Video: Why The Guns In Modern Warfare Sound So Incredible - With Marshall McGee

Posted September 19, 2019 by Asbjoern Andersen in Game audio, Sound design guides

What goes into great weapon sound design? In a just-published video, Marshall McGee analyzes the impressive sounds for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - and he even takes a crack at recreating them and their many different layers, using libraries supplied by Sound Effects Monkey and A Sound Effect! Check out the interesting video here:

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Why The Weapons In Modern Warfare Sound So Incredible

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Here are the libraries Marshall McGee used above:

Firearms Sound Effects Bullets Play Track 600+ sounds included $75

A violent collection of bullet sounds, recorded and designed in HD 24-bit 96k resolution. These sounds are ready to make your project pop. Featuring bullet impacts on surfaces such as dirt, flesh, glass, car, wood, and metal. To help bring even more detail to your shootouts, we’ve also included a suite of whizby and incoming sounds.

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Firearms Sound Effects Gun Handling Play Track 585 - 1335 sounds included From: $49

Gun Handling is a two-volume collection of Foley sound effects. It features a wide range of guns, all recorded in HD 24-bit 192k (Volume 1) or 24-bit 96k (Volume 2) resolution. Multiple takes of mechanical sounds were recorded for each weapon. Included are sounds of loading bullets, pulling triggers, racking slides, magazines, and more.

View the weapon list to see the guns included in each volume. You can purchase each volume separately, or you can buy them together for a special price.

Volume 1 features handling sounds from:

S&W 686 • Kimber 1911 • S&W SW9VE • Walther P1 • Walther P99 • Mossberg 500 • 1897 Coachgun • Ruger 1022 • Ruger Mini-14 • Saiga IZ-139 • SKS • Mosin Nagant M44

Volume 2 features handling sounds from:

Marlin • High Point CF380 • Sig Sauer P220 • Armscor 206 • Mossberg 500A • High Point 996 • FN P90 • HK MP5 • UZI • Mini Uzi • AR-15 • M4 • HK53 • AK-47 • FN-FAL • FN SCAR 17 • Savage Model 16

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Firearms Sound Effects Guns Play Track 770+ sounds included
Rated 4.00 out of 5
$225

This is not another tired collection of stereo mixes or over-designed guns. We are proud to offer a massive set of multi-channel gun recordings, produced by experienced weapon recordists. Each weapon in the library includes sounds from at least 8 microphone perspectives, covering close, medium, and distant perspectives. We traveled to the Arizona desert and recorded real guns, firing live rounds, in an great sounding outdoor environment.

We have kept these sounds as raw and unprocessed as possible. While we carefully edited and cleaned every sound, you may still encounter occasional noise (shell ejections, rumble, wind buffets, and other outdoor sounds). It is our belief that if removing noise takes away from the character of the sound, we’d rather leave it alone, and let the end user decide how to best fit the sound in their mix. Despite any small imperfections, these are the cleanest, most powerful, and most useful gun recordings you will find anywhere.

Each weapon offers multiple takes and perspectives. Semi-Auto and Bolt Action guns include multiple single shots (8-12). Full-Auto guns include multiple single shots, bursts, and long bursts (generally around 16-20+ rounds). You’ll find at least 8 microphone positions for each weapon; covering close, medium, and distant perspectives. View the weapon list to see everything that is included in this library.

Featuring 27 different weapons:
• Handguns
• Rifles
• Assault Rifles
• Submachine Guns
• Belt-Fed Machine Guns
• Suppressed weapons

Weapons included:
AK47, AR 10, FN FAL 7, SCAR17, Heckler & Kock HK 53, M4 Carabine, Glock 18, Kimber Customer II 1911, Smith & Wesson 686. Walther P1, Walther P99, Browning M2HB, M240, M249 SAW, PKM, RPD 7, Mosin Nagant M44 Bolt Action, Saiga IZ-139, Savage Arms Model 16 Bolt Action, SKS, FN P90, Heckler & Koch MP5, Mini UZI 9mm, Uzi 9mm, m4 Carabine Suppressed, Mini Uzi Suppressed, HK MP5 Suppressed

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Four Elements Play Track 3050 sounds included, 251 mins total $112.49
Master the Art of Bending the Elemental Forces

Unleash the raw power of fire, water, earth, and air with this comprehensive 9 GB sound library featuring 3050 high-quality sound effects across 630 files. Whether you’re designing cinematic soundscapes or enhancing video games Four Elements delivers the tools you need to harness the energy of the natural world.

Construction Kit – 2443 Sounds

A treasure trove of raw, organic, and processed sounds including seamless loops divided into Fire, Water, Air, Earth and Explosion categories. Customize every detail with an extensive selection of sound components.
- Organic Fire: Campfire sizzles, torch whooshes, and flame bursts.
- Processed Fire: Distorted impacts and unique crackles.
- Organic Earth: Rock crashes, gravel scrapes, and heavy stone hits.
- Processed Earth: Stylized rumbles and granular textures.
- Organic Water: Ocean waves, hydrophone bubbles, and fluid splashes.
- Processed Water: Underwater whooshes and stylized liquid smashes.
- Organic Air: Bamboo swishes, cloth movements, and pressure bursts.
- Processed Air: Filtered gusts and dynamic noise sweeps.
- Explosion: Firework detonations, Butane bursts, and cinematic impacts.
Building Blocks – 416 Sounds

