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nickle wrote on 2/26/2005, 3:25 PM
Before Red tells you to swing a golf club and record it, go here

http://www.grsites.com/sounds/misc007.shtml
FrigidNDEditing wrote on 2/26/2005, 3:54 PM
Thanks, wish I would have known of that site earlier. Thanks again.

Dave
nickle wrote on 2/26/2005, 4:11 PM
I just found it or I would have told you last time you needed sounds.
Spot|DSE wrote on 2/26/2005, 4:12 PM
You can also find a huge assortment of this sort of sound on the Apple Garageband site, free download. Don't forget to use the ACID Planet site for seeking out sounds too.
FrigidNDEditing wrote on 2/26/2005, 4:25 PM
Great info guys. Always appreciate your knowledge base, and willingness to share it Spot (everyone).

Dave
FrigidNDEditing wrote on 2/26/2005, 4:46 PM
Spot, Having a hard time finding the garageband apple site. NE websites / or tips on where it is?

Dave
Rednroll wrote on 2/26/2005, 5:40 PM
"Before Red tells you to swing a golf club and record it, go here"

Nope, I probably would have suggested checking out some professional sound FX's libraries. Thanks for thinking of me in your replies though.

www.hollywoodedge.com
www.sound-ideas.com
jmeredith wrote on 2/26/2005, 5:45 PM
Not sure if everyone has noticed yet but the Sony Sound Effects series took a big price drop... down to $279 in the Sony Spring catalog
nickle wrote on 2/26/2005, 6:05 PM
Red

Don't be offended. I thought you gave him good advice about using some foley skills in making his own sounds.

That's why I remembered it.
Tattoo wrote on 2/27/2005, 5:22 PM
Yet another site for sound effects. If I remember right, this one basically catalogs all the sound files (non-spoken sounds) already on the internet and you can search by keywords for their titles. I checked it out last fall. Seemed to be a good place to find foley-type sounds that you can alter for effects. Can't vouch for sound-quality either good or bad, 'cause I wouldn't know. Very interesting visual depiction (thumbnail) of the sound file, though, and you can learn to pick or dismiss many sounds by this thumbnail.

http://www.findsounds.com/

Brian
RexA wrote on 2/27/2005, 5:51 PM
> Before Red tells you to swing a golf club and record it, go here

A bit off topic but... Interesting how good our ears are at telling what they are hearing.

I did a title sequence a while ago where I simulated the title words being spray painted.

As a lead-in I recorded a spray-paint can being shaken. Then, I thought I could fake the spray sound just by hissing (I made the sound with my mouth). After listening to the recording of several tries, it sucked. Even with my bad ears, it sounded exactly like what it was.

Eventually I broke down, ran an air hose into the kitchen from the garage, and used a real paint sprayer to spray water into the sink while I recorded the sound in stereo. MUCH better than my first fake attempt.

Making your own can be faster than searching sometimes.