ralph49 opened this issue on Oct 26, 2007 · 7 posts
ralph49 posted Fri, 26 October 2007 at 7:39 PM
Hi there
I,m looking for a sound file for the beating of dragon wings. Sounds simple but having trouble finding any to rip. Went recording bats but sound not quite right.
Wiating with battered Wings/Ralph
MegaJax posted Fri, 26 October 2007 at 8:00 PM
For a dragon I would have though you would need something slower and longer than the sound of bats wings. Maybe something like a large sheet of thick card or hardboard waved up and down or side to side past the mic, maybe a couple of feet away from it. All you really need is the sound the air makes so the larger the surface area I would have thought the better.
Or for a softer more organic sound what about trying a large sheet, like how you would if you were throwing a child up it the air, 1 person on each corner or if only 2 people 1 on each side.
ockham posted Fri, 26 October 2007 at 8:08 PM
Even a pair of folded pieces of paper would do the job, if you
bass-emphasize the sound after recording.........
ralph49 posted Fri, 26 October 2007 at 8:09 PM
OK Thanx
I'm off to make some wing thingy. Will let you know if it works for me.
Ralph
MegaJax posted Fri, 26 October 2007 at 8:15 PM
Just try diffrent things untill you get the sound you want. Try diffrent shapes as well as this wii also give you diffrent sounds.
ockham posted Fri, 26 October 2007 at 8:15 PM
Also, check out my SoundStager script: it can apply a single flap to
all the motions of the wings.
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Dale B posted Sat, 27 October 2007 at 6:17 AM
Dragon wings? Do a little googling on sound recordings of sailing vessels. You would be dealing with a thin, supple surface approximately the size you want interacting with the wind. I'd stay away from square rigged vessels, unless you are very good at getting things like boom and line creaks and whistles out of the sound mix. But if you just are using the sound as a reference to build your own, then any kind of sail can help (every animated dragon I've ever seen always misses something; the wing membrane is going to be ruffled by the turbulence of the air, so there will be the kinds of noises you get when the wind ripples a sail, though perhaps not as loud or sharp. Wing membrane is -probably- more flexible, so the sounds would be muted). Always keep in mind that Foley is the art of taking one sound and making it into something else (classic example: The photon torpedo launching from Trek Classic was nothing more than a recording of a guy wire on a broadcast antenna being struck, with a little frequency adjusting and bass boosting. Oh, and just a touch of time dilation).