A slinky spring toy stretched out and plucked once from the end, recorded with a Zeppelin Design Labs Cortado impedance-matched piezo contact microphone. The resulting recording is a classic spring-based sci-fi "laser sound" with a massive, lengthy, rumbling decay tail. This was recorded at 24 bit 96 Khz.
In addition to its use as a sound effect, this waveform works well inside a convolution reverb as an offbeat spring reverb impulse response, provided one has the processor power and RAM to support a 2 minute 13 second convolution. The Cortado's bass response is exceptionally large for a contact mic, so high pass filtering may be desired if used as an impulse response.
Type
Wave (.wav)
Duration
2:13.189
File size
36.6 MB
Sample rate
96000.0 Hz
Bit depth
24 bit
Channels
Mono
Comments
4 years, 8 months ago
a beautiful thing
4 years, 10 months ago
This is a perfect starting point for my needs. Thank you!
5 years, 6 months ago
Needed a bassy, rumbling pew laser. Had no idea it could be achieved with a Slinky.
7 years, 6 months ago
beautiful—a perfect star wars slinky recording.
