Home Sound Effects Tonal Metal – Groans, Clangs and Shrings
$49
Metal can be very tonal and used as an muscial instrument. For this library I used different metalic object and hit them, rubbed them, stressed them, bowed them, plucked them or made them spin.
Among the objects that I worked with were steel wires, iron gates, a saw blade, daggers, cloth stands, aluminium boxes, bells, humming top and much more.
You can hear the metal shring, clang, groan, purr, scream, squeak, scratch, doing, pling, wronk, bang, moo and sing.
The inital idea for this library evolved from a sound art object in Essen, a big hollow tree trunk with some iron strings on the back. I played it many times when walking past it and eventually started a decent recording session.
The sounds can be used to sonify bending iron gates, bridges or other objects but also as samples for producing music. Both tonal or percussive. Lots of them are also very expressive and can be used as a layer in voice design for creatures, monsters, dinosaurs or other giant living beings.
And of course if you want to add character to any weapon (from sword to gun), a tonal element can give it a unique and recognizable audio mark.
Most recordings were made with multiple mics, with one mic being the Earthworks QTC50, catching high frequencies and making the sfx perfect for pitching down fun.
Other mics: Neumann 81i, Schoeps MK41, Shertler Contact, Lewitt 540s, SM57
Sound of Essen started in 2017 as an official project for the European Green Capital 2017. 12 selected places from the rivers Ruhr and Emscher in Essen were introduced via sound. I offer free downloads of atmos, animals, machinery, vessels and many more along pictures, texts and maps of my trips in Essen. In 2018 the blog continued with the project Assindia X, a 10 year recording project in Essen, also supported by the city of Essen. In addition, I will continue to feature soundscapes of places and events in Essen and even offer libraries for sale with sounds from my hometown.
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