I bet nobody has one of these!
- Thread starter rob aylestone
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Wowee! Quite a bit of kit. But as the owner of an 8mm blank firing semi-auto pistol that was on;y a few pounds I have to wonder why they bothered?
Mind you, that pistol is SERIOUSLY 'king loud! Louder even than I remember a 357 magnum being. I discharged it once in the garden during Nov 5 celebrations one evening and it was waaaay louder than any firework! I have not done it since.
Item I remember in Studio Sound years ago. Gun shots were captured on the old Nagra analogue tape recorders. Then they moved to digital recording with its vastly bigger dynamic range. When the rushes came back peeps were not at all happy with the 'closer to reality' gunshot sound!
There was also an in depth article in an AES journal many years ago about a line source speaker developed by the US military to simulate gunfire. Massive thing with multiple 12" drivers IIRC and it put out over 140dB SPL. Might have the book still somewhere.
Dave.
Mind you, that pistol is SERIOUSLY 'king loud! Louder even than I remember a 357 magnum being. I discharged it once in the garden during Nov 5 celebrations one evening and it was waaaay louder than any firework! I have not done it since.
Item I remember in Studio Sound years ago. Gun shots were captured on the old Nagra analogue tape recorders. Then they moved to digital recording with its vastly bigger dynamic range. When the rushes came back peeps were not at all happy with the 'closer to reality' gunshot sound!
There was also an in depth article in an AES journal many years ago about a line source speaker developed by the US military to simulate gunfire. Massive thing with multiple 12" drivers IIRC and it put out over 140dB SPL. Might have the book still somewhere.
Dave.
gecko zzed
Grumpy Mod
What an awesome device!
TalismanRich
Well-known member
I like the button that says "CANNON". Rob, It would just the thing if you ever record the 1812 Overture.
TAE
All you have is now
OK that is pretty kick ass... My brother in law works in the movie special effects industry....of course it's both visual and auditory in their world.
He once told me how they do the machine gun shots in a movie shoot...pretty low tech but effective
They take a piece of wood @ 2 feet long and do a row of nails about a half inch apart with each nail wired to a gun shot spot on the set (a tiny little gun powder load) each with an electric igniter. Then they have another wire that is hot and wrap it on another nail they hold in their hand...When it's time to take the shot they just brush the hot nail over the row of nails bam bam bam bam bam machine gun shots... The way they make cars flip is another crazy story for another time....He was actually part of the team that managed the epic flooding of the grand ballroom on Titanic...He's full of fun stories
He once told me how they do the machine gun shots in a movie shoot...pretty low tech but effective
They take a piece of wood @ 2 feet long and do a row of nails about a half inch apart with each nail wired to a gun shot spot on the set (a tiny little gun powder load) each with an electric igniter. Then they have another wire that is hot and wrap it on another nail they hold in their hand...When it's time to take the shot they just brush the hot nail over the row of nails bam bam bam bam bam machine gun shots... The way they make cars flip is another crazy story for another time....He was actually part of the team that managed the epic flooding of the grand ballroom on Titanic...He's full of fun stories
Slouching Raymond
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Nope, I don't have one.
Serendipity Records
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spantini
COO of me, inc.
In Raiders of the Lost Ark there is a scene where the large truck (supposedly) carrying Marion is hit, flips over and explodes. You can see the mechanism flipping the truck. Supposedly, a section of telephone pole was inserted into a hole in the ground with an explosive beneath it. When the truck drove over, they blew the explosive, ejecting the pole, pushing the truck up and over.
TAE
All you have is now
That is exactly how they do it. Not so high tech but does the trick.
60's guy
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The "Making Waves - The Art Of Cinematic Sound" is worthy of viewing in order to understand how sound effects initially evolved. Today, there are computer libraries of tens of thousands of sound effects available to every sound effects guy or gal working on current day TV productions or movie production.
It's 90 minutes worthy of viewing.
It's 90 minutes worthy of viewing.
