Post-Production : Designing An Explosion Sound With Only An iPhone Mic by Cyrus Sales

Thanks for sharing, Cyrus Sales! It’s always inspiring to see how much can be achieved with minimal gear and a creative approach. I was especially impressed by how they layered sounds to create depth and realism. It just goes to show that the right technique can make up for a lack of high-end equipment.

Great share, Cyrus Sales! What I found most interesting is how explosion sounds, gunshot sounds, etc. can be made with ordinary things, like things lying around a room.

Ashley Renee Smith something I have to remind myself every so often. I don't necessarily need a new piece of equipment, I either need to get creative with what I have or approach the situation at a different angle.

Maurice Vaughan Yep! Crazy, cool. I once used a brown paper back to mimic foot steps outdoors. Crazy how household things can be used to create different sounds.

That's pretty cool, Cyrus Sales. That'd be a great blog, AMA, or Lounge post. Using household and ordinary things to create sounds for movies and shows.

This is totally my vibe—I love the DIY creative approach! So impressive! Creativity and an open mind truly take you far. Thanks for sharing, Cyrus! :)

That is very interesting! I didn't realize what I personally have done a few times over the last few years while recording my guitar is called Sound Design? I learned something new here! thank you! Since I am an instrumental guitarist composer of introspective and ethereal music often, I often times want to create different colors, timbres , etc. to accompany my tracks , or to alter the sound of the guitar to where it doesn't even sound like a guitar.(which I actually did earlier today, ironically, inspired to create something congruent for a Space film type sound). I have been recording and doing audio mixing/mastering/editing of my own compositions for over ten years, and I've learned much from my hands on experience regarding the elements of sound and the way it can be manipulated. I have a scientific mind a bit, which really keeps me focuse more intensely than eeven when I'm actually playing the instrument. Working with eq, spatial imaging, compression, reverberation , and mastering software with understanding a bit of the physics of sound and frequency realtionships , and how everything created in the realm of sound will vary when any particular element is altered, enhanced, reduced, hennce affecting the overall outcome. The first time I discovered how I can change my guitar sound was when I was working with an equalizer years ago. I believe it was called "transistor radio" setting. My nylon string guitar came out sounding like an electric guitar, and I was amazed by the timbral contrast! I recorded two tracks of nylon. One was an accompanying melody weaving around the primary stem, and I wanted contrasting timbre. Another time I breathed into the mic for an effect and then went to work creating a unique acompaniment with that. One fine way to sound design from my experiences, I discovered, is the use of the modulation effects. I'm not talking using them like guitar players normally would to enhace an add a little effect, but rather to change the sound drastically by working with specific parameters. I have a subscription to Slate Digital which has amazing quality Audio effects

A friend of mine wrote a fictional book not about sound design , but to bring peace to the world through what he calls "Fonging" . He demonstrated something that totally amazed me , howver we wonderd how to actually record what we heard. You take a clean oven rack, and tie two shoe laces, strings, pieces of leather, or any other material, and you lean over holding the strings, one on each finger and you put your fingers in your ear and have someone take a metal object and bang the rack! I know it sounds absurd, but the resonant sounds were astound, as we experinced the physics of sound.

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