One of the sound clips I’m working on has footsteps on boardwalk and ladders. There aren’t any good environments to record nearby, so I’ve taken it upon myself to build a temporary foley stage in my living room using some leftover wood from my college dorm-room loft and a sheet of scrap plywood.
I’ve been able to get different sounds by changing the configuration (plywood above or below the boards, etc.).
Recording some gulls, turns, pelicans, and other seabirds at the Florida Keys Wild Bird Center.
Applying tension to some different types of ropes and strings to sweeten a longbow.
Junk and debris crashes for the elevator scene.
I’ve replaced the soundtrack from a game cinematic in Batman: Arkham Asylum. Harley’s voice here is by Ashley Banas, I did the other two myself.
In this clip from the Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, I’ve replaced all of the sounds with elements that I’ve either recorded myself or created from library sources.
Play-by-play breakdown posts:
Oblivion Gate
Flame Atronach vocals
Bow and armor foley
Some recording projects I’ve been messing with for PVK II and other projects.
To get some ice cracking and crunching sounds, I froze a bag of water to make a larger, pillow-shaped ice brick. It turned out to be less impressive of a crack than I was imagining but I was able to break it by hand and get some nice ice friction stuff out of it, at least.
For PVK II, I needed to create some desert winds for the map Sandstorm. I already had some library recordings of wind that I liked but I needed some “sand” to add in, so I experimented with recording grainy items around the house including rice and oatmeal to try and get the right feel.
Some veggies awaiting destruction in the name of flesh rips, stabs, and other gooshy gore noises.
Here I am capturing some field recordings of the Key Largo shore. I usually record ambiences with the stereo mics from my Zoom H4 or H2. They also pick up a lot of background car traffic and distant boats and such so I thought I’d try track some wave crashes with a shotgun mic.
Here are some sound effects that I’ve made for various game projects including No More Room In Hell and Pirates, Vikings and Knights II.