How Barney Oram Created His Excellent Western Black Powder Guns Sound Effects Library:

Sound designer and recordist Barney Oram recently released an excellent library called Western Black Powder Guns - and in this interview with The Sound Architect's Sam Hughes, he shares the story behind the making of the library:

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Firearms Sound Effects Western Black Powder Guns Play Track 496 sounds included $70

Western Black Powder Guns is a collection of 19th century firearm sounds, created by sound designer Barney Oram. It features 496 sounds in total, including 440 multichannel source sounds and 56 designed sounds, supplied in 192kHz 24bit WAV file format.

This library contains a selection of classic Wild West style weapons, including; Colt 1851 Navy Revolver, Pattern-Enfield 1853 Rifle, Snider-Enfield 1861 Artillery Carbine, Winchester Model 1887 Shotgun and more.

Recorded on a private shooting range in the UK, this library features multi-mic coverage and a range of distance positions captured on all included source content. Microphones used include; Schoeps, Sennheiser, Neumann, AKG and DPA, captured with recorders such as Sound Devices, Zoom, Sony, and more.

In addition to source recordings, Western Black Powder Guns also contains a generous designed section, lovingly crafted to be of immediate use to sound designers. The designs are an homage to the classic gun sounds of Western movies, mixed with a tight and punchy modern edge.

This library includes detailed SoundMiner metadata and utilizes the UCS system for ease of integration into your library.

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