Game-ready sound layers featuring Impacts, Whooshes, and Textures as seamless loops. Elevate transitions and enhance atmospheres with loops and pre-designed sound layers.
- Fire: Explosive bursts, blazing infernos, and warm embers.
- Earth: Ground-shaking impacts, crumbling terrain, and heavy collisions.
- Water: Cascading waves, serene rivers, and underwater ambiences.
- Air: Whispering breezes, stormy turbulence, and slicing gusts.
Design Kit – 192 Sounds

A collection of ready-to-use sound effects divided into Attack, Bend, and Explosion categories for quick integration into your projects. Perfect for high-energy scenes and immersive storytelling.
- Fire: Crackling flames, fiery bursts, and roaring infernos.
- Earth: Crushing impacts, shifting ground, and massive land eruptions.
- Water: Splashes, fluid manipulations, and crashing tidal waves.
- Air: Slicing winds, swirling currents, and thunderous gusts.
Four Elements gives you complete creative control, blending organic recordings with processed sound layers to meet the demands of any project. Master the forces of nature with Four Elements. Let your creativity ignite.

Keywords:

Elements, Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Wave, Water, Liquid, Rock, Cast, Stone, Pebble, Torch, Gas, Flame, Campfire, Sizzle, Burst, Scrape, Whoosh, Impact, Texture, Attack, Bend, Bending, Explosion, Processed, Surge, Quake, Hit, Flow, Burn, Ignite, Drop, Smack, Destruction, Rumble, Hiss, Blow, Wind, Cloth, Movement, Underwater, Bubble, Ocean, River, Lake, Firework, Firecracker, Bang, Blast, Detonation, Magic, Fantasy, Forces, Fire Magic, Water Magic, Earth Magic, Fire Air, Fire Effect, Fire Whoosh, Water Whoosh, Seamless Loop, Loop, Fire Cast, Water Cast, Earth Cast, Air Cast
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Creature Sound Effects Monsters Play Track 789 sounds included $59

Ever wondered how to get the creatures, beasts and monsters in your project as badass and nasty as possible?

This collection is filled with high-quality sound effects that let your clients tremble in their seats. The curated package comes with everything you need: Vocals like attacks, breaths, threats, alerts, idle sounds, die screams and foley sounds such as bodyfalls, steps and movement.

With this set of handpicked sounds you have the world of cinematic creature sound design at your fingertips.

The Library includes:

Beast, Coloss, Dwarf, Fishman, Gnome, Golem, Hellhound, Imp, Insect, Kraken, Minotaur, Ogre, Orc, Reptile, Witch, Wraith, Yeti, Zombie, Attack, Breath, Death, Idle, Step, Threaten, Voice, Foley

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Mechanical Sound Effects Printing Presses Play Track 78+ sounds included, 104 mins total $75

Printing Presses showcases a variety of high-powered and dynamic mechanical sounds from three massive web-offset newspaper presses operating at high speed. In addition, you’ll hear unique mechanical sounds found inside a newspaper’s plate room and packaging department before and after a press run. Plus, I recorded three letterpresses. Each sound is captured with multiple microphone setups at various locations providing detailed and overall perspectives. Listen to presses increasing in speed, humming along at running speed and then coming to a stop. Sometimes gradually, sometimes suddenly. I’ve also created condensed versions of entire press runs as they can be long, presenting them as ‘sequences.’ In addition, some sounds have been meticulously edited and presented as seamless loops.

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Blade Sound Pack Play Track 1400 sounds included, 83 mins total $30

1400 meticulously processed stereo blades sound effects recorded in 96 khz and 24 bits for high audio definition.

The collection comes with hundreds of variations and many different weapon types. It also includes raw files for more flexibility for your projets and each asset has a version with and without reverb for more control.

This collection is perfect for any films, video games or trailers.

Recorded weapons: katana, kris knife, khukuri dagger, big and medium kitchen knife and hunting knife.

This sound library includes various type of sounds: blades scraping, single or multiple impacts, whooshes, designed and powerful sword sounds for trailer and cinematic, gore slashing and stabbing, blade sheathing and unsheathing, short and long combat sequences, background sword battle, and more.

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City Life Sound Effects Cambodia Environments Play Track 50 sounds included, 95 mins total $25

Cambodia Environments features more than 1 1/2 hours of diverse ambience – capturing the country’s lively urban centres, coastal communities, dense forests and serene countryside. This collection offers a vivid portrayal of daily life in the country, with an array of traffic, transporation and city market sounds, as well as rural village ambience and tranquil natural soundscapes.

All files are UCS compliant, 24 bit/ 96k and metadata is included (via soundminer), with keywords and detailed markers embedded to quickly locate specific sounds/ regions. Recorded with Usi Pro, Sony PCM-D100 and Wildtronics Stereo microphones.

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Materials & Texture Sound Effects Balloon Fun Play Track 385 sounds included $15

This library expands more on the weird sounds you can make with balloons. There are sounds of balloons swirling against each other, weird metallic resonant bounces/impacts, stretching and creaking all recorded at 192kHz for any sound designer to take to the next level. Create some weird rope creaks, or an interesting monster sound with a balloon!

This library also includes some classic balloon sounds such as inflating, deflating and general movement of a balloon bouquet!

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Electricity Sound Effects EMF RECORDINGS Play Track 350 sounds included, 190 mins total $105

In the “EMF RECORDINGS” library you’ll find… EMF Recordings! Shocking right? This collection is here to help you find that one specific humming sound you have in mind.

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