The fader on my field recorder does not have numbers, does anyone know?

Brian Drysdale · October 29th, 2020, 12:30 PM

The "Guns" section will also offer a number of other weapon sounds.

Rainer Listing · October 29th, 2020, 03:19 PM

YouTube has any number of gun enthusiasts demonstrating their hobby. Funny how the actual sounds don't sound like gunshots in the movies. Why not just use midi? GM 121-128 are sound effects including gunshots. Adjust for calibre, load, barrel length in your DAW.

Ryan Elder · November 8th, 2020, 11:30 AM

Oh okay. I read that the for the movie Heat (1995), they used the real gunshots that were recorded live during shooting. But in Heat, the gunshots sound so much better than other live gunshots that are real. Do they just do a lot of post processing? But the director said himself, that he felt that the recorded gunshots, sounded better, than the post effects that the audio team was going to go with originally.

So if that's the case, maybe it is better to use live recorded gunshots, as a baseline, and then add post effects to it?

Brian Drysdale · November 8th, 2020, 11:35 AM

That's a creative decision you need to make.

It's part of a director's job.

Paul R Johnson · November 8th, 2020, 01:57 PM

I have been watching YouTube videos, because I got a bee in my Bonnet about how WW1 and WW2 German automatic pistols actually worked. In just a few videos, there were so many different bangs - the countryside ones with reflections from distant things, range shots with sound treatment, close, far, you name it - and all of those could be so easily used for this kind of thing.

October 29th, 2020, 12:30 PM	#181
Brian Drysdale Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Belfast, UK Posts: 6,143	Re: The fader on my field recorder does not have numbers, does anyone know? The "Guns" section will also offer a number of other weapon sounds.

October 29th, 2020, 03:19 PM	#182
Rainer Listing Major Player Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Nowra, Australia Posts: 440	Re: The fader on my field recorder does not have numbers, does anyone know? YouTube has any number of gun enthusiasts demonstrating their hobby. Funny how the actual sounds don't sound like gunshots in the movies. Why not just use midi? GM 121-128 are sound effects including gunshots. Adjust for calibre, load, barrel length in your DAW. Last edited by Rainer Listing; October 30th, 2020 at 02:51 PM.

November 8th, 2020, 11:30 AM	#183
Ryan Elder also known as Ryan Wray Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Saskatoon, Canada Posts: 2,880	Re: The fader on my field recorder does not have numbers, does anyone know? Oh okay. I read that the for the movie Heat (1995), they used the real gunshots that were recorded live during shooting. But in Heat, the gunshots sound so much better than other live gunshots that are real. Do they just do a lot of post processing? But the director said himself, that he felt that the recorded gunshots, sounded better, than the post effects that the audio team was going to go with originally. So if that's the case, maybe it is better to use live recorded gunshots, as a baseline, and then add post effects to it?

November 8th, 2020, 11:35 AM	#184
Brian Drysdale Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Belfast, UK Posts: 6,143	Re: The fader on my field recorder does not have numbers, does anyone know? That's a creative decision you need to make. It's part of a director's job.

November 8th, 2020, 01:57 PM	#185
Paul R Johnson Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Lowestoft - UK Posts: 4,016	Re: The fader on my field recorder does not have numbers, does anyone know? I have been watching YouTube videos, because I got a bee in my Bonnet about how WW1 and WW2 German automatic pistols actually worked. In just a few videos, there were so many different bangs - the countryside ones with reflections from distant things, range shots with sound treatment, close, far, you name it - and all of those could be so easily used for this kind of thing.