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From: Richard Webb on 20 Dec 2009 23:13
On Sun 2037-Dec-20 15:04, Denny Strauser writes:
>> Wish I would have had that sound fx collection years ago. I was working on
>> this piece where I wanted some wolf/dog
>> howls, and all I had was the Warner collection then, 8 track 1" was the format
>> I was using.
> <snipped>

> I have a sound FX CD. The "crying baby" gets my cat all worked up;
> it sounds like a cat in distress. I've mentioned a few times that
> I've taken my cat to shows. I took her to an indie horror movie
> premier, & the screaming girls got her worked up.

YEp, I can believe that, crying baby often sounds like a
SIamese.

> BTW, I've tried to record thunder myself. It's very difficult to get
> a good, realistin sounding recording.

IT is, tried it myself, all sorts of mics etc. That's why I liked this "sounds of nature" collection I got from my old
boss. Some of the best variety rain and thunderstorm sound
I"ve heard.


Regards,
Richard
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From: Denny Strauser on 20 Dec 2009 20:22
Richard Webb wrote:
> On Sun 2037-Dec-20 15:04, Denny Strauser writes:
>>> Wish I would have had that sound fx collection years ago. I was working on
>>> this piece where I wanted some wolf/dog
>>> howls, and all I had was the Warner collection then, 8 track 1" was the format
>>> I was using.
>> <snipped>
>
>> I have a sound FX CD. The "crying baby" gets my cat all worked up;
>> it sounds like a cat in distress. I've mentioned a few times that
>> I've taken my cat to shows. I took her to an indie horror movie
>> premier, & the screaming girls got her worked up.
>
> YEp, I can believe that, crying baby often sounds like a
> SIamese.
>
>> BTW, I've tried to record thunder myself. It's very difficult to get
>> a good, realistin sounding recording.
>
> IT is, tried it myself, all sorts of mics etc. That's why I liked this "sounds of nature" collection I got from my old
> boss. Some of the best variety rain and thunderstorm sound
> I"ve heard.

I have a Tropical Rain Forest CD that has a great thunderstorm
recording, as well as birds & monkeys. It sounds even better with
artificially derived surround sound (rear speakers = Left-minus-Right &
Right-minus-Left).

-Denny
From: OldBob on 20 Dec 2009 20:24
On 20 Dec 2009 12:15:57 -0000, FX <remailer(a)reece.net.au> wrote:

>Genuine rain and thunder sounds.
>
>Have a listen to this...
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEYnCoJxO0A
>
>..Enjoy!

I was doing some recording in the 70s on a Dokorder multi track reel-to-reel
when a lightning storm rolled through... I took the opportunity to record it.

I put a mic (condenser, forget the model) in the window, and opened a window on
the other side of the house, about 30' away, and put another mic there.

I set the level to just move the meter with the rain noise, maybe -20db or so,
and waited for the thunder.

I managed to get 2 hits, then the storm was gone. I got a great sound, no
overload distortion is apparent. When playing back, there is a slight 'click'
heard, from the lightning interference, then about 2 seconds later - KABOOM!

I once convinced a house guest that there was a rain storm going on, they were
quite surprised to find the sun shining when they went outside...

That Dokorder doesn't work anymore, needs a drive belt... haven't ran it in over
10 years... I should try to find the tape and digitize it. I've never heard a
better thunder sound.

From: Denny Strauser on 20 Dec 2009 22:30
OldBob(a)rest.com wrote:
> I was doing some recording in the 70s on a Dokorder multi track reel-to-reel
> when a lightning storm rolled through... I took the opportunity to record it.
>
> I put a mic (condenser, forget the model) in the window, and opened a window on
> the other side of the house, about 30' away, and put another mic there.
>
> I set the level to just move the meter with the rain noise, maybe -20db or so,
> and waited for the thunder.
>
> I managed to get 2 hits, then the storm was gone. I got a great sound, no
> overload distortion is apparent. When playing back, there is a slight 'click'
> heard, from the lightning interference, then about 2 seconds later - KABOOM!
>
> I once convinced a house guest that there was a rain storm going on, they were
> quite surprised to find the sun shining when they went outside...


I was setting up the EQ on the main & surround speakers at a
theater/club I worked at a few years ago, using a DVD of the movie Pearl
Harbor. At one point I heard a raging thunder storm outside, and just
then, the movie cut to a scene of a thunder storm being watched through
a window. I knew I was in the ballpark at that point. It was very
convincing.

Another interesting recording I did about 20 years ago was using a
mannequin as a binaural mic. I placed 2 tiny omni tie-tack mics in the
ear canal of the mannequin. I stood the thing in front of the soundboard
& recorded a show I mixed.
Later that night I went home & listened to the recording with
headphones. At some point I heard a door slam behind me & turned around
to see nothing. A bit later I heard it again & turned around ....
nothing. Then I realized there was a basement door behind the soundboard.
I played the recording for a friend. After he turned around quickly a
few times, I pulled the headphones off & asked what he was looking for.
He said he heard someone talking behind him. There was no one there. It
was someone talking to me behind the soundboard during the recording.

-Denny
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