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Super quick question, been bugging me for YEARS!
Hi there, real quick question that hopefully any pro Editor can answer!
I edit a lot of montages and video packages, and I wanted to know what you would call the loud crashing noises used in trailers are?
3 examples are all on the hits at 2:33, 2:37, 2:40.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcUZ4pFBl-I
Can anybody either point me to where these are or at the very least, what they’re called so I can go hunt for them myself? I’ve no problem putting in the leg work and finding them but I don’t even know what to call them and “sound effect” just gives me ducks quacking and door bells etc.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
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4 Replies
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Those sound like pounding a plastic/ steel barrel or drum with a mallet. In most SFX databases, I’d look for something like Hits or impacts as a start.
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+1 to what Mark said. Most SFX libraries or even the built in SFX in FCX would have this FX.
Kannan Raghavan
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Terminology changes from house to house. We call them ‘hits’ and if you can’t find the effect in a sound library just record the sound of hitting an empty 5-gallon plastic water cooler jug. 🙂
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I believe what you’re looking for are effects by Robert Etoll https://www.robertetoll.com/albums. I’ve used tons of them on the productions I’ve been on. Until this post I only know of them as “etoll.” The package is expensive but you’ll use it on every project you do. Sample file attached.
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