Bullet Sounds
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Bullet Sounds
I need some sound effects of bullet impacts. I already got some ricochets. I could use some bullet fly bys. I would also like shell casings hitting the ground. It would be nice if they were high quality.
RE: Bullet Sounds
Have a look at the shell_case.wav file in the Sound Effects Library (under weapons). That is quite a cool sound.
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You can't fry a mic, but you can get the levels too high and ruin the recording.
Don't be lame and BUY casings... nor would I even bring a shovel. Just collect up all the piles of spent casings from the floor of ranges! Besides the few that wish to keep them, there are plenty of shooters willing for someone to take them away!
Don't be lame and BUY casings... nor would I even bring a shovel. Just collect up all the piles of spent casings from the floor of ranges! Besides the few that wish to keep them, there are plenty of shooters willing for someone to take them away!
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Haha yeah. You can get thousands of casing free if you know where to get em.
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Maybe not all of them. Some of the bigger casings are pretty costy, so people collect them for reloading.
There's a trick: take a few small(!) coins and drop them on a stone-ish floor. Then take the record and pitch-transpose them to half or quarter the frequence. You can also simply save a 44.1 kHz Wav as a 22kHz wav, so it will be played at half speed.
You won't save a lot of money this way, but you can save some time and troubles. Then again, when you are making a shooting scene, you maybe better get some good requisites anyway, including casings.
There's a trick: take a few small(!) coins and drop them on a stone-ish floor. Then take the record and pitch-transpose them to half or quarter the frequence. You can also simply save a 44.1 kHz Wav as a 22kHz wav, so it will be played at half speed.
You won't save a lot of money this way, but you can save some time and troubles. Then again, when you are making a shooting scene, you maybe better get some good requisites anyway, including casings.
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The problem is a casing gives a hollow ring, while a coin is solid. But it might be worth trying out for the thrill of it!
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Yeah, lots of games have sounds. Besiding the copyright laws, it gets boring after a while to take somebody else's sounds when you can try to make you own.
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Indeed. Try to make your own stuff whereever possible. Or at least use royalty free content.
BTW yes using coins will result in a much brighter sound. That's why I suggested to pitchtranspose them to lower frequencies. A lot of software can do it, including the free Goldwave (well, fully working trialware).
To make it sound natural you will have to use a set of random frequencies. Because every case sounds individual, depending on the way it hits the ground, including hitting other casings.
since the bottom of the casing is kind of solid, the casing sounds pretty much like a coin anyway, especially with medium sized pistol ammo. Only small calibers like 22rl don't have a solid bottom. One may think it must sound like a hollow piece of metal: "Plong" (as heard in a lot of movies), but it rarely does. Actually it sounds like "pling", even up to 30-06 rifle ammo.
Of course, the ground material also matters. Don't use it on carpet or lawn at all
But basicly the sound of casings isn't very significant, compared to the noise of all other things going on in a shooting scene.
BTW yes using coins will result in a much brighter sound. That's why I suggested to pitchtranspose them to lower frequencies. A lot of software can do it, including the free Goldwave (well, fully working trialware).
To make it sound natural you will have to use a set of random frequencies. Because every case sounds individual, depending on the way it hits the ground, including hitting other casings.
since the bottom of the casing is kind of solid, the casing sounds pretty much like a coin anyway, especially with medium sized pistol ammo. Only small calibers like 22rl don't have a solid bottom. One may think it must sound like a hollow piece of metal: "Plong" (as heard in a lot of movies), but it rarely does. Actually it sounds like "pling", even up to 30-06 rifle ammo.
Of course, the ground material also matters. Don't use it on carpet or lawn at all
But basicly the sound of casings isn't very significant, compared to the noise of all other things going on in a shooting scene.
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I do not think coins sound like casings at all. The casing produces a multipitch tone because of its construction. The coin is very simple, in contrast. It is mostly hollow and rings more distinctly.
And they do sound like hollow metal
And they do sound like hollow metal
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I thought so too, so I took a dozen casings (I got a collection, trying to get one of every caliber) and started recording, but then I realized they really sound like coins, so I stoped the recording session since it wasn't worth the effort
I fact I bet you would not recognize what's a coin and what's a casing (well, you could guess).
I fact I bet you would not recognize what's a coin and what's a casing (well, you could guess).
Ok, here we go. I recorded 18 WAVs, about the half of them are coins. I used the following swiss coins:
20 cents
2 francs
5 francs
casings:
9mm para
45ACP
44 Magnum
7.5*55 (is about the same as .308 winchester rifle ammo)
The files are named 1.wav to 18.wav, mixed randomly
Now please tell me what is what (please don't use visualisation tools, only use your ears)
If you get less than 50% right, you'll owe me a beer or something. I will soon post a list of all sounds and what was used to redord them.
BTW. sorry for the bad sound, the conditions where not right, I had no concrete floor for the recordings (quick job between two cups of coffee). Probably I'll record them again, with a better floor and hall type (bathroom?). Anyway, feel free to use them.
Here's the file: http://www.melog.ch/dl/ammo_casing_wavs.zip (747kB)
20 cents
2 francs
5 francs
casings:
9mm para
45ACP
44 Magnum
7.5*55 (is about the same as .308 winchester rifle ammo)
The files are named 1.wav to 18.wav, mixed randomly
Now please tell me what is what (please don't use visualisation tools, only use your ears)
If you get less than 50% right, you'll owe me a beer or something. I will soon post a list of all sounds and what was used to redord them.
BTW. sorry for the bad sound, the conditions where not right, I had no concrete floor for the recordings (quick job between two cups of coffee). Probably I'll record them again, with a better floor and hall type (bathroom?). Anyway, feel free to use them.
Here's the file: http://www.melog.ch/dl/ammo_casing_wavs.zip (747kB)
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You are right. It wasn't. And you are triple posting!!!
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The best site for bullet sounds is www.sounddogs.com they have Guns....lots of guns you have like all different kinds of weapons and you can choose the amount of shots and all that kind of stuff. i really recommend it to all filmmakers that need bullit sounds