macsound
Well-Known Member
I've been listening to a couple of fictional story based podcasts, they're like radio shows and rather well produced. (Homecoming and Limetown)
It made me think I should start making my own sound effects again. In the past, it was before computer editing using all analog effects, recording to cassette or MiniDisc and doing some minor mastering when combining.
Now that all editing is done on the computer in an editor and knowing how anal I get when editing audio for video shoots, I'm wondering how crazy people get when making effects for theatre.
I remember doing a tennis ball bounce stereo effect for some 20's dance show and just doing the recording in the hallway. I didn't go through and cut out all the noise or do massive EQ curves to really accentuate the tonal structure of the ball, it just was what it was.
So 1. Does anyone out there record their own effects?
2. How crazy do you get making sure there's no noise?
3. How long do you spend eqing and compressing to make the effect sound "perfect"?
It made me think I should start making my own sound effects again. In the past, it was before computer editing using all analog effects, recording to cassette or MiniDisc and doing some minor mastering when combining.
Now that all editing is done on the computer in an editor and knowing how anal I get when editing audio for video shoots, I'm wondering how crazy people get when making effects for theatre.
I remember doing a tennis ball bounce stereo effect for some 20's dance show and just doing the recording in the hallway. I didn't go through and cut out all the noise or do massive EQ curves to really accentuate the tonal structure of the ball, it just was what it was.
So 1. Does anyone out there record their own effects?
2. How crazy do you get making sure there's no noise?
3. How long do you spend eqing and compressing to make the effect sound "perfect"?