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How create laser sound from Doctor Who - Earthshock

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Started July 19th, 2020 · 6 replies · Latest reply by SieuAmThanh 5 years, 2 months ago

SieuAmThanh

1,551 sounds

40 posts

5 years, 2 months ago
#1

Any person know how create laser sound from Doctor Who - Earthshock:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SUmgNcVS_M&t=00m58s

copyc4t

283 sounds

653 posts

5 years, 2 months ago
#2

Well, you could go the recording way, and bowing metal springs (yes, springs, not strings) could be a good starting source.

Alternatively, you could get something like this
https://freesound.org/people/copyc4t/sounds/235737/

apply stretching, pitch changes, and various stages of distortion and eq in Audacity, and obtain this:
https://freesound.org/people/copyc4t/sounds/528406/

copyc4t - http://soundcloud.com/copyc4t
SieuAmThanh

1,551 sounds

40 posts

5 years, 2 months ago
#3

Thanks for good ideas!

copyc4t

283 sounds

653 posts

5 years, 2 months ago
#4

You're welcome! smile

copyc4t - http://soundcloud.com/copyc4t
zimbot

263 sounds

223 posts

5 years, 2 months ago
#5

Some filtered noise into a delay with a lot of feedback (at 44.1kHz, 128 samples seems about right), or sent through a long section of pipe. I would just show a simple analog box circuit to do it right here, but can't figure out a way to upload an image for use in a forum post. In my example circuit, the number of samples was also being varied just a wee bit by the noise itself.

-- Keith W. Blackwell
SieuAmThanh

1,551 sounds

40 posts

5 years, 2 months ago
#6

I really like see your circuit. If can draw use Inkscape (can download here: www.inkscape.org)
can upload SVG file to openclipart.org or freesvg.org.

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