, sound like the "real2 tihng. I played with the Fxs and stuff .. . made some echoy FXs which gioves depthe and the sound of a LARGE meeting area .. .

Grazie