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dabidos
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Posted: 10th Nov 2003 23:33
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I don't know if I posted this in the wrong board but there is no sound board(should have one). But thats besides the point, what i need is a program to create sound effects like footsteps,gun sots,reloads, etc. would i need to record samples then mess around with synthsizers on it? or is there a digital way of doing it. also what programs are good for making such effects. (im swaying on sound forge or gigastudio)

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adr
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Posted: 10th Nov 2003 23:39
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You can't really synthesise footsteps or gun reload effects. You need to record them happening. One of the best ways to get sound effects is through foley. A foley artist is someone hired by the film studios to dub over sound effects using every day objects.

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Mussi
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Posted: 10th Nov 2003 23:54
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or you could record everything with your mouth and edit it with a sound editing program...chouck chouk(shtogun reload )

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Shadow Lord
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...or you could just download the sounds you need. There are thousands of sound files available in both .WAV and .MP3. Just do a search on Google.com.

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ZomBfied
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http://freespace.virgin.net/udxc.ss/tutorials/files/footsteps.wav

here's one I found in about 2 seconds using a google search for "footsteps.wav" The interweb is a cool thing...
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dabidos
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Posted: 11th Nov 2003 07:12
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meh im not looking for footstep wavs im looking for a way to create them. but thanks anyways. foley is too much effort for me. so i guess editing pre made sounds are my only options?



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Kharnor
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Get a microphone, put it on the ground, and walk past it. Simple.

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Surreal Studio IanG
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To get a realistic killing sound shoot a cat then slow it down or speed it up.
To get a a reload sound buy a gun and then reload it - simple.

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OzBot
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If you can get hold of something like reason2 from propellerheads (http://www.propellerheads.se)
In the program are a lot of soft synthesizers that can really mess with sounds and generate really cool sounds, good for effects and ambient sounds etc. Also some of the sounds on the synth include screams, claps, gunshots waves crashing etc.
There is a demo version that runs for 20 minutes at a time.
You will need a midi keyboard but I think you pick one of those up quite cheap these days.
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Surreal Studio IanG
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thats better than my help

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M00NSHiNE
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The best sound editing program out there has to be Sonic Foundry's Soundforge. So much it can do, plus the amount of .dll extendability its got. Its followed closely by Cool Edit, but Ive never used that.

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zircher
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Posted: 19th Nov 2003 03:56 Edited at: 19th Nov 2003 03:58
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Sound Forge's price tag completely blows my hobby budget. ($399 to download, $449 for a box)

Any suggestion for cheap or free SFX tools?
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Shit, Cool Edit also got bought out by another company. That's now $299. Sigh.
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