Guest Mr. Magoo Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 so i was wondering what anyone has to say about the sound design of star wars! how was it done, who done it etc... i know that the sound recordist guy didnt use synths to my knowledge but real-life things, like tapping on wires, or to get the saber sound he put a mic near an amp or something like that? if anyone has any knowledge on how they got some of the sound please give the method. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Captain Cooper Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 This is a secret and I may be hunted down by the Secret Rulers of the Universe for saying it, but... well... *deep breath* Star Wars was a documentary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chim Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 the lightsaber was made from some old humming fan tie fighters were mixed elephant and jeep screeching on a wet road tanks in the modern episodes were an electric razor in a steel bowl very little in the SW movies are synthesis, aside from R2-D2 (made from an arp 2600) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest greenbank Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 if you move a pickup coil closer to and further away from a transformer (PSU in my pc does ok for this) then you can get a vague approximation of the saber swooshy sounds. almost all sounds effects in movies etc. are made entirely from other sounds recorded and played back slow/fast/reversed or carefully edited and mixed together to make the sounds. kinda boring really - no synths, no mad effects, just really careful editing and choices of sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrx Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 heres something about the THX sound - http://musicthing.blogspot.com/2005/05/tin...-thx-sound.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest greenbank Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 the thx sound is based on a styx tune - krakatoa. not so cool now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marf Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 http://www.filmsound.org/starwars/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adjective Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 i have a CD full of field samples recorded for use in Star Wars sound design, or 'leftovers' i'm not sure. somewhere lost in my room Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marf Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 The sounds in the originals were better than the new ones. The old starwars were better in every way though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Moss Acid Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 there is a huge sectionabout the sounds of star wars on the bonus dvd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sepia Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 One of my lecturers said that the millenium falcon is some old biplane recording messed around with or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celatid Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 wilhelm scream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 One of my lecturers said that the millenium falcon is some old biplane recording messed around with or something like that. WUUUUAAAAAAAAAAAARRRUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest welcome to the machine Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 that kyma thingy looks mad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest brachiosaur Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 the lightsaber was made from some old humming fan tie fighters were mixed elephant and jeep screeching on a wet road tanks in the modern episodes were an electric razor in a steel bowl very little in the SW movies are synthesis, aside from R2-D2 (made from an arp 2600) i'm trying hard to imagine what an elephant on a wet road sounds like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 the lightsaber was made from some old humming fan tie fighters were mixed elephant and jeep screeching on a wet road tanks in the modern episodes were an electric razor in a steel bowl very little in the SW movies are synthesis, aside from R2-D2 (made from an arp 2600) i'm trying hard to imagine what an elephant on a wet road sounds like kinda like a brachiosaur on the fresh dewy everglades Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SamWhite! Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 I remebmer seeing they were using oranges to make a crawly sound, I dunno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KY Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 almost all sounds effects in movies etc. are made entirely from other sounds recorded and played back slow/fast/reversed or carefully edited and mixed together to make the sounds. kinda boring really - no synths, no mad effects, just really careful editing and choices of sounds. imagine my disappointment when i applied for sound communications and realized that. :\ but yeah, almost all of it's just altered field recordings or live recordings of some sort, kinda bleh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest taxman Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 i think it's probably better that way... same as some directors not liking to use cg or photographers wanting to get all the shadows using lights rather than photoshop. reality gives you the unexpected, and the unexpected is interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SamWhite! Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Oh yeah, the sound of lightsabers, was the sound of some kind of moving cables, I forget what exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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