Why are there so few stock sound effects?
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thoseAREmySHOES
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Wow, for the amount of times I've heard this, I did not realize the first time it was used was in the Diddy Kong Racing intro... interesting stuff.
Darth Karja
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I was really confused when I heard it in the Star Wars 360 video a few months ago. I knew it was from Doom, and told a friend about it and he told me it was one of those stock sounds.
I LOVE THIS ONE!! lol (there are two different ones, too) (edit: lol this)
Another one I love/hate is the baby crying/laughing. My brother and I always call the baby "Kate" because that was the name of the baby on the kids' show "Arthur", and they ONLY used that sound effect for her.
EDIT: lol, YouTube attaches Kate to the sound effects, too:
Laughing/Happy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScQIKiIAJm8
Crying: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYR5SXb0LzM
Unpopular opinion, I'm sure, but I actually like many stock sound effects. At least, those that involve the kinds used in action (like explosions, blasts, lasers, etc.). The old Mega Man cartoon from the 90s had a really nice, if unoriginal, sound library that I still enjoy to this day.
I don't think that was the first time it came up. I remember hearing that in old shows prior to DKR.
I don't think that was the first time it came up. I remember hearing that in old shows prior to DKR.
Here's the one I noticed the most because I played Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall when I was a kid. It's a squeaky door opening sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1G7UaywkZY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1G7UaywkZY
It's not anything from a baby, I cannot find the specific sound but everytime there is a group of children, playing in the park, playground or whatever and it appears. A lot of the time when they run past the camera. Mostly found in TV crime dramas.
Sorta Related: there's a newspaper that gets used over and over and over in countless movies and TV shows - partially as a goof, partially because it's tedious to keep creating new fake newspapers for every project.
There's one I haven't seen mentioned but I hear all the time - the bear (or some other beast) "roar". Pretty sure they even use the same roar in WoW for bears.
EDIT: What do you know, first result: https://youtu.be/YexQcXnVSzg?t=5s
EDIT: What do you know, first result: https://youtu.be/YexQcXnVSzg?t=5s
I just heard both of these in my head.
That thing is forever burned into my mind thanks to Diddy Kong Racing.
THIS ONE'S ON YOU, RARE.
Sorta Related: there's a newspaper that gets used over and over and over in countless movies and TV shows - partially as a goof, partially because it's tedious to keep creating new fake newspapers for every project.
This is fantastic and something I probably would never have noticed on my own.
Holy shit this bear sound has been seared into my brain from my WoW days. Every goddamn bear made that sound, no matter the zone you were in.
Haha, they use that bear in 7 Days to Die too.
Or it could be simply because the studios do not want to pay extra for the design of a newspaper that nobody will notice in the 1-2 frames that its in.
The joy of using that break is unbelievable. I don't think I have ever heard a drummer's set, riff, missed beat, and recording match so well together. I'm not surprised it has survived through the ages, the snare and missed beat especially elevate it far above the likes of the Lynn Collins Think and others. I have a copy of the vinyl but sadly it's not entirely without background noise, it did only cost 50cents in a shop in Toronto though
Razgriz-Specter
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It isn't lazy, it's just an in joke with many sound designers.
It's even used especially in Battlefront and it's hilarious if you hear a bunch together.
Haha yes, I've seen that exact video.
PjotrStroganov
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Also a doom sound right?There's a really over-used one that usually means "large fire suddenly starts"
It kind of goes Fwoomp-woooosh!
Yeah these things are impossible to google
The one sound effect that always catches my ear is a doorknob sound that is used in EVERY tv show. It stands out mostly because it's the sound of a doorknob on a lightweight/hollow core door, but gets used for everything, including massive metal security doors. Unfortunately, I don't have an example to post...
This, and the fact that the majority of people simply don't notice it.
POWERSPHERE
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Whats The name of that dang eagle screech?
Doczu
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPJ1uQwmNHk
This is the one. Or should i say "these", as almost all of them are overused in games and movies...
I don't think so - there's no fires as such in Doom. It's not the barrel explosion sound at any rate.
EDIT: Found it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42VzY7xGiJI
EDITEDIT: Of course it's in Doom - the Imp fireballs make this noise.
Sorta Related: there's a newspaper that gets used over and over and over in countless movies and TV shows - partially as a goof, partially because it's tedious to keep creating new fake newspapers for every project.
FUCKING HELL....
I hate the Wilhelm scream. I hate the idea of these sound guys patting each other on the back putting their fucking stupid in jokes in the movie when it just fucking ruins it for anyone who knows what it is. Well done guys you've shown you've shown you can reference one of the most well known sound effects around, now do your fucking job and create a soundtrack that keeps me immersed in the movie please.
I Stalk Alone
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Was there a wilhellm scream in the new star wars?
I Stalk Alone
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Are you comic book guy or something? You have too much time on your hands to be hating on a sound effect.
Haha thanks.
The one sound I noticed more often than any other is the crowd gasp. I don't know the official name of it, but you hear it so many times in the comedy genre.
Edit - This one:
https://youtu.be/V5eaDhCVNJU
Edit - This one:
https://youtu.be/V5eaDhCVNJU
WhiteRabbitEXE
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Fuck Wilhelm Scream haters, it's a glorious tradition.
Baby cries are the worst though. Start listening out for those, because there's (almost) literally like, three baby cries used in all of film and TV history. I noticed it once and now every time I hear a baby cry in something I catch it. Babies cry all the goddamn time, it can't be that hard to pick up some new recordings.
Baby cries are the worst though. Start listening out for those, because there's (almost) literally like, three baby cries used in all of film and TV history. I noticed it once and now every time I hear a baby cry in something I catch it. Babies cry all the goddamn time, it can't be that hard to pick up some new recordings.
chaobreaker
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I want to know where I can own the rights to use all the SFX posted in this thread.
It's a stupid, lazy tradition and breaks immersion for anyone who recognises it.
The only use of it that made sense was in Team America: World Police as a parody.
Rhomega Beta
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I'll always associate this with AHHH! Real Monsters and Dark Forces.
It's the howling wind that pulls me out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge6EK1S2FSc
They don't need to pay a fee every time they use them. The license is for the entire library itself. Once you have the sounds, they are royalty free. Studios updating their stock libraries should be a negligible cost really.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtErD91Yycw
Came here to post this
Everytime I hear it it just makes me think of the first time I played DKR
Haha it seems like nothing much happened in the news since the 70s, since Eric Forman is reading it too
Razgriz-Specter
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHXRyTwsTQc
It makes any movie better!
Wilhelm scream Titanic is amazing.
PetriP-TNT
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That Godfather clip has the "children laughing" sfx
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