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JackRosete Member |
posted 22 October 2013 05:30
 
Hi forum, Any ideas on how to create amazing sword fx? Since the true, real world sound of a sword being drawn isn't so interesting, I'm looking to create an exaggerated sound. I'm imagining two components, the metallic scraping sound of an extremely sharp, heavy sword emerging from its scabbard, and the pure 'singing' tones of that blade edge slowly decaying. Cheers! Jack IP: Logged |
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SSC Administrator |
posted 22 October 2013 07:06
You might try experimenting with some high, ringing metal hits and the CrossFilter. For the unsheathing Input, you could try experimenting with SlipStick or cloth rubbing? IP: Logged |
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JackRosete Member |
posted 22 October 2013 13:40
Thanks for the tip, I'm getting some great results with the CrossFilter - using a real scraped metal sound in the SampleCloud input, and physically modelled metallic 'impacts' in the response. Getting the best results with a number of simultaneous ringing impacts in different octaves, and some sine beating! Cheers! Jack [This message has been edited by JackRosete (edited 22 October 2013).] IP: Logged |
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Kyle Hughes Member |
posted 22 October 2013 18:44
I had this arise somewhat recently; I had the most success sharpening various types of blades with a kitchen knife sharpener. The sharpener has grooves in it and is about 12 inches long (I don't know if it has a proper name). The blades I used were a machete and a large, replica 'Braveheart' sword. There was also a crowbar, bricks, and some other funky objects used to clink and grind against the blades. I recorded them at high sample rates and did some extreme time stretching and pitch shifting, as well as spectral analysis to re-pitch and lengthen the metallic sound. This gave me a variety of sounds, and other forms of processing like adding a pitched 'harmony' and reversing the samples came up with quite a nice effect in the end. It's really mostly just recording, but I hope it helps. IP: Logged |
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JackRosete Member |
posted 23 October 2013 15:22
Hi Kyle, Thanks for your reply. I've pretty much gone down that route now and crafted some great sounds today. I found the CrossFilter works great for the 'harmonic' component, and the SampleCloud for stretching the metallic scraping / ring, plus making the sound much bigger! I'd be really interested to hear what you came up with, if you'd be happy to share/exchange sounds? Best, Jack (jackmorganrosete@icloud.com) IP: Logged |
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