OT - Windy Field Recording

goodtimej wrote on 5/3/2007, 1:02 PM
I filmed a few scenes outdoors a couple weeks ago, and boy, was it a windy day. You can see it in the trees, you can see it in the talent's clothes. Whatever, redoing the dialog in ADR anyways.

I do need a track of a windy day outside, though, or it will just look wierd and will really lose my audience when the sound and the picture don't match.

My question is, do any of you know where I can find a good, clean, somewhat windy field recording?

Thanks.

Comments

farss wrote on 5/3/2007, 1:28 PM
Why not record your own or was this a freak event?

Bob.
goodtimej wrote on 5/3/2007, 1:35 PM
It was stronger than normal wind, and it isn't that windy here anymore.
Tech Diver wrote on 5/3/2007, 2:18 PM
You could try www.artbeats.com. Putting "wind" in the search field yielded a good number of clips. But be prepared to pay good money, as their clips are not cheap.
MSmart wrote on 5/3/2007, 4:53 PM
Google results for wind sound effect

This may be a stupid idea, but what if you put your camera in front of a large fan. You might get some good sound from that. That is, if you don't get too much motor noise as well. Like I said, probably a stupid idea. But hey, it would be FREE.
riredale wrote on 5/3/2007, 4:55 PM
Stick your mic on a boom and put it outside the window of your car. If you are coasting downhill there shouldn't be any engine noise, and no tire noise if you position the mic overhead.
nolonemo wrote on 5/3/2007, 5:21 PM
I can't help commenting on the irony of this thread.... Usually people are tearing their hair out trying to AVOID wind.
MSmart wrote on 5/3/2007, 5:40 PM
Usually people are tearing their hair out trying to AVOID wind.

Not this person: Recording/creating the sound of wind?

Recording wind is difficult...

TorS wrote on 5/4/2007, 3:22 AM
Wind has no sound of its own. But when it passes things (leaves, telephone lines etc) there is a sound. That sound is unique for that particular thing which the wind passes - and the strength of the wind of course. If you see trees the sound you hear should be that of wind in trees. (And not just any old tree either ...)

But really - you need open space contentum, not wind noise. That you can get easily by recording "nothing" somewhere in the open with no cars, no talk and no wind.
Tor
goodtimej wrote on 5/4/2007, 7:38 AM
Sweet thread you guys, thanks for all the help. I've got my hands full this weekend I suppose!
Grazie wrote on 5/4/2007, 9:39 AM
Excuse the expression, but I can make my own WIND!

Chuckle over . . Just pucker up those red rosy lips into a cutey-pie expectant kiss, now gently GNETLY blow/exhale and inhale you will hear the BEST raging storm .. EVER! AND with a bit of practice you can modulate and give more depth and so on. Record this directly to a timeline, start squishing and stretching the WAV; layer it; echoe it and for a final trick - give it a majestic sweep of stereo pan.

I've made some fabo wind like this .. . mind you, the missus still says it was the Guinness!!

G
bulldog101 wrote on 5/5/2007, 2:21 PM
goodtime

This wind mp3 is from a video I shot last weekend, trying to catch a hawk in her nest.
Hope you can use it.
http://www.bmuonweb.com/wind.mp3