{"id":48,"date":"2021-09-10T06:19:36","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T06:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulnolansound.com\/?p=48"},"modified":"2021-12-20T09:00:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T09:00:23","slug":"recording-the-perfect-sound-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulnolansound.com\/sound-effect\/recording-the-perfect-sound-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for Recording the Perfect Sound Effect"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever wanted to record the sound of a barking dog, an airplane passing overhead, or fireworks? Here are some tips on how to go about recording professional-quality sound effects. The first thing you need to do is find out what type of device your phone has- there are three types: mono (no stereo), mono with left and right channels, and stereo. Next, it’s important to find a location where the noise will be at its loudest without any other distracting noises such as cars driving by or people talking nearby. After these steps have been taken, all that needs to be done is hold the phone up close enough to pick up good quality audio.<\/p>\n

Sound effects are a key part of many video games. But, what is the best way to record sound effects? There are three main ways to record sound: with a microphone on location, using an AM radio as a mic, and recording sounds from your mouth.<\/p>\n

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How to record quality sound effects<\/h2>\n

Ever wanted to create your sound effects<\/a> for a game or video? Then, you can follow these steps to record the sound effect.<\/p>\n

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  1. Find an area where you won’t be disturbed by outside noise.<\/li>\n
  2. Position yourself about 3-5 feet from the object making the sound, and make sure you have a clear view of it, so there are no obstructions between you and it.<\/li>\n
  3. Record a short clip of what’s being made, then playback the recording on your phone while listening over headphones.<\/li>\n
  4. After hearing what was recorded, adjust how close or far away from the object you need to be before recording again until it sounds just right.<\/li>\n
  5. Keep experimenting with different sounds.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    There is a sound that has been in your life for as long as you can remember. The sound of the rain. How do we capture this natural phenomenon and make it our own?<\/p>\n

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    Recording your own sounds effects at home<\/h2>\n

    The following steps are all gathered from experience and research: Set up the microphone, use a high-quality mic or purchase one with a good reputation such as AKG c214 or Sennheiser MKH416<\/a>, set up audio levels on the recorder, place the mic near an open window, a record for at least 5 minutes to get enough natural variation in volume and intensity of sound effects.<\/p>\n

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    Every day, we hear sound effects in our lives. When you get a new phone, the first time you turn it on and hear that ringtone is a sound effect. What about when you’re playing a video game? You know that jump sound when your character jumps off a ledge? That’s also one of many sounds effects! Have you ever thought to record these sounds for yourself or someone else? There are plenty of ways to do this. For example, if I recorded my voice talking into the mic, so it sounded like I was underwater, I would add an echo filter onto Audacity and add what seems like water sloshing around me with some bubbles here and there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Have you ever wanted to record the sound of a barking dog, an airplane passing overhead, or fireworks? Here are some tips on how to go about recording professional-quality sound effects. The first thing you need to do is find out what type of device your phone has- there are three types: mono (no stereo),<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulnolansound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulnolansound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulnolansound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulnolansound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulnolansound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulnolansound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulnolansound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions\/92"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulnolansound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulnolansound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulnolansound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulnolansound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}