From Guy Elden Sent Tue, Mar 24th 1998, 15:51
From Guy Elden Sent Tue, Mar 24th 1998, 15:51
> something to be said about making great music with an empty room except for a > few inexpensive pieces of gear. I respect good music if it is made in hans > Zimmer's studio or with Licoln Logs and a mic. 8) This may be slightly off-topic, but it's certainly relevant if it sparks someone's imagination when trying to come up with that next killer sound. You all remember the classic TIE Fighter roar from the Star Wars movies, right? Well... wanna know how they did it? The two components of that unforgettable sound are the following: - An elephant screaming - The tires of a car whisping by on a wet road I found this out at the Star Wars exhibit at the Air & Space museum in Wash D.C. last week. I was totally impressed with how creative the sound designers were back then. Of course, they weren't all creative... some were lucky too. For instance, the humming sound of the lightsabers came from an unintentional bumping of a microphone. The mic fell behind an old TV set that was turned on, and created a humming sound in the speaker. Much like the humming sound you hear when a lightsaber swooshes through the air. -- jr