On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 20:20:17 -0700 (PDT) R Parker <rtp405@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I remember reading something about the audio > production for a tornado sound for some Hollywood > movie. They used around 180 tracks which included, > cows, car crashes, breaking glass, etc. > > I've never done this type of sound design. > > With Tobiah's paper bag idea, you can make many copies > and apply different reverb settings as needed. Perhaps > you'll need one track with a long reverb delay and no > tail which might create the initial Bang and secondary > boom. And another with a huge reverb room, and long > tail to create the impression of a sound wave that's > traveling many miles. With numerous tracks you'll be > able to mix the level of the different effect results. Reading about sound effects of this kind made me think of a story I heard about how the band Yello generated the thunder and lightning sound at the start of the song that was part of the soundtrack to the movie "Ferris Bueler's Day Off". Apparently it was done by recording the unwrapping of one of those large reels of cellotape. The recording was then slowed donw to give a realy nice thunder. Erik -- +-----------------------------------------------------------+ Erik de Castro Lopo nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Yes it's valid) +-----------------------------------------------------------+ "If you need a piece of paper and a pen to explain it, then its not bleedin' obvious" -- Erik's First Law
