Product Description
Proudly presenting the London Warehouse Firearms Library 2!
Delivering 288 files with multiple takes per file, totalling 6.87 GB of raw, gritty guns recorded across 20 channels using high quality mics including a Neumann Binaural head.
This library includes 100% new recordings. While all the material here is unique, there is some crossover with the original, the large warehouse was used again but with different mics and weapons, and the other spaces are all new which makes it a perfect companion library to the original.
The material recorded for this release includes new perspectives, firearms, and mics (including a Neumann Binaural head), and the new spaces provide additional environments with unique reflections.
288 files are included totalling 6.87 GB, most files include multiple takes. All named and edited to make it easy to navigate and select takes across the range of mics, distances, perspectives, all chosen for their unique characteristics.
16 mics with 20 channels of recording at various distances, from the DPA 4062 on the guns themselves, to distances of 40 and 50 meters away.
Minimal cleanup on the recordings was carried out very carefully, so as not to introduce any artefacts into the recordings, they are presented as raw as possible.
Use them raw with a little eq for a realistic, gritty and visceral aesthetic, or layer them with other elements to impart a grounded sense of space to more designed sounds, they work fantastically in either case.
Please note:
Not all firearms were used in each location due to safety and property concerns, for example firing the .50 cal Steyr in the office probably would have brought some of the ceiling down on us, and shattered a few windows. Maybe next time.
Not all mics were used in all locations, see tracklist for complete breakdown of takes and setup.
Weapons Fired In Each Space
Large warehouse –
- Beretta 92FS Semi Auto Pistol
- Heckler & Koch G36 Assault Rifle
- Heckler & Koch MP5 Sub Machine Gun
- Remington 870 12g Pump Action Shotgun
- Smith Wesson Revolver
- Steyr HS.50 Calibre M1 Sniper Rifle
Large office –
- Beretta 92FS Semi Auto Pistol
- Heckler & Koch G36 Assault Rifle
- Heckler & Koch MP5 Sub Machine Gun
Loading Bay –
- Beretta 92FS Semi Auto Pistol
- Heckler & Koch MP5 Sub Machine Gun
- Remington 870 12g Pump Action Shotgun
- Steyr HS.50 Calibre M1 Sniper Rifle
Small Corridor –
- Beretta 92FS Semi Auto Pistol
- Heckler & Koch G36 Assault Rifle
- Heckler & Koch MP5 Sub Machine Gun
Microphones
A selection of microphones at various sample rates were used, all going into Sound Devices recorders with Sound Devices Preamps/Mixers including –
48khz –
1x AKG C414B
2x DPA 4061
2x Neumann RSM191 M/S
1x Neumann TLM102
1x Neumann U87
2x Oktava MK012
1x Sennheiser MKH416
1x Sennheiser MKH60
1x Sennheiser MKH8060
96khz –
1x DPA 4062
1x Sennheiser MKH40
1x Neumann U87
1x Olympus LS5
192khz –
1x Neumann KU100 Binaural Head